Jury Pool Profile

Clearwater County, Minnesota

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 8,579
Median household income: $64,934
Unemployment: 8.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,253 84.5%
Black or African American alone 14 0.2%
Asian alone 63 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 609 7.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 32 0.4%
Two or more races 604 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 2,143 25.0%
18–24 596 6.9%
25–44 1,897 22.1%
45–64 2,149 25.0%
65 and over 1,794 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.7%; +4.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $393.4M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,036
Establishments: 231

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 699 27.6%
Manufacturing 490 19.3%
Construction 443 17.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 366 14.4%
Public administration 168 6.6%
Leisure & hospitality 135 5.3%
Financial activities 68 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 61 2.4%
Other services 50 2.0%
Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $740
Owner-occupied: 2,633
Renter-occupied: 612

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,805 votes cast

Republican 3,575 74.4%
Democratic 1,169 24.3%
Other / third-party 61 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

German 235 2.9%
Other 133 1.7%
Spanish 69 0.9%
Other Indo-European 31 0.4%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Chinese 5 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,245
Family households: 2,138; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,637
Single-mother households: 165
Veterans: 593; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,208 25.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,900 22.3%
Catholic 300 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 189 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

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; 15.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023