Jury Pool Profile

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Democratic +43 (2024)

Population: 1,268,903
Median household income: $96,339
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 857,471 67.6%
Black or African American alone 168,909 13.3%
Asian alone 90,458 7.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,607 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 304 0.0%
Some other race alone 46,583 3.7%
Two or more races 97,571 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97,813 7.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 276,367 21.8%
18–24 106,365 8.4%
25–44 388,853 30.6%
45–64 305,506 24.1%
65 and over 191,812 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $193.6B; 38.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $90,157
Establishments: 44,785

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 222,571 24.3%
Professional & business services 191,670 20.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 151,380 16.5%
Financial activities 86,855 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 82,101 9.0%
Manufacturing 75,553 8.2%
Construction 34,083 3.7%
Public administration 28,922 3.2%
Other services 26,082 2.8%
Information 16,815 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,086 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.0%
Median gross rent: $1,439
Owner-occupied: 336,521
Renter-occupied: 198,052

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 716,591 votes cast

Democratic 502,710 70.2%
Republican 197,244 27.5%
Other / third-party 16,637 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 66,206 5.5%
Other 53,410 4.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 36,281 3.0%
Other Indo-European 16,939 1.4%
Chinese 9,371 0.8%
Slavic languages 8,244 0.7%
Vietnamese 7,268 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 7,239 0.6%
German 3,846 0.3%
Arabic 3,812 0.3%
Tagalog 1,944 0.2%
Korean 1,441 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 534,573
Family households: 298,270; 55.8% of households
Married w/ children: 230,597
Single-mother households: 26,500
Veterans: 46,160; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 231,029 18.0%
Mainline Protestant 152,743 11.9%
Evangelical Protestant 142,567 11.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 109,976 8.6%
Black Protestant 13,038 1.0%
Orthodox 6,300 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 53.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Court
Judges: 62 (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: Minneapolis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 55; 5.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 48

NHTSA FARS 2023