Jury Pool Profile

Wood County, Wisconsin

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 74,039
Median household income: $66,417
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,081 92.0%
Black or African American alone 572 0.8%
Asian alone 1,327 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 215 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 830 1.1%
Two or more races 3,014 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,592 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 15,975 21.6%
18–24 5,113 6.9%
25–44 16,946 22.9%
45–64 20,157 27.2%
65 and over 15,848 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.3B; 1.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,502
Establishments: 2,131

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,156 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,854 24.5%
Manufacturing 4,464 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,858 7.9%
Professional & business services 1,778 4.9%
Construction 1,773 4.9%
Financial activities 1,620 4.5%
Public administration 1,422 3.9%
Information 1,082 3.0%
Other services 1,058 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 527 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $831
Owner-occupied: 23,441
Renter-occupied: 8,501

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,149 votes cast

Republican 24,997 59.3%
Democratic 16,599 39.4%
Other / third-party 553 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 956 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 739 1.1%
German 368 0.5%
Other Indo-European 153 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 121 0.2%
Slavic languages 111 0.2%
Chinese 81 0.1%
Tagalog 76 0.1%
Other 75 0.1%
Arabic 63 0.1%
Vietnamese 32 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 31,942
Family households: 19,870; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 15,445
Single-mother households: 1,691
Veterans: 4,775; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 17,141 23.1%
Evangelical Protestant 13,686 18.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,464 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,176 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Wood 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: Wisconsin Rapids

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 13.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023