Jury Pool Profile

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 60,281
Median household income: $70,912
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 55,320 91.8%
Black or African American alone 608 1.0%
Asian alone 393 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 118 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,200 2.0%
Two or more races 2,623 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,260 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.3

Under 18 13,145 21.8%
18–24 3,960 6.6%
25–44 12,372 20.5%
45–64 15,834 26.3%
65 and over 14,970 24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 0.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,013
Establishments: 1,908

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,166 26.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,271 18.6%
Manufacturing 3,878 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,294 10.0%
Public administration 1,382 6.0%
Professional & business services 1,335 5.8%
Construction 1,275 5.6%
Other services 754 3.3%
Financial activities 640 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 474 2.1%
Information 441 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $805
Owner-occupied: 19,934
Renter-occupied: 5,247

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,608 votes cast

Republican 24,276 66.3%
Democratic 11,752 32.1%
Other / third-party 580 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,408 2.5%
German 441 0.8%
Other 301 0.5%
Slavic languages 88 0.2%
Other Indo-European 53 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.1%
Arabic 36 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.1%
Tagalog 27 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,181
Family households: 16,423; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 13,823
Single-mother households: 962
Veterans: 3,802; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,187 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 12,907 21.5%
Catholic 7,290 12.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 347 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (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: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 4.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023