Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Minnesota

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 5,594
Median household income: $67,715
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,342 95.5%
Black or African American alone 9 0.2%
Asian alone 39 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.1%
Some other race alone 21 0.4%
Two or more races 171 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 131 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 1,286 23.0%
18–24 366 6.5%
25–44 1,149 20.5%
45–64 1,438 25.7%
65 and over 1,355 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $588.3M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,358
Establishments: 226

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 456 27.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 450 26.7%
Natural resources & mining 197 11.7%
Construction 163 9.7%
Public administration 139 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 112 6.7%
Other services 50 3.0%
Financial activities 48 2.9%
Professional & business services 36 2.1%
Manufacturing 28 1.7%
Information 7 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $688
Owner-occupied: 1,998
Renter-occupied: 437

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,226 votes cast

Republican 2,190 67.9%
Democratic 972 30.1%
Other / third-party 64 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 58 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.3%
Tagalog 11 0.2%
Korean 10 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%
Chinese 6 0.1%
German 3 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,435
Family households: 1,491; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,294
Single-mother households: 79
Veterans: 335; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

79.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,027 35.9%
Catholic 1,634 29.0%
Evangelical Protestant 615 10.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 181 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 19 (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: Blue Earth, Fairmont, Ivanhoe, Jackson, Luverne, Mankato, Marshall, New Ulm, Pipestone, Redwood Falls, Slayton, St. James, St. Peter, Windom, Worthington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023