Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Minnesota

Democratic +0 (2024)

Population: 65,628
Median household income: $77,664
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 56,650 86.3%
Black or African American alone 3,174 4.8%
Asian alone 1,125 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 566 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 176 0.3%
Some other race alone 419 0.6%
Two or more races 3,518 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,186 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.5

Under 18 16,283 24.8%
18–24 9,162 14.0%
25–44 17,546 26.7%
45–64 13,542 20.6%
65 and over 9,095 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,697
Establishments: 1,520

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,095 36.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,185 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,033 10.3%
Public administration 1,351 6.9%
Manufacturing 1,134 5.8%
Construction 1,105 5.6%
Professional & business services 985 5.0%
Other services 682 3.5%
Financial activities 560 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 351 1.8%
Information 223 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.6%
Median gross rent: $1,000
Owner-occupied: 17,285
Renter-occupied: 8,654

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,734 votes cast

Democratic 16,121 49.2%
Republican 15,965 48.8%
Other / third-party 648 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,103 1.8%
Other 1,003 1.6%
Other Indo-European 915 1.5%
Arabic 648 1.1%
Vietnamese 261 0.4%
Slavic languages 208 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 162 0.3%
German 118 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 114 0.2%
Chinese 92 0.2%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Korean 46 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,939
Family households: 15,579; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 12,111
Single-mother households: 1,580
Veterans: 2,656; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 15,859 24.3%
Catholic 8,564 13.1%
Evangelical Protestant 5,504 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 300 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (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: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 12.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023