Todd County, Minnesota

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,524 84.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,499 9.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 139 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 70 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,148 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 55 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 53 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 87 0.3%

• Under 18 6,301 24.6%
• 18–24 1,583 6.2%
• 25–44 5,485 21.4%
• 45–64 6,416 25.1%
• 65 and over 5,790 22.6%

Median household income

$70,856

90% interval $66,574–$75,138

−$16,264 vs MN · 65th of 87

Below poverty line

10.5%

90% interval 8.2%–12.8%

+1.2 pp vs MN · 43rd of 87

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+1.68 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,025

Establishments

628

• Education & health services 2,445 34.3%
• Manufacturing 1,649 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 898 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 516 7.2%
• Public administration 481 6.8%
• Construction 286 4.0%
• Natural resources & mining 279 3.9%
• Financial activities 228 3.2%
• Other services 173 2.4%
• Professional & business services 118 1.7%
• Information 47 0.7%

Home ownership

83.0%

+10.8 pp vs MN · 19th of 87

Median gross rent

$908

−$372 vs MN · 38th of 87

Owner-occupied

8,471

Renter-occupied

1,738

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $80,786/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,596/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,392 76.0%
• Democratic 3,072 22.5%
• Other / third-party 208 1.5%

• Spanish 1,549 6.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,245 5.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 57 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 15 0.1%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

10,209

Family households

6,918

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,854

26.8% of families

Single-mother families

511

7.4% of families

Veterans

1,503

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,760 18.8%
• Catholic 4,524 17.9%
• Mainline Protestant 2,867 11.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11 0.0%

Health insured

90.5%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±1.2 pp

5th of 87

With a disability

12.7%

±1 pp

49th of 87

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±1.1 pp

−23.3 pp vs MN · 86th of 87

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.7%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

20.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4