Jury Pool Profile

Cook County, Minnesota

Democratic +35 (2024)

Population: 5,633
Median household income: $71,643
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,792 85.1%
Black or African American alone 26 0.5%
Asian alone 38 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 355 6.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.1%
Some other race alone 91 1.6%
Two or more races 328 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 156 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.3

Under 18 846 15.0%
18–24 306 5.4%
25–44 1,202 21.3%
45–64 1,578 28.0%
65 and over 1,701 30.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $388.3M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,255
Establishments: 333

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 906 34.5%
Public administration 432 16.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 396 15.1%
Education & health services 388 14.8%
Financial activities 169 6.4%
Construction 152 5.8%
Professional & business services 64 2.4%
Other services 46 1.8%
Information 20 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.6%
Median gross rent: $886
Owner-occupied: 2,150
Renter-occupied: 550

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,641 votes cast

Democratic 2,416 66.4%
Republican 1,142 31.4%
Other / third-party 83 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 95 1.8%
Other 53 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 44 0.8%
German 25 0.5%
Slavic languages 21 0.4%
Tagalog 10 0.2%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,700
Family households: 1,594; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,367
Single-mother households: 76
Veterans: 378; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 827 14.8%
Catholic 456 8.1%
Evangelical Protestant 333 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 99 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 17 (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: Carlton, Duluth, Grand Marais, Two Harbors

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023