Jury Pool Profile

Stearns County, Minnesota

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 159,358
Median household income: $76,447
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 132,088 82.9%
Black or African American alone 13,425 8.4%
Asian alone 3,086 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 180 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 66 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,074 1.9%
Two or more races 7,439 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,190 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35

Under 18 37,569 23.6%
18–24 23,087 14.5%
25–44 37,810 23.7%
45–64 35,763 22.4%
65 and over 25,129 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.6B; 2.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,313
Establishments: 4,733

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 25,449 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,323 22.1%
Manufacturing 11,532 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 6,975 8.0%
Construction 5,624 6.4%
Professional & business services 5,404 6.2%
Financial activities 4,538 5.2%
Public administration 3,032 3.5%
Other services 2,914 3.3%
Information 1,295 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,167 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $1,057
Owner-occupied: 41,324
Renter-occupied: 19,613

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 86,361 votes cast

Republican 53,932 62.4%
Democratic 30,829 35.7%
Other / third-party 1,600 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.8% speak only English at home

Other 7,071 4.7%
Spanish 4,710 3.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,053 0.7%
German 793 0.5%
Arabic 625 0.4%
Other Indo-European 527 0.4%
Chinese 474 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 419 0.3%
Vietnamese 397 0.3%
Slavic languages 374 0.3%
Korean 122 0.1%
Tagalog 79 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 60,937
Family households: 37,651; 61.8% of households
Married w/ children: 30,189
Single-mother households: 3,044
Veterans: 7,998; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 53,720 33.9%
Evangelical Protestant 13,746 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 13,337 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,046 1.9%
Orthodox 34 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (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: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 13.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023