Jury Pool Profile

Renville County, Minnesota

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 14,587
Median household income: $69,086
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,767 87.5%
Black or African American alone 124 0.9%
Asian alone 106 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 131 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 626 4.3%
Two or more races 833 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,414 9.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 3,423 23.5%
18–24 980 6.7%
25–44 3,256 22.3%
45–64 3,794 26.0%
65 and over 3,134 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,239
Establishments: 594

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,161 21.2%
Education & health services 1,143 20.8%
Manufacturing 1,019 18.6%
Leisure & hospitality 701 12.8%
Natural resources & mining 456 8.3%
Public administration 366 6.7%
Construction 193 3.5%
Professional & business services 172 3.1%
Financial activities 144 2.6%
Other services 107 2.0%
Information 20 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.4%
Median gross rent: $760
Owner-occupied: 4,738
Renter-occupied: 1,227

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,042 votes cast

Republican 5,610 69.8%
Democratic 2,280 28.4%
Other / third-party 152 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 796 5.8%
German 49 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 44 0.3%
Other 20 0.1%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,965
Family households: 3,738; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,967
Single-mother households: 258
Veterans: 773; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 5,736 39.0%
Catholic 3,345 22.7%
Evangelical Protestant 1,889 12.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 35.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023