Jury Pool Profile
Carlton County, Minnesota
Republican +3 (2024)
- Population
- 36,457
- Median household income
- $80,042
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 32,077 88.0%
- Black or African American alone 763 2.1%
- Asian alone 170 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,265 3.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
- Some other race alone 202 0.6%
- Two or more races 1,979 5.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 676 1.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.7
- Under 18 8,016 22.0%
- 18–24 2,631 7.2%
- 25–44 9,269 25.4%
- 45–64 9,907 27.2%
- 65 and over 6,634 18.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +1.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.9B
- 0.38% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $58,073
- Establishments
- 816
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 3,791 28.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,188 16.5%
- Public administration 2,178 16.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,610 12.1%
- Manufacturing 1,258 9.5%
- Construction 917 6.9%
- Professional & business services 505 3.8%
- Other services 347 2.6%
- Financial activities 329 2.5%
- Natural resources & mining 96 0.7%
- Information 51 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.4%
- Median gross rent
- $967
- Owner-occupied
- 11,087
- Renter-occupied
- 2,885
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 20,746 votes cast
- Republican 10,435 50.3%
- Democratic 9,905 47.7%
- Other / third-party 406 2.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.7% speak only English at home
- Other 347 1.0%
- Spanish 340 1.0%
- German 154 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 101 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 52 0.2%
- Chinese 43 0.1%
- Slavic languages 36 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
- Tagalog 24 0.1%
- Korean 5 0.0%
- Arabic 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 13,972
- Family households
- 9,283
- 66.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 6,884
- Single-mother households
- 752
- Veterans
- 2,227
- 7.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
38.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 4,957 13.7%
- Mainline Protestant 4,372 12.1%
- Catholic 3,782 10.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 937 2.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.2%
- With a disability
- 15.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 6th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 17 (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
- Carlton, Duluth, Grand Marais, Two Harbors
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 10.55 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023