Jury Pool Profile

Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 28,936
Median household income: $90,218
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,515 91.6%
Black or African American alone 255 0.9%
Asian alone 154 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 84 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 828 2.9%
Two or more races 1,100 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,922 6.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 6,725 23.2%
18–24 2,032 7.0%
25–44 7,044 24.3%
45–64 7,822 27.0%
65 and over 5,313 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,749
Establishments: 790

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,784 32.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,564 18.0%
Education & health services 1,364 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 650 7.5%
Construction 645 7.4%
Public administration 587 6.8%
Professional & business services 305 3.5%
Financial activities 293 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 218 2.5%
Other services 202 2.3%
Information 57 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.0%
Median gross rent: $885
Owner-occupied: 9,309
Renter-occupied: 2,190

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,422 votes cast

Republican 11,503 66.0%
Democratic 5,636 32.3%
Other / third-party 283 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,340 4.9%
Slavic languages 102 0.4%
Other Indo-European 72 0.3%
German 58 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Other 21 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,499
Family households: 7,963; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,577
Single-mother households: 544
Veterans: 1,727; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,874 24.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,961 17.3%
Evangelical Protestant 1,349 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 407 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 30 (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: Chaska, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hastings, Le Center, Red Wing, Shakopee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 13.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023