Jury Pool Profile

Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 6,694
Median household income: $71,639
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,288 93.9%
Black or African American alone 42 0.6%
Asian alone 29 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 136 2.0%
Two or more races 187 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 210 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.7

Under 18 1,454 21.7%
18–24 398 5.9%
25–44 1,329 19.9%
45–64 1,693 25.3%
65 and over 1,820 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $435.0M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,748
Establishments: 246

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 767 35.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 557 25.5%
Public administration 167 7.6%
Construction 135 6.2%
Manufacturing 128 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 117 5.4%
Financial activities 103 4.7%
Other services 79 3.6%
Professional & business services 57 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 53 2.4%
Information 21 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $809
Owner-occupied: 2,390
Renter-occupied: 491

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,989 votes cast

Republican 2,600 65.2%
Democratic 1,314 32.9%
Other / third-party 75 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 159 2.5%
Other Indo-European 29 0.5%
German 15 0.2%
Tagalog 12 0.2%
Other 5 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,881
Family households: 1,825; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,563
Single-mother households: 90
Veterans: 416; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

97.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,832 57.0%
Catholic 1,395 20.8%
Evangelical Protestant 1,315 19.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

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: 1; 19.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023