Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Minnesota

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 30,905
Median household income: $69,136
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,877 87.0%
Black or African American alone 677 2.2%
Asian alone 240 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 371 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 622 2.0%
Two or more races 2,114 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,074 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 7,619 24.7%
18–24 2,464 8.0%
25–44 7,460 24.1%
45–64 7,533 24.4%
65 and over 5,829 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,723
Establishments: 1,029

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,681 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,254 18.7%
Manufacturing 1,844 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 944 7.8%
Public administration 905 7.5%
Natural resources & mining 646 5.4%
Construction 539 4.5%
Professional & business services 387 3.2%
Other services 365 3.0%
Financial activities 287 2.4%
Information 185 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $843
Owner-occupied: 8,977
Renter-occupied: 3,471

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,387 votes cast

Republican 10,162 66.0%
Democratic 4,967 32.3%
Other / third-party 258 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 756 2.6%
Other 310 1.1%
German 286 1.0%
Slavic languages 274 0.9%
Arabic 81 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 38 0.1%
Other Indo-European 37 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.1%
Chinese 18 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,448
Family households: 7,834; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,247
Single-mother households: 758
Veterans: 1,613; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,993 22.4%
Catholic 5,767 18.5%
Evangelical Protestant 2,879 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,393 4.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.1%

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; 4.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023