Jury Pool Profile

Nobles County, Minnesota

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 22,067
Median household income: $65,509
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,465 61.0%
Black or African American alone 1,149 5.2%
Asian alone 1,116 5.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 607 2.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,069 13.9%
Two or more races 2,661 12.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,314 33.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 6,295 28.5%
18–24 2,031 9.2%
25–44 5,074 23.0%
45–64 4,855 22.0%
65 and over 3,812 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,354
Establishments: 638

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,315 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,970 20.1%
Education & health services 1,964 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 655 6.7%
Public administration 410 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 334 3.4%
Other services 299 3.1%
Construction 280 2.9%
Financial activities 250 2.6%
Professional & business services 229 2.3%
Information 81 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $863
Owner-occupied: 5,530
Renter-occupied: 2,159

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,258 votes cast

Republican 5,541 67.1%
Democratic 2,599 31.5%
Other / third-party 118 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

65.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,334 26.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 903 4.5%
Other 607 3.0%
Arabic 139 0.7%
Vietnamese 41 0.2%
German 26 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,689
Family households: 5,159; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,642
Single-mother households: 679
Veterans: 829; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,558 29.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,187 18.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,733 12.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 711 3.2%
Orthodox 300 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.4%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

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; 12.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023