Jury Pool Profile

Aitkin County, Minnesota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 15,930
Median household income: $59,498
Unemployment: 6.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,887 93.5%
Black or African American alone 113 0.7%
Asian alone 23 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 251 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 100 0.6%
Two or more races 553 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 233 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56.5

Under 18 2,539 15.9%
18–24 871 5.5%
25–44 2,560 16.1%
45–64 4,556 28.6%
65 and over 5,404 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.9%; +2.89 pp vs. state
County GDP: $673.7M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,689
Establishments: 476

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,220 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 929 21.5%
Leisure & hospitality 657 15.2%
Public administration 368 8.5%
Manufacturing 346 8.0%
Construction 249 5.8%
Professional & business services 196 4.5%
Other services 159 3.7%
Financial activities 120 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 70 1.6%
Information 14 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.3%
Median gross rent: $912
Owner-occupied: 5,916
Renter-occupied: 1,019

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,419 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Other 85 0.6%
Spanish 55 0.4%
German 28 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.2%
Other Indo-European 20 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Korean 3 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,935
Family households: 4,244; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,537
Single-mother households: 263
Veterans: 1,407; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 22.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023