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Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, Minnesota

Democratic +4 (2024)
Population
10,911
Median household income
$75,621
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 10,422 95.5%
  • Black or African American alone 43 0.4%
  • Asian alone 25 0.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 21 0.2%
  • Two or more races 373 3.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 154 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.6

  • Under 18 2,081 19.1%
  • 18–24 609 5.6%
  • 25–44 2,224 20.4%
  • 45–64 3,008 27.6%
  • 65 and over 2,989 27.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
+0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP
$564.7M
0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,467
Establishments
378

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 970 24.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 710 18.2%
  • Manufacturing 524 13.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 478 12.3%
  • Public administration 370 9.5%
  • Other services 193 4.9%
  • Professional & business services 134 3.4%
  • Financial activities 95 2.4%
  • Information 19 0.5%
  • Construction 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
84.0%
Median gross rent
$1,026
Owner-occupied
4,225
Renter-occupied
805

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,929 votes cast

  • Democratic 3,534 51.0%
  • Republican 3,265 47.1%
  • Other / third-party 130 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 71 0.7%
  • Other 33 0.3%
  • Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 13 0.1%
  • German 6 0.1%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
5,030
Family households
3,153
62.7% of households
Married w/ children
2,588
Single-mother households
266
Veterans
694
7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 3,096 28.4%
  • Catholic 1,320 12.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 637 5.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.1%
With a disability
15.9%
Bachelor's or higher
25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial District Court
Judges
17 (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
Carlton, Duluth, Grand Marais, Two Harbors

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
2
22.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Lake 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.