Washburn County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,577 92.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 353 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 37 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 78 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 607 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 162 1.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 37 0.2%

• Under 18 3,035 18.0%
• 18–24 1,012 6.0%
• 25–44 3,006 17.8%
• 45–64 5,067 30.1%
• 65 and over 4,734 28.1%

Median household income

$68,153

90% interval $63,014–$73,292

−$9,404 vs WI · 55th of 72

Below poverty line

11.2%

90% interval 9.1%–13.3%

+0.9 pp vs WI · 27th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+1.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$799.5M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,789

Establishments

610

• Education & health services 1,238 22.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,056 19.3%
• Manufacturing 935 17.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 653 12.0%
• Public administration 626 11.5%
• Professional & business services 319 5.8%
• Financial activities 5 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 88.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.2%

+14.4 pp vs WI · 12th of 72

Median gross rent

$795

−$292 vs WI · 58th of 72

Owner-occupied

6,218

Renter-occupied

1,348

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $99,096/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,505/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 6,962 63.6%
• Democratic 3,867 35.3%
• Other / third-party 124 1.1%

• Spanish 180 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 131 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 27 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 15 0.1%
• Chinese 3 0.0%
• Korean 2 0.0%

Households

7,566

Family households

4,768

63.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

916

19.2% of families

Single-mother families

218

4.6% of families

Veterans

1,190

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,694 16.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,747 10.5%
• Catholic 322 1.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 187 1.1%

Health insured

94.7%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±0.8 pp

39th of 72

With a disability

16.2%

±1.1 pp

12th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

25.5%

±1.4 pp

−7.9 pp vs WI · 35th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.7%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Washburn County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (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

Shell Lake

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

28.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4