Jury Pool Profile

Cass County, Minnesota

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 30,688
Median household income: $64,937
Unemployment: 6.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,087 81.7%
Black or African American alone 123 0.4%
Asian alone 154 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,746 8.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 26 0.1%
Some other race alone 216 0.7%
Two or more races 2,336 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 530 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.7

Under 18 6,241 20.3%
18–24 1,812 5.9%
25–44 5,869 19.1%
45–64 8,528 27.8%
65 and over 8,238 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.6%; +2.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,904
Establishments: 965

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,817 26.4%
Education & health services 2,238 21.0%
Public administration 1,704 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,478 13.9%
Manufacturing 650 6.1%
Construction 500 4.7%
Professional & business services 440 4.1%
Financial activities 438 4.1%
Other services 248 2.3%
Information 97 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 52 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.9%
Median gross rent: $889
Owner-occupied: 10,840
Renter-occupied: 1,928

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,316 votes cast

Republican 12,759 66.1%
Democratic 6,300 32.6%
Other / third-party 257 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Other 499 1.7%
Spanish 186 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 90 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.2%
German 52 0.2%
Tagalog 42 0.1%
Other Indo-European 35 0.1%
Slavic languages 27 0.1%
Chinese 19 0.1%
Arabic 14 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,768
Family households: 8,335; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,719
Single-mother households: 460
Veterans: 2,481; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,309 11.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,797 9.3%
Catholic 1,070 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Court
Judges: 23 (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: Ada, Aitkin, Bagley, Baudette, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Hallock, International Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids, Red Lake Falls, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Walker, Warren

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023