Jury Pool Profile

Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 11,458
Median household income: $68,239
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,483 82.8%
Black or African American alone 201 1.8%
Asian alone 393 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 78 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 97 0.8%
Some other race alone 628 5.5%
Two or more races 578 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,203 10.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 2,882 25.2%
18–24 830 7.2%
25–44 2,554 22.3%
45–64 2,607 22.8%
65 and over 2,585 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $865.1M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,092
Establishments: 447

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,365 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 909 18.8%
Manufacturing 820 16.9%
Construction 430 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 323 6.7%
Public administration 314 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 234 4.8%
Professional & business services 163 3.4%
Other services 148 3.1%
Financial activities 107 2.2%
Information 35 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.1%
Median gross rent: $765
Owner-occupied: 3,544
Renter-occupied: 1,115

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,965 votes cast

Republican 4,157 69.7%
Democratic 1,705 28.6%
Other / third-party 103 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 622 5.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 255 2.4%
German 59 0.5%
Vietnamese 47 0.4%
Other 14 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,659
Family households: 2,939; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,277
Single-mother households: 240
Veterans: 526; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,143 27.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,088 26.8%
Catholic 830 7.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 19 (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: Blue Earth, Fairmont, Ivanhoe, Jackson, Luverne, Mankato, Marshall, New Ulm, Pipestone, Redwood Falls, Slayton, St. James, St. Peter, Windom, Worthington

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