Jury Pool Profile

Itasca County, Minnesota

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 45,141
Median household income: $66,380
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,338 89.4%
Black or African American alone 305 0.7%
Asian alone 155 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,154 2.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 26 0.1%
Some other race alone 285 0.6%
Two or more races 2,878 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 656 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 9,183 20.3%
18–24 2,915 6.5%
25–44 9,468 21.0%
45–64 12,201 27.0%
65 and over 11,374 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +2.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,071
Establishments: 1,352

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,602 33.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,306 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,623 9.8%
Public administration 1,284 7.7%
Construction 1,024 6.2%
Professional & business services 946 5.7%
Manufacturing 907 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 640 3.9%
Other services 638 3.8%
Financial activities 513 3.1%
Information 126 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.9%
Median gross rent: $944
Owner-occupied: 15,168
Renter-occupied: 3,342

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,760 votes cast

Republican 15,863 59.3%
Democratic 10,467 39.1%
Other / third-party 430 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 318 0.7%
Other 166 0.4%
German 144 0.3%
Other Indo-European 101 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 65 0.2%
Slavic languages 49 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.1%
Korean 20 0.0%
Arabic 11 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,510
Family households: 12,193; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 9,749
Single-mother households: 927
Veterans: 3,538; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,225 13.8%
Evangelical Protestant 6,167 13.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,637 10.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 730 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Ada, Aitkin, Bagley, Baudette, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Hallock, International Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids, Red Lake Falls, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Walker, Warren

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 19.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023