Jury Pool Profile

Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 69,386
Median household income: $72,623
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 60,199 86.8%
Black or African American alone 3,177 4.6%
Asian alone 1,636 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 144 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,018 1.5%
Two or more races 3,212 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,252 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.5

Under 18 13,829 19.9%
18–24 14,728 21.2%
25–44 17,022 24.5%
45–64 13,595 19.6%
65 and over 10,212 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.6B; 1.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,997
Establishments: 2,150

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,411 32.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,481 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 4,622 11.2%
Manufacturing 4,348 10.5%
Professional & business services 2,311 5.6%
Financial activities 2,122 5.1%
Construction 1,949 4.7%
Other services 1,546 3.7%
Public administration 1,443 3.5%
Information 543 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 479 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.8%
Median gross rent: $1,076
Owner-occupied: 16,787
Renter-occupied: 10,396

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,326 votes cast

Republican 18,001 49.6%
Democratic 17,558 48.3%
Other / third-party 767 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,643 2.5%
Other 1,367 2.1%
Other Indo-European 398 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 374 0.6%
Vietnamese 373 0.6%
Arabic 293 0.4%
German 186 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 150 0.2%
Chinese 124 0.2%
Tagalog 117 0.2%
Slavic languages 109 0.2%
Korean 94 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,183
Family households: 15,434; 56.8% of households
Married w/ children: 11,858
Single-mother households: 1,370
Veterans: 2,651; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,208 19.1%
Catholic 12,624 18.3%
Mainline Protestant 9,816 14.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 757 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 19 (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: Blue Earth, Fairmont, Ivanhoe, Jackson, Luverne, Mankato, Marshall, New Ulm, Pipestone, Redwood Falls, Slayton, St. James, St. Peter, Windom, Worthington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 5.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023