Jury Pool Profile

Mower County, Minnesota

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 40,069
Median household income: $71,495
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,608 78.9%
Black or African American alone 1,417 3.5%
Asian alone 2,283 5.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 109 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 170 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,977 4.9%
Two or more races 2,505 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,226 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 10,245 25.6%
18–24 3,277 8.2%
25–44 10,003 25.0%
45–64 9,156 22.9%
65 and over 7,388 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,042
Establishments: 900

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,350 25.7%
Manufacturing 3,957 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,990 17.7%
Professional & business services 1,925 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,358 8.0%
Public administration 733 4.3%
Construction 622 3.7%
Other services 389 2.3%
Financial activities 300 1.8%
Information 156 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 152 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.0%
Median gross rent: $848
Owner-occupied: 11,840
Renter-occupied: 3,730

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,926 votes cast

Republican 10,297 54.4%
Democratic 8,312 43.9%
Other / third-party 317 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,023 10.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,334 3.6%
Other 743 2.0%
German 250 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 193 0.5%
Other Indo-European 164 0.4%
Vietnamese 154 0.4%
Chinese 72 0.2%
Korean 33 0.1%
Slavic languages 29 0.1%
Tagalog 25 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,570
Family households: 10,501; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,072
Single-mother households: 973
Veterans: 2,288; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 9,992 25.0%
Catholic 8,892 22.2%
Evangelical Protestant 3,158 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 498 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 23 (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: Albert Lea, Austin, Caledonia, Faribault, Mantorville, Owatonna, Preston, Rochester, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 10.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023