Jury Pool Profile
Pope County, Minnesota
Republican +32 (2024)
- Population
- 11,363
- Median household income
- $72,205
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,750 94.6%
- Black or African American alone 71 0.6%
- Asian alone 95 0.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 67 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
- Some other race alone 61 0.5%
- Two or more races 315 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 223 2.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.6
- Under 18 2,430 21.4%
- 18–24 694 6.1%
- 25–44 2,497 22.0%
- 45–64 2,893 25.5%
- 65 and over 2,849 25.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.2%
- +0.18 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $750.3M
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,347
- Establishments
- 381
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,174 26.3%
- Education & health services 1,047 23.5%
- Manufacturing 803 18.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 338 7.6%
- Public administration 270 6.1%
- Natural resources & mining 238 5.3%
- Construction 171 3.8%
- Other services 152 3.4%
- Financial activities 150 3.4%
- Professional & business services 97 2.2%
- Information 18 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 82.7%
- Median gross rent
- $851
- Owner-occupied
- 4,122
- Renter-occupied
- 865
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,191 votes cast
- Republican 4,677 65.0%
- Democratic 2,398 33.3%
- Other / third-party 116 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 131 1.2%
- Other Indo-European 81 0.8%
- German 39 0.4%
- Tagalog 36 0.3%
- Vietnamese 33 0.3%
- Chinese 8 0.1%
- Other 5 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
- Slavic languages 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,987
- Family households
- 3,244
- 65.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,799
- Single-mother households
- 142
- Veterans
- 807
- 9.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
58.0% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 4,162 36.8%
- Catholic 1,393 12.3%
- Evangelical Protestant 911 8.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 87 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.6%
- With a disability
- 12.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 11 (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
- Benson, Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Granite Falls, Litchfield, Madison, Montevideo, Morris, Olivia, Ortonville, Wheaton, Willmar
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 11.19 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023