Jury Pool Profile
Barnes County, North Dakota
Republican +35 (2024)
- Population
- 10,794
- Median household income
- $70,230
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 9,823 91.0%
- Black or African American alone 137 1.3%
- Asian alone 145 1.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 223 2.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
- Some other race alone 39 0.4%
- Two or more races 415 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 215 2.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.9
- Under 18 2,132 19.8%
- 18–24 1,138 10.5%
- 25–44 2,375 22.0%
- 45–64 2,693 24.9%
- 65 and over 2,456 22.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.1%
- +0.47 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $853.0M
- 1.07% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,625
- Establishments
- 458
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,473 32.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 830 18.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 469 10.5%
- Manufacturing 466 10.4%
- Construction 311 7.0%
- Professional & business services 258 5.8%
- Public administration 244 5.5%
- Financial activities 153 3.4%
- Natural resources & mining 116 2.6%
- Other services 114 2.5%
- Information 39 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.4%
- Median gross rent
- $779
- Owner-occupied
- 3,562
- Renter-occupied
- 1,290
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,294 votes cast
- Republican 3,531 66.7%
- Democratic 1,661 31.4%
- Other / third-party 102 1.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.0% speak only English at home
- German 77 0.7%
- Spanish 69 0.7%
- Tagalog 67 0.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.4%
- Korean 10 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,852
- Family households
- 2,649
- 54.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,194
- Single-mother households
- 257
- Veterans
- 829
- 9.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
66.9% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 4,167 38.4%
- Catholic 1,625 15.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,466 13.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.2%
- With a disability
- 13.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 30.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Southeast Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Ashley, Carrington, Cooperstown, Ellendale, Fessenden, Forman, Jamestown, LaMoure, Lisbon, Napoleon, New Rockford, Steele, Valley City, Wahpeton
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 34.63 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023