Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Minnesota

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 9,964
Median household income: $69,955
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,167 92.0%
Black or African American alone 62 0.6%
Asian alone 99 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 229 2.3%
Two or more races 395 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 450 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 2,200 22.1%
18–24 641 6.4%
25–44 2,195 22.0%
45–64 2,638 26.5%
65 and over 2,290 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $881.0M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,882
Establishments: 366

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,549 30.9%
Education & health services 1,534 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 688 13.7%
Public administration 320 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 265 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 224 4.5%
Professional & business services 123 2.4%
Construction 114 2.3%
Financial activities 96 1.9%
Other services 74 1.5%
Information 33 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $736
Owner-occupied: 3,595
Renter-occupied: 826

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,625 votes cast

Republican 3,949 70.2%
Democratic 1,581 28.1%
Other / third-party 95 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 268 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.7%
German 48 0.5%
Other 26 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.2%
Slavic languages 13 0.1%
Chinese 13 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,421
Family households: 2,609; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,164
Single-mother households: 194
Veterans: 690; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,339 33.4%
Evangelical Protestant 2,011 20.1%
Catholic 1,741 17.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 19 (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: Blue Earth, Fairmont, Ivanhoe, Jackson, Luverne, Mankato, Marshall, New Ulm, Pipestone, Redwood Falls, Slayton, St. James, St. Peter, Windom, Worthington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 12.88 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023