Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Minnesota

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 41,458
Median household income: $71,480
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,188 87.3%
Black or African American alone 1,620 3.9%
Asian alone 443 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 383 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 648 1.6%
Two or more races 2,168 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,346 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 10,570 25.5%
18–24 3,326 8.0%
25–44 11,816 28.5%
45–64 9,991 24.1%
65 and over 5,755 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.84 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,955
Establishments: 1,063

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,818 22.0%
Education & health services 3,521 20.3%
Manufacturing 3,397 19.5%
Construction 2,570 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,231 7.1%
Professional & business services 1,059 6.1%
Public administration 526 3.0%
Financial activities 451 2.6%
Other services 404 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 324 1.9%
Information 82 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.9%
Median gross rent: $917
Owner-occupied: 11,192
Renter-occupied: 5,302

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,763 votes cast

Republican 15,260 67.0%
Democratic 7,084 31.1%
Other / third-party 419 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 694 1.8%
Other 523 1.4%
Slavic languages 246 0.6%
Vietnamese 126 0.3%
German 114 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 108 0.3%
Other Indo-European 72 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Chinese 20 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.0%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,494
Family households: 10,080; 61.1% of households
Married w/ children: 7,492
Single-mother households: 1,003
Veterans: 1,946; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,916 26.4%
Evangelical Protestant 5,865 14.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,060 9.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 807 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (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: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 12.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023