Jury Pool Profile
Freeborn County, Minnesota
Republican +21 (2024)
- Population
- 30,752
- Median household income
- $69,012
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 26,115 84.9%
- Black or African American alone 387 1.3%
- Asian alone 943 3.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 99 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.2%
- Some other race alone 953 3.1%
- Two or more races 2,185 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,249 10.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.9
- Under 18 6,755 22.0%
- 18–24 2,082 6.8%
- 25–44 6,921 22.5%
- 45–64 7,988 26.0%
- 65 and over 7,006 22.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.04 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.7B
- 0.34% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,099
- Establishments
- 832
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,973 24.9%
- Manufacturing 2,596 21.7%
- Education & health services 2,386 19.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,181 9.9%
- Public administration 610 5.1%
- Professional & business services 591 4.9%
- Construction 544 4.5%
- Other services 414 3.5%
- Financial activities 397 3.3%
- Natural resources & mining 166 1.4%
- Information 106 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.3%
- Median gross rent
- $837
- Owner-occupied
- 10,221
- Renter-occupied
- 2,664
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 16,670 votes cast
- Republican 10,003 60.0%
- Democratic 6,448 38.7%
- Other / third-party 219 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,517 5.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 684 2.3%
- Vietnamese 74 0.3%
- German 51 0.2%
- Slavic languages 41 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 34 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 33 0.1%
- Other 12 0.0%
- Tagalog 5 0.0%
- Chinese 4 0.0%
- Arabic 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,885
- Family households
- 7,938
- 61.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 6,044
- Single-mother households
- 682
- Veterans
- 1,924
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
58.8% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 11,876 38.4%
- Catholic 3,032 9.8%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,660 8.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 610 2.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.3%
- With a disability
- 13.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 20.84 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023