Jury Pool Profile

Olmsted County, Minnesota

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 163,425
Median household income: $93,494
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 128,587 78.7%
Black or African American alone 11,818 7.2%
Asian alone 10,325 6.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 319 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 116 0.1%
Some other race alone 3,063 1.9%
Two or more races 9,197 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,448 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 39,559 24.2%
18–24 12,990 7.9%
25–44 46,061 28.2%
45–64 38,127 23.3%
65 and over 26,688 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.7B; 3.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $79,579
Establishments: 4,061

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 55,061 53.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,804 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 9,596 9.2%
Professional & business services 6,270 6.0%
Manufacturing 5,489 5.3%
Construction 4,469 4.3%
Public administration 3,512 3.4%
Other services 2,561 2.5%
Financial activities 2,051 2.0%
Information 799 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 294 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $1,283
Owner-occupied: 47,115
Renter-occupied: 19,514

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 90,524 votes cast

Democratic 49,121 54.3%
Republican 39,467 43.6%
Other / third-party 1,936 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,353 3.5%
Other 4,345 2.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,692 2.4%
Other Indo-European 1,994 1.3%
Arabic 1,982 1.3%
Chinese 1,490 1.0%
Vietnamese 1,211 0.8%
Slavic languages 984 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 640 0.4%
Tagalog 409 0.3%
German 396 0.3%
Korean 222 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 66,629
Family households: 41,975; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 34,370
Single-mother households: 3,103
Veterans: 7,442; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 23,685 14.5%
Evangelical Protestant 23,539 14.5%
Catholic 23,136 14.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,768 4.2%
Orthodox 375 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 9.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 48.5%

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: 5; 4.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023