Jury Pool Profile

Rock County, Minnesota

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 9,628
Median household income: $70,698
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,065 94.2%
Black or African American alone 17 0.2%
Asian alone 59 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 57 0.6%
Two or more races 374 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 362 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 2,365 24.6%
18–24 715 7.4%
25–44 2,214 23.0%
45–64 2,406 25.0%
65 and over 1,928 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $991.7M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,870
Establishments: 328

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,012 27.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 802 21.7%
Manufacturing 644 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 262 7.1%
Financial activities 261 7.1%
Public administration 234 6.3%
Construction 134 3.6%
Professional & business services 116 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 112 3.0%
Other services 90 2.4%
Information 20 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.0%
Median gross rent: $745
Owner-occupied: 3,005
Renter-occupied: 951

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,361 votes cast

Republican 3,690 68.8%
Democratic 1,585 29.6%
Other / third-party 86 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 203 2.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 48 0.5%
German 32 0.4%
Slavic languages 25 0.3%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,956
Family households: 2,606; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,209
Single-mother households: 242
Veterans: 478; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,926 40.5%
Catholic 1,411 14.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,361 14.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 192 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023