Jury Pool Profile

Lyon County, Minnesota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 25,498
Median household income: $72,761
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,279 83.5%
Black or African American alone 634 2.5%
Asian alone 1,202 4.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 100 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,120 4.4%
Two or more races 1,160 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,881 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 6,639 26.0%
18–24 2,471 9.7%
25–44 6,020 23.6%
45–64 6,000 23.5%
65 and over 4,368 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,859
Establishments: 859

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,916 28.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,911 21.2%
Manufacturing 1,756 12.8%
Professional & business services 1,153 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,106 8.0%
Financial activities 1,087 7.9%
Public administration 777 5.6%
Construction 504 3.7%
Other services 317 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 179 1.3%
Information 57 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.5%
Median gross rent: $742
Owner-occupied: 7,057
Renter-occupied: 2,946

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,946 votes cast

Republican 8,400 64.9%
Democratic 4,284 33.1%
Other / third-party 262 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,237 5.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 776 3.3%
Other Indo-European 127 0.5%
Other 104 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 64 0.3%
German 64 0.3%
Chinese 24 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,003
Family households: 6,266; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,959
Single-mother households: 687
Veterans: 1,266; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,421 25.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,956 19.6%
Evangelical Protestant 3,483 13.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 802 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.6%

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: 2; 10.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023