Jury Pool Profile
Dakota County, Minnesota
Democratic +13 (2024)
- Population
- 442,204
- Median household income
- $105,212
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 335,999 76.0%
- Black or African American alone 32,429 7.3%
- Asian alone 23,027 5.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,661 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 101 0.0%
- Some other race alone 16,983 3.8%
- Two or more races 32,004 7.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37,321 8.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.4
- Under 18 106,916 24.2%
- 18–24 34,159 7.7%
- 25–44 118,930 26.9%
- 45–64 114,284 25.8%
- 65 and over 67,915 15.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.7%
- -0.35 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $37.1B
- 7.32% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $72,792
- Establishments
- 11,950
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 47,982 25.3%
- Education & health services 40,190 21.2%
- Professional & business services 19,950 10.5%
- Manufacturing 19,591 10.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 19,559 10.3%
- Financial activities 11,543 6.1%
- Construction 10,542 5.6%
- Other services 7,440 3.9%
- Public administration 6,302 3.3%
- Information 5,054 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 1,236 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.4%
- Median gross rent
- $1,497
- Owner-occupied
- 129,327
- Renter-occupied
- 42,303
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 258,590 votes cast
- Democratic 143,267 55.4%
- Republican 109,995 42.5%
- Other / third-party 5,328 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
86.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 21,832 5.3%
- Other 10,695 2.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 6,757 1.6%
- Other Indo-European 3,358 0.8%
- Vietnamese 2,557 0.6%
- Slavic languages 2,149 0.5%
- Tagalog 1,831 0.4%
- Chinese 1,776 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1,752 0.4%
- German 1,070 0.3%
- Arabic 693 0.2%
- Korean 423 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 171,630
- Family households
- 116,578
- 67.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 93,155
- Single-mother households
- 9,848
- Veterans
- 20,850
- 6.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
52.5% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 103,731 23.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 62,559 14.2%
- Mainline Protestant 43,192 9.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,143 4.6%
- Orthodox 1,330 0.3%
- Black Protestant 202 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.2%
- With a disability
- 10.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 44.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 30 (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
- Chaska, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hastings, Le Center, Red Wing, Shakopee
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 16
- 4.77 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 16
NHTSA FARS 2023