Aitkin County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,857 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 244 1.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 103 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 38 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 473 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 225 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 108 0.7%

• Under 18 2,510 15.6%
• 18–24 873 5.4%
• 25–44 2,573 16.0%
• 45–64 4,578 28.5%
• 65 and over 5,522 34.4%

Median household income

$62,351

90% interval $57,679–$67,023

−$24,769 vs MN · 84th of 87

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 11.8%–16.0%

+4.6 pp vs MN · 6th of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.4%

+3.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$673.7M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,165

Establishments

477

• Education & health services 1,281 29.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 984 22.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 645 14.7%
• Public administration 369 8.4%
• Manufacturing 334 7.6%
• Construction 252 5.7%
• Professional & business services 188 4.3%
• Other services 152 3.5%
• Financial activities 110 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 73 1.7%
• Information 13 0.3%

Home ownership

85.3%

+13.1 pp vs MN · 4th of 87

Median gross rent

$869

−$411 vs MN · 51st of 87

Owner-occupied

6,160

Renter-occupied

1,062

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $75,464/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,522/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 6,741 64.7%
• Democratic 3,524 33.8%
• Other / third-party 154 1.5%

• Spanish 72 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 40 0.3%
• Chinese 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%
• Vietnamese 9 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.1%
• Korean 3 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

7,222

Family households

4,385

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

727

16.6% of families

Single-mother families

243

5.5% of families

Veterans

1,358

10% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,116 19.9%
• Catholic 2,350 15.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,779 11.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 304 1.9%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.7 pp

33rd of 87

With a disability

19.8%

±1 pp

1st of 87

Bachelor's or higher

20.3%

±1.2 pp

−19.1 pp vs MN · 67th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.2%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th Judicial District Court

Judges

23 (District Court judges per judicial district; counts vintage 2026 mncourts.gov and may shift modestly as the Legislature reallocates seats between districts (Minn. Stat. § 2.724).)

Court seats

Ada, Aitkin, Bagley, Baudette, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Hallock, International Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids, Red Lake Falls, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Walker, Warren

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

44.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5