Jury Pool Profile

Burleigh County, North Dakota

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 98,986
Median household income: $84,948
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 85,701 86.6%
Black or African American alone 1,869 1.9%
Asian alone 848 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,087 4.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 260 0.3%
Some other race alone 935 0.9%
Two or more races 5,286 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,244 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 23,253 23.5%
18–24 8,918 9.0%
25–44 26,724 27.0%
45–64 22,883 23.1%
65 and over 17,208 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 9.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,464
Establishments: 4,390

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,026 29.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,242 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 6,979 12.0%
Professional & business services 6,820 11.8%
Public administration 4,753 8.2%
Construction 3,621 6.2%
Financial activities 2,734 4.7%
Other services 2,050 3.5%
Manufacturing 1,733 3.0%
Information 678 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 397 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.6%
Median gross rent: $996
Owner-occupied: 28,885
Renter-occupied: 11,476

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	State of North Dakota	Government (state)	4,456*
2	Sanford Health (Sanford Bismarck)	Healthcare	4,204*
3	Bismarck Public Schools	Education (K-12)	2,580*
4	CHI St. Alexius Health (CommonSpirit)	Healthcare	1,290*
5	Bobcat (Doosan Bobcat / HD Hyundai)	Manufacturing	1,280*
6	U.S. Government (federal)	Government (federal)	1,200*
7	City of Bismarck	Government (municipal)	931*
8	Bismarck State College	Education (higher)	891*
9	Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center (Missouri Slope)	Healthcare / Senior care	671*
10	MDU Resources Group	Energy / Utilities	542*
11	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	Energy / Utilities	522*
12	University of Mary	Education (higher)	432*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Bismarck-Mandan Chamber EDC (Economic Development Corporation) - "Major Employers in Bismarck-Mandan, ND" (2020)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 51,764 votes cast

Republican 36,595 70.7%
Democratic 14,215 27.5%
Other / third-party 954 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,284 1.4%
German 819 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 383 0.4%
Tagalog 312 0.3%
Other 277 0.3%
Slavic languages 276 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 136 0.1%
Other Indo-European 107 0.1%
Chinese 66 0.1%
Arabic 59 0.1%
Vietnamese 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,361
Family households: 24,587; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 20,086
Single-mother households: 1,903
Veterans: 5,052; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 26,480 26.9%
Mainline Protestant 17,191 17.5%
Evangelical Protestant 13,778 14.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,152 2.2%
Orthodox 30 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: South Central Judicial District Court
Judges: 10 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bismarck, Carson, Center, Fort Yates, Linton, Mandan, McClusky, Stanton, Washburn

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 3.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023