Jury Pool Profile

Pennington County, Minnesota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 13,877
Median household income: $72,561
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,634 91.0%
Black or African American alone 161 1.2%
Asian alone 172 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 216 1.6%
Two or more races 630 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 663 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 3,080 22.2%
18–24 1,136 8.2%
25–44 3,461 24.9%
45–64 3,588 25.9%
65 and over 2,612 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,946
Establishments: 418

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,092 52.0%
Education & health services 1,580 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 935 9.5%
Manufacturing 933 9.5%
Public administration 338 3.5%
Other services 247 2.5%
Construction 198 2.0%
Financial activities 173 1.8%
Professional & business services 157 1.6%
Information 88 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 53 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.3%
Median gross rent: $900
Owner-occupied: 4,402
Renter-occupied: 1,768

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,361 votes cast

Republican 4,756 64.6%
Democratic 2,439 33.1%
Other / third-party 166 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 424 3.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 97 0.7%
Slavic languages 61 0.5%
Tagalog 55 0.4%
German 45 0.3%
Other Indo-European 33 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 23 0.2%
Other 14 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.1%
Vietnamese 9 0.1%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,170
Family households: 3,488; 56.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,815
Single-mother households: 290
Veterans: 663; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,744 41.1%
Catholic 1,445 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 1,207 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 151 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Ada, Aitkin, Bagley, Baudette, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Rapids, Hallock, International Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids, Red Lake Falls, Roseau, Thief River Falls, Walker, Warren

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023