Jury Pool Profile

Grant County, Minnesota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 6,108
Median household income: $72,957
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,749 94.1%
Black or African American alone 31 0.5%
Asian alone 4 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 70 1.1%
Two or more races 225 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 158 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 1,422 23.3%
18–24 361 5.9%
25–44 1,370 22.4%
45–64 1,539 25.2%
65 and over 1,416 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $367.0M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,396
Establishments: 261

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 636 33.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 408 21.3%
Construction 188 9.8%
Natural resources & mining 151 7.9%
Manufacturing 147 7.7%
Public administration 106 5.5%
Other services 87 4.5%
Financial activities 71 3.7%
Leisure & hospitality 59 3.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 1,991
Renter-occupied: 530

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,531 votes cast

Republican 2,266 64.2%
Democratic 1,187 33.6%
Other / third-party 78 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 132 2.3%
German 15 0.3%
Other Indo-European 14 0.2%
Other 11 0.2%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,521
Family households: 1,684; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,295
Single-mother households: 131
Veterans: 359; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,108 51.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,402 23.1%
Catholic 447 7.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.7%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Benson, Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Granite Falls, Litchfield, Madison, Montevideo, Morris, Olivia, Ortonville, Wheaton, Willmar

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 64.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023