Jury Pool Profile

Chisago County, Minnesota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 57,434
Median household income: $98,260
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,665 91.7%
Black or African American alone 688 1.2%
Asian alone 813 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 224 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.0%
Some other race alone 577 1.0%
Two or more races 2,450 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,565 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 12,967 22.6%
18–24 4,119 7.2%
25–44 14,704 25.6%
45–64 16,128 28.1%
65 and over 9,516 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,806
Establishments: 1,401

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,063 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,608 16.2%
Manufacturing 2,408 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,811 11.3%
Construction 1,210 7.5%
Professional & business services 1,134 7.0%
Public administration 1,087 6.8%
Other services 499 3.1%
Financial activities 206 1.3%
Information 39 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 26 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.6%
Median gross rent: $1,112
Owner-occupied: 18,200
Renter-occupied: 3,052

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,502 votes cast

Republican 23,047 64.9%
Democratic 11,894 33.5%
Other / third-party 561 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 999 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 458 0.8%
Chinese 172 0.3%
German 140 0.3%
Slavic languages 63 0.1%
Tagalog 54 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.1%
Other 39 0.1%
Other Indo-European 31 0.1%
Vietnamese 30 0.1%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,252
Family households: 15,476; 72.8% of households
Married w/ children: 12,925
Single-mother households: 913
Veterans: 3,443; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,549 13.3%
Mainline Protestant 6,703 11.8%
Evangelical Protestant 4,649 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 666 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Court
Judges: 47 (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: Anoka, Buffalo, Cambridge, Center City, Elk River, Mora, Pine City, Stillwater

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 6.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023