Jury Pool Profile

Carver County, Minnesota

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 108,622
Median household income: $123,144
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 95,421 87.8%
Black or African American alone 1,665 1.5%
Asian alone 3,622 3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 237 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,683 1.5%
Two or more races 5,980 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,393 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 27,910 25.7%
18–24 8,534 7.9%
25–44 27,527 25.3%
45–64 29,661 27.3%
65 and over 14,990 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.6B; 1.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,445
Establishments: 2,874

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,097 27.2%
Manufacturing 8,474 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,504 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 4,719 11.6%
Professional & business services 3,178 7.8%
Construction 2,666 6.5%
Public administration 1,646 4.0%
Financial activities 1,192 2.9%
Other services 1,006 2.5%
Information 238 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 128 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $1,444
Owner-occupied: 32,874
Renter-occupied: 7,357

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 68,804 votes cast

Republican 35,586 51.7%
Democratic 31,869 46.3%
Other / third-party 1,349 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,372 3.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,499 1.5%
Other Indo-European 581 0.6%
Slavic languages 469 0.5%
Vietnamese 451 0.4%
German 430 0.4%
Other 420 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 386 0.4%
Chinese 304 0.3%
Tagalog 87 0.1%
Korean 51 0.0%
Arabic 27 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,231
Family households: 29,635; 73.7% of households
Married w/ children: 24,608
Single-mother households: 1,961
Veterans: 3,930; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 27,818 26.0%
Evangelical Protestant 15,100 14.1%
Mainline Protestant 9,278 8.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,985 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.8%
With a disability: 8.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 30 (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: Chaska, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hastings, Le Center, Red Wing, Shakopee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 6.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023