Jury Pool Profile

St. Louis County, Minnesota

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 200,056
Median household income: $69,455
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 181,117 90.5%
Black or African American alone 3,199 1.6%
Asian alone 2,094 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,325 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,316 0.7%
Two or more races 8,982 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,767 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 37,522 18.8%
18–24 24,408 12.2%
25–44 46,603 23.3%
45–64 49,849 24.9%
65 and over 41,674 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.9B; 2.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,452
Establishments: 5,646

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 32,365 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,128 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 11,780 12.3%
Professional & business services 6,490 6.8%
Public administration 6,275 6.6%
Manufacturing 5,523 5.8%
Construction 4,853 5.1%
Financial activities 3,531 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 3,510 3.7%
Other services 3,285 3.4%
Information 763 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.0%
Median gross rent: $970
Owner-occupied: 62,085
Renter-occupied: 24,179

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 118,587 votes cast

Democratic 66,335 55.9%
Republican 50,065 42.2%
Other / third-party 2,187 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,071 1.1%
Other 1,400 0.7%
Other Indo-European 829 0.4%
German 693 0.4%
Slavic languages 409 0.2%
Chinese 294 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 282 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 280 0.1%
Vietnamese 156 0.1%
Arabic 145 0.1%
Korean 87 0.0%
Tagalog 60 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 86,264
Family households: 47,878; 55.5% of households
Married w/ children: 37,139
Single-mother households: 4,191
Veterans: 11,698; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 27,601 13.8%
Mainline Protestant 23,818 11.9%
Evangelical Protestant 14,152 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,173 2.1%
Orthodox 485 0.2%
Black Protestant 300 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 17 (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: Carlton, Duluth, Grand Marais, Two Harbors

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023