Jury Pool Profile

Beltrami County, Minnesota

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 46,421
Median household income: $67,257
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,925 70.9%
Black or African American alone 636 1.4%
Asian alone 263 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8,984 19.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 36 0.1%
Some other race alone 359 0.8%
Two or more races 3,218 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,170 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.1

Under 18 11,600 25.0%
18–24 5,926 12.8%
25–44 10,977 23.6%
45–64 10,038 21.6%
65 and over 7,880 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,299
Establishments: 1,326

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,053 34.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,355 21.0%
Public administration 2,415 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,386 11.5%
Construction 1,462 7.0%
Manufacturing 901 4.3%
Professional & business services 659 3.2%
Financial activities 532 2.6%
Other services 480 2.3%
Information 342 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 163 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.5%
Median gross rent: $991
Owner-occupied: 12,441
Renter-occupied: 5,467

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,807 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Other 1,317 3.0%
Spanish 281 0.6%
German 150 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 91 0.2%
Other Indo-European 54 0.1%
Arabic 46 0.1%
Vietnamese 39 0.1%
Chinese 29 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Slavic languages 22 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,908
Family households: 11,384; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,960
Single-mother households: 1,386
Veterans: 2,680; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.3%

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: 7; 20.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023