Jury Pool Profile

Pipestone County, Minnesota

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 9,352
Median household income: $66,073
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,142 87.1%
Black or African American alone 181 1.9%
Asian alone 90 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 77 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 37 0.4%
Some other race alone 268 2.9%
Two or more races 557 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 789 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 2,527 27.0%
18–24 567 6.1%
25–44 2,111 22.6%
45–64 2,219 23.7%
65 and over 1,928 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $988.4M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,888
Establishments: 399

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,126 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 922 21.4%
Natural resources & mining 416 9.7%
Manufacturing 332 7.7%
Construction 327 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 314 7.3%
Professional & business services 297 6.9%
Public administration 283 6.6%
Financial activities 121 2.8%
Other services 88 2.0%
Information 76 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $731
Owner-occupied: 3,235
Renter-occupied: 736

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,828 votes cast

Republican 3,537 73.3%
Democratic 1,215 25.2%
Other / third-party 76 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 363 4.2%
Tagalog 32 0.4%
German 29 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.3%
Arabic 12 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
Other 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,971
Family households: 2,415; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,961
Single-mother households: 173
Veterans: 520; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,786 29.6%
Evangelical Protestant 2,680 28.4%
Catholic 1,021 10.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 203 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023