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Jury Pool Profile

Koochiching County, Minnesota

Republican +26 (2024)
Population
11,950
Median household income
$69,115
Unemployment
5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 10,783 90.2%
  • Black or African American alone 67 0.6%
  • Asian alone 108 0.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 253 2.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 42 0.4%
  • Two or more races 697 5.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 175 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.5

  • Under 18 2,119 17.7%
  • 18–24 776 6.5%
  • 25–44 2,388 20.0%
  • 45–64 3,368 28.2%
  • 65 and over 3,299 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.4%
+1.39 pp vs. state
County GDP
$642.7M
0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,827
Establishments
428

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 939 22.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 795 18.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 681 16.0%
  • Public administration 441 10.4%
  • Financial activities 216 5.1%
  • Construction 171 4.0%
  • Professional & business services 146 3.4%
  • Other services 93 2.2%
  • Information 39 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
82.0%
Median gross rent
$774
Owner-occupied
4,683
Renter-occupied
1,027

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,776 votes cast

  • Republican 4,204 62.0%
  • Democratic 2,465 36.4%
  • Other / third-party 107 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

  • Other 78 0.7%
  • Spanish 73 0.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 48 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 25 0.2%
  • Tagalog 21 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
  • German 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
5,710
Family households
3,327
58.3% of households
Married w/ children
2,568
Single-mother households
290
Veterans
801
8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,021 16.8%
  • Catholic 1,901 15.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,866 15.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 168 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.0%
With a disability
19.2%
Bachelor's or higher
20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
1
10.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Koochiching County, Minnesota to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.