Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Minnesota

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 152,957
Median household income: $120,247
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 120,185 78.6%
Black or African American alone 8,017 5.2%
Asian alone 9,325 6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,078 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,232 2.8%
Two or more races 10,108 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,435 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 40,322 26.4%
18–24 12,455 8.1%
25–44 40,538 26.5%
45–64 40,835 26.7%
65 and over 18,807 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.0B; 2.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,133
Establishments: 3,996

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 19,248 30.5%
Education & health services 10,760 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 9,495 15.0%
Manufacturing 7,417 11.8%
Construction 5,805 9.2%
Professional & business services 3,925 6.2%
Public administration 2,832 4.5%
Other services 1,957 3.1%
Financial activities 1,195 1.9%
Information 280 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 196 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.3%
Median gross rent: $1,485
Owner-occupied: 45,724
Renter-occupied: 8,514

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 89,806 votes cast

Republican 47,837 53.3%
Democratic 40,214 44.8%
Other / third-party 1,755 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,016 4.2%
Other 3,448 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,162 2.2%
Slavic languages 2,390 1.7%
Vietnamese 1,637 1.1%
Other Indo-European 797 0.6%
Chinese 706 0.5%
Tagalog 333 0.2%
Arabic 207 0.1%
German 196 0.1%
Korean 102 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 54,238
Family households: 41,298; 76.1% of households
Married w/ children: 33,339
Single-mother households: 2,816
Veterans: 5,482; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 43,142 28.6%
Evangelical Protestant 17,572 11.6%
Mainline Protestant 11,986 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,103 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 8.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 30 (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: Chaska, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hastings, Le Center, Red Wing, Shakopee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 3.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023