Jury Pool Profile
Douglas County, Minnesota
Republican +35 (2024)
- Population
- 39,354
- Median household income
- $77,264
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 37,462 95.2%
- Black or African American alone 186 0.5%
- Asian alone 168 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 97 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 69 0.2%
- Some other race alone 453 1.2%
- Two or more races 919 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 848 2.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 44.3
- Under 18 8,476 21.5%
- 18–24 2,696 6.9%
- 25–44 8,884 22.6%
- 45–64 9,898 25.2%
- 65 and over 9,400 23.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.8%
- -0.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.9B
- 0.56% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,062
- Establishments
- 1,499
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 4,886 25.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,922 20.1%
- Manufacturing 3,672 18.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,261 11.6%
- Construction 1,315 6.7%
- Professional & business services 852 4.4%
- Financial activities 827 4.2%
- Other services 758 3.9%
- Public administration 583 3.0%
- Information 297 1.5%
- Natural resources & mining 154 0.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.4%
- Median gross rent
- $896
- Owner-occupied
- 13,312
- Renter-occupied
- 4,104
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 25,019 votes cast
- Republican 16,726 66.9%
- Democratic 7,938 31.7%
- Other / third-party 355 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 430 1.2%
- German 97 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 76 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 69 0.2%
- Vietnamese 53 0.1%
- Korean 40 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 32 0.1%
- Slavic languages 23 0.1%
- Chinese 9 0.0%
- Tagalog 3 0.0%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 17,416
- Family households
- 11,198
- 64.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 9,239
- Single-mother households
- 868
- Veterans
- 2,519
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
58.9% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 8,602 22.1%
- Catholic 7,506 19.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 6,397 16.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 452 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.0%
- With a disability
- 11.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 29.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 29 (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
- Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 12.95 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023