Jury Pool Profile

Goodhue County, Minnesota

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 47,844
Median household income: $82,749
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,204 90.3%
Black or African American alone 785 1.6%
Asian alone 380 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 458 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,198 2.5%
Two or more races 1,802 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,879 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 10,597 22.1%
18–24 3,291 6.9%
25–44 11,556 24.2%
45–64 12,787 26.7%
65 and over 9,613 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 0.77% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,513
Establishments: 1,388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,647 21.7%
Education & health services 4,308 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,143 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,548 16.6%
Public administration 1,299 6.1%
Professional & business services 1,042 4.9%
Construction 873 4.1%
Other services 635 3.0%
Financial activities 425 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 359 1.7%
Information 87 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $939
Owner-occupied: 15,312
Renter-occupied: 4,319

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,746 votes cast

Republican 16,461 57.3%
Democratic 11,731 40.8%
Other / third-party 554 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,071 2.4%
Other 175 0.4%
German 112 0.2%
Other Indo-European 105 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 86 0.2%
Korean 28 0.1%
Chinese 24 0.1%
Vietnamese 23 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,631
Family households: 12,544; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 10,130
Single-mother households: 1,031
Veterans: 2,996; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 16,671 35.0%
Evangelical Protestant 7,284 15.3%
Catholic 6,513 13.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 463 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 8.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023