Jury Pool Profile

Nicollet County, Minnesota

Republican +0 (2024)

Population: 34,350
Median household income: $80,362
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,057 87.5%
Black or African American alone 1,193 3.5%
Asian alone 511 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 123 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 621 1.8%
Two or more races 1,845 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,825 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 7,434 21.6%
18–24 4,436 12.9%
25–44 8,590 25.0%
45–64 7,984 23.2%
65 and over 5,906 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,235
Establishments: 849

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,819 33.0%
Manufacturing 3,228 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,583 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,016 7.0%
Public administration 699 4.8%
Professional & business services 644 4.4%
Other services 398 2.7%
Construction 379 2.6%
Information 341 2.3%
Financial activities 266 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 238 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.3%
Median gross rent: $931
Owner-occupied: 9,381
Renter-occupied: 3,603

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,354 votes cast

Republican 9,540 49.3%
Democratic 9,441 48.8%
Other / third-party 373 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 898 2.8%
Other 586 1.8%
German 240 0.7%
Other Indo-European 170 0.5%
Slavic languages 78 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 76 0.2%
Chinese 54 0.2%
Vietnamese 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,984
Family households: 8,175; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 6,443
Single-mother households: 896
Veterans: 1,530; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,340 18.4%
Evangelical Protestant 5,579 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,175 12.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,510 4.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 7.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023