Redwood County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,056 85.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 641 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 98 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 407 2.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 570 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 539 3.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 32 0.2%

• Under 18 3,784 24.7%
• 18–24 1,122 7.3%
• 25–44 3,428 22.3%
• 45–64 3,595 23.4%
• 65 and over 3,421 22.3%

Median household income

$66,279

90% interval $60,837–$71,721

−$20,841 vs MN · 78th of 87

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 9.2%–12.8%

+1.7 pp vs MN · 32nd of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,170

Establishments

580

• Education & health services 1,434 23.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,372 22.9%
• Manufacturing 1,128 18.8%
• Public administration 631 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 378 6.3%
• Construction 278 4.6%
• Financial activities 265 4.4%
• Professional & business services 178 3.0%
• Other services 173 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 128 2.1%
• Information 30 0.5%

Home ownership

78.4%

+6.2 pp vs MN · 53rd of 87

Median gross rent

$757

−$523 vs MN · 73rd of 87

Owner-occupied

4,933

Renter-occupied

1,360

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $79,949/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,796/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,895 71.0%
• Democratic 2,300 27.7%
• Other / third-party 104 1.3%

• Spanish 297 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 79 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.1%
• Chinese 9 0.1%
• Tagalog 8 0.1%

Households

6,293

Family households

3,976

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,200

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

204

5.1% of families

Veterans

656

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,410 28.6%
• Mainline Protestant 4,333 28.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,562 23.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 88 0.6%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.8 pp

19th of 87

With a disability

13.7%

±1.1 pp

34th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

22.2%

±1.7 pp

−17.2 pp vs MN · 58th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.5%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

17.29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2