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Jury Pool Profile

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Republican +41 (2024)
Population
9,509
Median household income
$71,573
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 8,444 88.8%
  • Black or African American alone 71 0.7%
  • Asian alone 22 0.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 274 2.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 292 3.1%
  • Two or more races 400 4.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 493 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 2,196 23.1%
  • 18–24 717 7.5%
  • 25–44 2,192 23.1%
  • 45–64 2,407 25.3%
  • 65 and over 1,997 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
+0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP
$784.2M
0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay
$49,625
Establishments
388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,196 33.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 756 20.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 523 14.4%
  • Public administration 307 8.5%
  • Construction 178 4.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 157 4.3%
  • Manufacturing 143 3.9%
  • Financial activities 124 3.4%
  • Other services 102 2.8%
  • Professional & business services 83 2.3%
  • Information 54 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
84.2%
Median gross rent
$688
Owner-occupied
3,364
Renter-occupied
629

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,391 votes cast

  • Republican 3,738 69.3%
  • Democratic 1,548 28.7%
  • Other / third-party 105 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 328 3.7%
  • Other 34 0.4%
  • German 16 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 9 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.1%
  • Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
3,993
Family households
2,697
67.5% of households
Married w/ children
2,171
Single-mother households
182
Veterans
520
7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.1% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 3,524 37.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,828 19.2%
  • Catholic 1,707 17.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.9%
With a disability
13.9%
Bachelor's or higher
19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

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

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.