Jury Pool Profile

Rice County, Minnesota

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 67,389
Median household income: $82,792
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,125 80.3%
Black or African American alone 4,350 6.5%
Asian alone 1,428 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 325 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,552 3.8%
Two or more races 4,586 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,885 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 14,584 21.6%
18–24 9,689 14.4%
25–44 16,021 23.8%
45–64 16,028 23.8%
65 and over 11,067 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.1B; 0.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,604
Establishments: 1,786

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,074 27.0%
Manufacturing 5,319 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,140 19.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,603 9.9%
Public administration 1,788 6.8%
Construction 1,123 4.3%
Professional & business services 1,027 3.9%
Other services 885 3.4%
Financial activities 582 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 515 2.0%
Information 140 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $1,046
Owner-occupied: 17,714
Renter-occupied: 5,631

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,284 votes cast

Republican 18,264 50.3%
Democratic 17,353 47.8%
Other / third-party 667 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,995 7.8%
Other 1,989 3.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 316 0.5%
Chinese 315 0.5%
Vietnamese 257 0.4%
Slavic languages 242 0.4%
German 240 0.4%
Other Indo-European 192 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 88 0.1%
Tagalog 52 0.1%
Arabic 44 0.1%
Korean 26 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,345
Family households: 15,334; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 12,160
Single-mother households: 1,407
Veterans: 3,400; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 17,002 25.3%
Mainline Protestant 11,765 17.5%
Evangelical Protestant 6,780 10.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,982 3.0%
Orthodox 35 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 10.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Albert Lea, Austin, Caledonia, Faribault, Mantorville, Owatonna, Preston, Rochester, Wabasha, Waseca, Winona

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 22.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023