Jury Pool Profile

Waushara County, Wisconsin

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 24,752
Median household income: $64,968
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,208 89.7%
Black or African American alone 449 1.8%
Asian alone 105 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 173 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 814 3.3%
Two or more races 1,003 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,715 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.9

Under 18 4,465 18.0%
18–24 1,456 5.9%
25–44 5,082 20.5%
45–64 7,446 30.1%
65 and over 6,303 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $919.4M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,716
Establishments: 571

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,211 20.5%
Education & health services 1,120 19.0%
Manufacturing 841 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 710 12.0%
Public administration 521 8.8%
Natural resources & mining 418 7.1%
Professional & business services 235 4.0%
Construction 209 3.5%
Financial activities 160 2.7%
Other services 146 2.5%
Information 26 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 8,578
Renter-occupied: 1,755

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,360 votes cast

Republican 9,625 67.0%
Democratic 4,571 31.8%
Other / third-party 164 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,276 5.4%
German 523 2.2%
Other Indo-European 46 0.2%
Other 31 0.1%
Tagalog 27 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Chinese 9 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,333
Family households: 6,600; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 5,297
Single-mother households: 428
Veterans: 1,637; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,746 11.2%
Evangelical Protestant 2,332 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,068 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 260 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waushara County Circuit Court (4th 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: Wautoma

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 39.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023