Jury Pool Profile
Meeker County, Minnesota
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 23,422
- Median household income
- $75,037
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 22,105 94.4%
- Black or African American alone 37 0.2%
- Asian alone 68 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 91 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 480 2.0%
- Two or more races 641 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,005 4.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.3
- Under 18 5,615 24.0%
- 18–24 1,764 7.5%
- 25–44 5,060 21.6%
- 45–64 6,118 26.1%
- 65 and over 4,865 20.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.72 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.6B
- 0.31% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,874
- Establishments
- 708
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 2,229 27.7%
- Education & health services 1,721 21.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,555 19.3%
- Construction 545 6.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 481 6.0%
- Public administration 470 5.8%
- Professional & business services 356 4.4%
- Natural resources & mining 251 3.1%
- Financial activities 195 2.4%
- Other services 193 2.4%
- Information 45 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 81.0%
- Median gross rent
- $894
- Owner-occupied
- 7,404
- Renter-occupied
- 1,737
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 13,647 votes cast
- Republican 9,645 70.7%
- Democratic 3,802 27.9%
- Other / third-party 200 1.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.4% speak only English at home
- Spanish 409 1.9%
- Vietnamese 58 0.3%
- German 57 0.3%
- Slavic languages 15 0.1%
- Arabic 10 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
- Chinese 5 0.0%
- Other 5 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 9,141
- Family households
- 6,158
- 67.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,166
- Single-mother households
- 402
- Veterans
- 1,154
- 6.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.9% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 4,994 21.3%
- Catholic 3,736 16.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,350 10.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 123 0.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.3%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11 (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
- Benson, Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Granite Falls, Litchfield, Madison, Montevideo, Morris, Olivia, Ortonville, Wheaton, Willmar
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 5.62 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023