Jury Pool Profile
McLeod County, Minnesota
Republican +38 (2024)
- Population
- 36,771
- Median household income
- $78,468
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 33,582 91.3%
- Black or African American alone 195 0.5%
- Asian alone 247 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 84 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.0%
- Some other race alone 961 2.6%
- Two or more races 1,685 4.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,664 7.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.5
- Under 18 8,183 22.3%
- 18–24 2,828 7.7%
- 25–44 8,902 24.2%
- 45–64 9,625 26.2%
- 65 and over 7,233 19.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.39 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.4B
- 0.47% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,991
- Establishments
- 1,049
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 4,375 27.9%
- Education & health services 3,577 22.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,141 20.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,311 8.4%
- Professional & business services 803 5.1%
- Public administration 759 4.8%
- Construction 547 3.5%
- Financial activities 477 3.0%
- Other services 422 2.7%
- Natural resources & mining 200 1.3%
- Information 84 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.8%
- Median gross rent
- $906
- Owner-occupied
- 11,645
- Renter-occupied
- 3,326
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 21,131 votes cast
- Republican 14,394 68.1%
- Democratic 6,374 30.2%
- Other / third-party 363 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,633 4.7%
- Chinese 131 0.4%
- German 118 0.3%
- Slavic languages 73 0.2%
- Other 41 0.1%
- Vietnamese 18 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
- Tagalog 6 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,971
- Family households
- 9,517
- 63.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 7,716
- Single-mother households
- 862
- Veterans
- 1,931
- 6.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
69.8% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 12,917 35.1%
- Catholic 9,352 25.4%
- Mainline Protestant 2,935 8.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 474 1.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.8%
- With a disability
- 13.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 20.99 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023