Jury Pool Profile

Swift County, Minnesota

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 9,787
Median household income: $62,601
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,812 90.0%
Black or African American alone 68 0.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 72 0.7%
Some other race alone 186 1.9%
Two or more races 615 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 671 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 2,290 23.4%
18–24 754 7.7%
25–44 2,074 21.2%
45–64 2,371 24.2%
65 and over 2,298 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $799.9M; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,905
Establishments: 366

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 851 22.8%
Education & health services 831 22.2%
Manufacturing 825 22.1%
Public administration 308 8.2%
Leisure & hospitality 246 6.6%
Construction 170 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 148 4.0%
Professional & business services 120 3.2%
Other services 109 2.9%
Financial activities 101 2.7%
Information 29 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $900
Owner-occupied: 3,072
Renter-occupied: 1,062

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,041 votes cast

Republican 3,340 66.3%
Democratic 1,618 32.1%
Other / third-party 83 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 377 4.1%
German 60 0.6%
Other Indo-European 60 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,134
Family households: 2,675; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,955
Single-mother households: 261
Veterans: 448; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,431 34.9%
Catholic 2,068 21.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,200 12.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (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: Benson, Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Granite Falls, Litchfield, Madison, Montevideo, Morris, Olivia, Ortonville, Wheaton, Willmar

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 13.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023