Jury Pool Profile

Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 26,912
Median household income: $71,455
Unemployment: 6.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,031 89.3%
Black or African American alone 83 0.3%
Asian alone 164 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,109 4.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.1%
Some other race alone 177 0.7%
Two or more races 1,323 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 582 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 6,296 23.4%
18–24 1,909 7.1%
25–44 6,491 24.1%
45–64 7,275 27.0%
65 and over 4,941 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.4%; +2.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,582
Establishments: 796

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,639 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,638 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,525 16.3%
Public administration 1,218 13.0%
Manufacturing 723 7.7%
Professional & business services 516 5.5%
Construction 497 5.3%
Financial activities 261 2.8%
Other services 242 2.6%
Information 64 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 49 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 8,346
Renter-occupied: 2,393

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,163 votes cast

Republican 10,570 69.7%
Democratic 4,374 28.8%
Other / third-party 219 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Other 377 1.5%
Spanish 317 1.3%
German 67 0.3%
Slavic languages 53 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.2%
Other Indo-European 23 0.1%
Chinese 19 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,739
Family households: 7,004; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,240
Single-mother households: 738
Veterans: 1,717; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,798 18.1%
Catholic 4,497 17.0%
Evangelical Protestant 4,423 16.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 806 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (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: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 14.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023