Jury Pool Profile

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 3,800
Median household income: $70,091
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,447 90.7%
Black or African American alone 10 0.3%
Asian alone 8 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 8 0.2%
Two or more races 247 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.8

Under 18 714 18.8%
18–24 242 6.4%
25–44 775 20.4%
45–64 1,098 28.9%
65 and over 971 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $242.0M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,228
Establishments: 185

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 479 30.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 257 16.3%
Education & health services 240 15.2%
Public administration 143 9.1%
Other services 53 3.4%
Professional & business services 36 2.3%
Construction 24 1.5%
Financial activities 24 1.5%
Information 10 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.3%
Median gross rent: $867
Owner-occupied: 1,403
Renter-occupied: 262

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,346 votes cast

Republican 1,710 72.9%
Democratic 604 25.7%
Other / third-party 32 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 37 1.0%
Slavic languages 17 0.5%
Other 9 0.3%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,665
Family households: 963; 57.8% of households
Married w/ children: 788
Single-mother households: 23
Veterans: 296; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,745 46.4%
Catholic 242 6.4%
Evangelical Protestant 236 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 100 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

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: 1; 32.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023