Jury Pool Profile

Winona County, Minnesota

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 49,705
Median household income: $70,198
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,156 90.8%
Black or African American alone 847 1.7%
Asian alone 1,188 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 156 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 375 0.8%
Two or more races 1,980 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,876 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.1

Under 18 8,877 17.9%
18–24 9,622 19.4%
25–44 11,001 22.1%
45–64 11,153 22.4%
65 and over 9,052 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,828
Establishments: 1,256

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,632 23.4%
Manufacturing 5,393 22.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,639 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,914 12.1%
Professional & business services 1,646 6.9%
Public administration 988 4.1%
Construction 691 2.9%
Financial activities 651 2.7%
Other services 552 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 502 2.1%
Information 415 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $866
Owner-occupied: 13,948
Renter-occupied: 6,340

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,721 votes cast

Republican 14,288 51.5%
Democratic 12,929 46.6%
Other / third-party 504 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 782 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 524 1.1%
German 504 1.1%
Other 190 0.4%
Chinese 135 0.3%
Other Indo-European 63 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.1%
Tagalog 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 23 0.0%
Slavic languages 21 0.0%
Korean 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,288
Family households: 10,811; 53.3% of households
Married w/ children: 8,693
Single-mother households: 854
Veterans: 2,512; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,112 24.4%
Evangelical Protestant 10,085 20.3%
Mainline Protestant 4,493 9.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,148 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.1%

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: 3; 7.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023