Jury Pool Profile

Dodge County, Minnesota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 20,962
Median household income: $92,943
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,131 91.3%
Black or African American alone 206 1.0%
Asian alone 118 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 606 2.9%
Two or more races 837 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,084 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 5,337 25.5%
18–24 1,613 7.7%
25–44 5,408 25.8%
45–64 5,390 25.7%
65 and over 3,214 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,269
Establishments: 502

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,470 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,377 23.1%
Education & health services 1,032 17.3%
Construction 555 9.3%
Leisure & hospitality 458 7.7%
Public administration 385 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 254 4.3%
Other services 165 2.8%
Professional & business services 137 2.3%
Financial activities 92 1.5%
Information 42 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 87.7%
Median gross rent: $1,007
Owner-occupied: 7,029
Renter-occupied: 989

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,448 votes cast

Republican 8,095 65.0%
Democratic 4,108 33.0%
Other / third-party 245 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 928 4.7%
German 68 0.3%
Tagalog 43 0.2%
Other 42 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Slavic languages 23 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,018
Family households: 5,777; 72.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,856
Single-mother households: 376
Veterans: 910; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,371 30.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,428 16.4%
Catholic 2,099 10.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 497 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Albert Lea, Austin, Caledonia, Faribault, Mantorville, Owatonna, Preston, Rochester, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 12.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023