Beltrami County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,581 70.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,187 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 391 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 270 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,029 6.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8,717 18.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 309 0.7%

• Under 18 11,484 24.7%
• 18–24 6,020 12.9%
• 25–44 10,943 23.5%
• 45–64 9,889 21.3%
• 65 and over 8,176 17.6%

Median household income

$63,322

90% interval $58,889–$67,755

−$23,798 vs MN · 83rd of 87

Below poverty line

17.3%

90% interval 14.7%–19.9%

+8.0 pp vs MN · 1st of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+1.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.5% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,841

Establishments

1,320

• Education & health services 7,052 34.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,248 20.5%
• Public administration 2,452 11.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,342 11.3%
• Construction 1,536 7.4%
• Manufacturing 870 4.2%
• Professional & business services 685 3.3%
• Financial activities 517 2.5%
• Other services 491 2.4%
• Information 333 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 158 0.8%

Home ownership

70.1%

−2.1 pp vs MN · 78th of 87

Median gross rent

$1,053

−$227 vs MN · 18th of 87

Owner-occupied

12,742

Renter-occupied

5,430

• 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 (Construction, $82,904/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,908/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,898 52.0%
• Democratic 11,493 46.3%
• Other / third-party 416 1.7%

• Spanish 332 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 160 0.4%
• Arabic 44 0.1%
• Vietnamese 40 0.1%
• Chinese 33 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 29 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.1%
• Tagalog 19 0.0%

Households

18,172

Family households

11,354

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,867

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,302

11.5% of families

Veterans

2,633

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 5,830 12.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,789 10.4%
• Catholic 4,608 10.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 881 1.9%
• Orthodox 25 0.1%

Health insured

92.2%

±1 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±1 pp

7th of 87

With a disability

14.7%

±0.9 pp

24th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

31.8%

±1.8 pp

−7.6 pp vs MN · 16th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.7%–9.5% · 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

8

22.84 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7