Jury Pool Profile
Chippewa County, Minnesota
Republican +34 (2024)
- Population
- 12,388
- Median household income
- $69,192
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,553 85.2%
- Black or African American alone 113 0.9%
- Asian alone 163 1.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 218 1.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 208 1.7%
- Some other race alone 671 5.4%
- Two or more races 462 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,228 9.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.8
- Under 18 2,919 23.6%
- 18–24 971 7.8%
- 25–44 2,918 23.6%
- 45–64 2,929 23.6%
- 65 and over 2,651 21.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.36 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $773.8M
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $52,949
- Establishments
- 425
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,523 28.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 973 18.4%
- Manufacturing 916 17.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 366 6.9%
- Financial activities 336 6.4%
- Public administration 317 6.0%
- Construction 316 6.0%
- Professional & business services 229 4.3%
- Other services 168 3.2%
- Natural resources & mining 122 2.3%
- Information 24 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 71.4%
- Median gross rent
- $846
- Owner-occupied
- 3,712
- Renter-occupied
- 1,484
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,300 votes cast
- Republican 4,175 66.3%
- Democratic 2,026 32.2%
- Other / third-party 99 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 683 5.9%
- Other Asian/Pacific 301 2.6%
- Slavic languages 22 0.2%
- German 13 0.1%
- Other 11 0.1%
- Tagalog 10 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 8 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,196
- Family households
- 3,116
- 60.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,451
- Single-mother households
- 330
- Veterans
- 808
- 8.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
77.6% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 6,389 50.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,960 15.6%
- Catholic 1,422 11.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.7%
- With a disability
- 13.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11 (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
- Benson, Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Granite Falls, Litchfield, Madison, Montevideo, Morris, Olivia, Ortonville, Wheaton, Willmar
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 42.24 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023