Jury Pool Profile

Ramsey County, Minnesota

Democratic +43 (2024)

Population: 544,438
Median household income: $81,004
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 330,661 60.7%
Black or African American alone 66,223 12.2%
Asian alone 81,576 15.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,065 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 145 0.0%
Some other race alone 18,708 3.4%
Two or more races 44,060 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44,888 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 126,445 23.2%
18–24 51,068 9.4%
25–44 160,683 29.5%
45–64 122,521 22.5%
65 and over 83,721 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $56.3B; 11.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,908
Establishments: 15,457

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 102,161 31.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 43,920 13.5%
Professional & business services 43,564 13.4%
Public administration 30,619 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 28,887 8.9%
Manufacturing 27,466 8.4%
Financial activities 18,990 5.8%
Construction 12,550 3.9%
Other services 11,890 3.7%
Information 5,106 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 73 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.0%
Median gross rent: $1,298
Owner-occupied: 133,704
Renter-occupied: 85,371

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 276,736 votes cast

Democratic 195,168 70.5%
Republican 75,284 27.2%
Other / third-party 6,284 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.8% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 47,102 9.2%
Spanish 28,637 5.6%
Other 20,977 4.1%
Other Indo-European 5,858 1.1%
Chinese 3,814 0.7%
Vietnamese 2,940 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,515 0.5%
Slavic languages 1,748 0.3%
German 1,595 0.3%
Tagalog 1,191 0.2%
Arabic 1,120 0.2%
Korean 860 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 219,075
Family households: 122,718; 56.0% of households
Married w/ children: 87,024
Single-mother households: 14,562
Veterans: 19,834; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 103,955 18.8%
Mainline Protestant 47,848 8.7%
Evangelical Protestant 40,539 7.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 32,078 5.8%
Black Protestant 6,460 1.2%
Orthodox 3,680 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Saint Paul

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 5.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023