Jury Pool Profile

Wright County, Minnesota

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 145,270
Median household income: $106,666
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 129,900 89.4%
Black or African American alone 2,707 1.9%
Asian alone 2,266 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 489 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,757 1.9%
Two or more races 7,151 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,077 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 39,910 27.5%
18–24 10,402 7.2%
25–44 38,384 26.4%
45–64 37,235 25.6%
65 and over 19,339 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.3B; 1.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,999
Establishments: 3,984

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,518 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,435 23.5%
Manufacturing 6,795 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 5,578 11.4%
Construction 4,903 10.1%
Professional & business services 2,955 6.1%
Public administration 1,716 3.5%
Other services 1,677 3.4%
Financial activities 1,064 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 851 1.7%
Information 266 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.3%
Median gross rent: $1,246
Owner-occupied: 44,451
Renter-occupied: 8,306

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 89,700 votes cast

Republican 57,211 63.8%
Democratic 30,883 34.4%
Other / third-party 1,606 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,258 2.4%
Other 1,100 0.8%
German 618 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 594 0.4%
Chinese 538 0.4%
Slavic languages 328 0.2%
Other Indo-European 310 0.2%
Arabic 223 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 176 0.1%
Tagalog 171 0.1%
Vietnamese 105 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 52,757
Family households: 38,254; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 31,929
Single-mother households: 2,723
Veterans: 6,737; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 36,063 25.5%
Evangelical Protestant 12,297 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 11,114 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,089 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 8.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Court
Judges: 47 (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: Anoka, Buffalo, Cambridge, Center City, Elk River, Mora, Pine City, Stillwater

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 11.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023