Red Lake County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,558 90.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 141 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 115 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 68 1.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 947 24.2%
• 18–24 238 6.1%
• 25–44 868 22.2%
• 45–64 970 24.8%
• 65 and over 892 22.8%

Median household income

$72,158

90% interval $67,167–$77,149

−$14,962 vs MN · 55th of 87

Below poverty line

9.1%

90% interval 6.8%–11.4%

−0.2 pp vs MN · 60th of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.6%

+2.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$247.9M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,577

Establishments

125

• Education & health services 336 35.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 264 27.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 92 9.6%
• Public administration 80 8.4%
• Construction 19 2.0%
• Other services 3 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 82.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.4%

+11.2 pp vs MN · 13th of 87

Median gross rent

$583

−$697 vs MN · 86th of 87

Owner-occupied

1,394

Renter-occupied

277

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $51,166/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,627/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $49,611 average in Construction is BLS's published figure for 19 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,425 67.5%
• Democratic 642 30.4%
• Other / third-party 43 2.0%

• Spanish 35 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 25 0.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.1%
• Korean 4 0.1%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

1,671

Family households

1,075

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

292

27.2% of families

Single-mother families

70

6.5% of families

Veterans

291

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,655 42.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,041 26.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 342 8.7%

Health insured

97.7%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

2.3%

±0.9 pp

85th of 87

With a disability

12.3%

±1.6 pp

54th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±2.3 pp

−20.8 pp vs MN · 77th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.7%

90% interval 4.1%–5.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

33.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1