Jury Pool Profile
Murray County, Minnesota
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 8,119
- Median household income
- $74,475
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 7,408 91.2%
- Black or African American alone 50 0.6%
- Asian alone 98 1.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 240 3.0%
- Two or more races 303 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 397 4.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 46.6
- Under 18 1,759 21.7%
- 18–24 556 6.8%
- 25–44 1,591 19.6%
- 45–64 2,105 25.9%
- 65 and over 2,108 26.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.2%
- +1.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $721.5M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,046
- Establishments
- 341
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 785 26.9%
- Education & health services 637 21.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 197 6.8%
- Public administration 180 6.2%
- Construction 149 5.1%
- Financial activities 120 4.1%
- Professional & business services 101 3.5%
- Other services 77 2.6%
- Information 15 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 81.8%
- Median gross rent
- $768
- Owner-occupied
- 2,947
- Renter-occupied
- 654
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 4,755 votes cast
- Republican 3,346 70.4%
- Democratic 1,329 27.9%
- Other / third-party 80 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
93.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 303 3.9%
- Other Asian/Pacific 105 1.4%
- German 69 0.9%
- Other 12 0.2%
- Tagalog 7 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
- Chinese 2 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,601
- Family households
- 2,348
- 65.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,026
- Single-mother households
- 128
- Veterans
- 490
- 7.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
68.8% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 2,439 29.8%
- Catholic 2,178 26.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,014 12.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.5%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023