Jury Pool Profile

Washburn County, Wisconsin

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 16,749
Median household income: $61,270
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,651 93.4%
Black or African American alone 94 0.6%
Asian alone 85 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 187 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 82 0.5%
Two or more races 647 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 335 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.4

Under 18 3,076 18.4%
18–24 977 5.8%
25–44 3,020 18.0%
45–64 5,058 30.2%
65 and over 4,618 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +1.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $799.5M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,282
Establishments: 611

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,261 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,078 19.5%
Manufacturing 941 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 689 12.5%
Public administration 632 11.4%
Professional & business services 302 5.5%
Construction 209 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 68 1.2%
Financial activities 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $815
Owner-occupied: 6,090
Renter-occupied: 1,439

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,953 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 128 0.8%
German 127 0.8%
Other Indo-European 37 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.2%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Other 15 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,529
Family households: 4,727; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,996
Single-mother households: 213
Veterans: 1,317; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.8% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 14.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023