Jury Pool Profile

Vilas County, Wisconsin

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 23,410
Median household income: $67,132
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,102 85.9%
Black or African American alone 80 0.3%
Asian alone 91 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,993 8.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 118 0.5%
Two or more races 1,026 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 530 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55.5

Under 18 3,857 16.5%
18–24 1,132 4.8%
25–44 3,925 16.8%
45–64 7,197 30.7%
65 and over 7,299 31.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,114
Establishments: 1,010

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,856 22.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,693 20.5%
Education & health services 1,075 13.0%
Construction 703 8.5%
Public administration 588 7.1%
Professional & business services 493 6.0%
Manufacturing 441 5.3%
Financial activities 271 3.3%
Other services 135 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 76 0.9%
Information 71 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.5%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 9,076
Renter-occupied: 1,797

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,101 votes cast

Republican 9,837 61.1%
Democratic 6,119 38.0%
Other / third-party 145 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 266 1.2%
German 80 0.4%
Other 69 0.3%
Slavic languages 49 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
Other Indo-European 19 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,873
Family households: 6,726; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,601
Single-mother households: 302
Veterans: 1,897; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,040 17.5%
Catholic 2,382 10.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,322 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 170 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vilas County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
Judges: 19 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction — city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)
Court seats: Eagle River

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 15.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023