Jury Pool Profile
Brown County, Minnesota
Republican +35 (2024)
- Population
- 25,826
- Median household income
- $68,690
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 24,319 94.2%
- Black or African American alone 219 0.8%
- Asian alone 158 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
- Some other race alone 333 1.3%
- Two or more races 715 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,252 4.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.4
- Under 18 5,681 22.0%
- 18–24 2,392 9.3%
- 25–44 5,686 22.0%
- 45–64 6,440 24.9%
- 65 and over 5,627 21.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.1%
- +0.09 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.0B
- 0.4% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $55,442
- Establishments
- 902
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,941 22.2%
- Education & health services 2,852 21.6%
- Manufacturing 2,367 17.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,135 8.6%
- Professional & business services 1,072 8.1%
- Public administration 722 5.5%
- Construction 656 5.0%
- Natural resources & mining 458 3.5%
- Financial activities 452 3.4%
- Other services 308 2.3%
- Information 261 2.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.4%
- Median gross rent
- $931
- Owner-occupied
- 8,695
- Renter-occupied
- 2,251
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,526 votes cast
- Republican 9,692 66.7%
- Democratic 4,576 31.5%
- Other / third-party 258 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 750 3.1%
- German 216 0.9%
- Other 70 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 47 0.2%
- Chinese 42 0.2%
- Vietnamese 35 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
- Tagalog 16 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,946
- Family households
- 6,960
- 63.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,559
- Single-mother households
- 532
- Veterans
- 1,197
- 5.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
87.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 11,779 45.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 6,090 23.5%
- Mainline Protestant 4,705 18.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 192 0.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.1%
- With a disability
- 11.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 19.86 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023