Jury Pool Profile

Traverse County, Minnesota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 3,279
Median household income: $65,931
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,852 87.0%
Black or African American alone 16 0.5%
Asian alone 5 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 201 6.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 52 1.6%
Two or more races 153 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 184 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 715 21.8%
18–24 267 8.1%
25–44 636 19.4%
45–64 833 25.4%
65 and over 828 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $347.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,921
Establishments: 154

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 337 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 316 29.6%
Public administration 135 12.6%
Natural resources & mining 92 8.6%
Leisure & hospitality 42 3.9%
Manufacturing 33 3.1%
Financial activities 33 3.1%
Construction 31 2.9%
Other services 26 2.4%
Professional & business services 3 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $617
Owner-occupied: 1,125
Renter-occupied: 285

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,801 votes cast

Republican 1,165 64.7%
Democratic 597 33.1%
Other / third-party 39 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 129 4.2%
Other 35 1.1%
German 33 1.1%
Tagalog 9 0.3%
Other Indo-European 7 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.1%
Slavic languages 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,410
Family households: 830; 58.9% of households
Married w/ children: 686
Single-mother households: 60
Veterans: 189; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 894 26.6%
Catholic 739 22.0%
Mainline Protestant 535 15.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.8%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023