Jury Pool Profile

Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 51,714
Median household income: $71,189
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,387 93.6%
Black or African American alone 354 0.7%
Asian alone 207 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 83 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 662 1.3%
Two or more races 2,016 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,943 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 10,473 20.3%
18–24 3,533 6.8%
25–44 11,641 22.5%
45–64 15,250 29.5%
65 and over 10,817 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,246
Establishments: 1,385

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,588 30.0%
Education & health services 3,982 21.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,053 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,990 10.7%
Public administration 754 4.0%
Construction 731 3.9%
Professional & business services 661 3.5%
Other services 431 2.3%
Financial activities 430 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 370 2.0%
Information 109 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $834
Owner-occupied: 16,760
Renter-occupied: 5,634

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,367 votes cast

Republican 20,093 66.2%
Democratic 9,947 32.8%
Other / third-party 327 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,211 2.5%
German 420 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 83 0.2%
Slavic languages 59 0.1%
Other Indo-European 35 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,394
Family households: 14,584; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 11,175
Single-mother households: 1,330
Veterans: 3,246; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,228 29.4%
Catholic 6,069 11.7%
Mainline Protestant 5,956 11.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 556 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waupaca County Circuit Court (8th Judicial District)
Judges: 31 (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: Waupaca

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 14.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023