Jury Pool Profile

Steele County, Minnesota

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 37,413
Median household income: $83,448
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,527 86.9%
Black or African American alone 1,309 3.5%
Asian alone 249 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 115 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,132 3.0%
Two or more races 2,081 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,231 8.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 9,204 24.6%
18–24 2,766 7.4%
25–44 8,988 24.0%
45–64 9,461 25.3%
65 and over 6,994 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,897
Establishments: 1,130

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,657 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,006 21.1%
Education & health services 3,451 18.2%
Professional & business services 2,313 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,538 8.1%
Public administration 803 4.2%
Construction 640 3.4%
Other services 572 3.0%
Financial activities 443 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 333 1.8%
Information 199 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.9%
Median gross rent: $1,006
Owner-occupied: 11,986
Renter-occupied: 3,015

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,809 votes cast

Republican 12,742 61.2%
Democratic 7,650 36.8%
Other / third-party 417 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,573 4.4%
Other 439 1.2%
German 115 0.3%
Arabic 110 0.3%
Vietnamese 69 0.2%
Korean 68 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
Slavic languages 23 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
Tagalog 7 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,001
Family households: 10,010; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,384
Single-mother households: 820
Veterans: 2,034; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 11,349 30.3%
Catholic 7,635 20.4%
Evangelical Protestant 3,542 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 384 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 11.1%
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: 1; 3.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023