Jury Pool Profile

Burleigh County, North Dakota

Republican +43.2 (2024)

County seat: Bismarck
Judicial district: South Central Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 103,251; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 100,600.

At a glance

Burleigh County is a 103,251-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $91,254, $11,122 above the ND state median of $80,132; 39.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 29.4% of covered employment, average pay $68,795/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.22%, below the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 68% to 71% of the vote across the three.

Population: 100,600
Median household income: $86,851
Unemployment: 2.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 2%.

Burleigh County has a population of 100,600, with a median age of 38.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.9%; Black residents 2.0%. Independently, 3.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $91,254; 39.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 85,417 84.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,376 3.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,948 1.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 983 1.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,856 4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,273 3.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 520 0.5%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 227 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 23,364 23.2%
18–24 9,275 9.2%
25–44 27,079 26.9%
45–64 22,854 22.7%
65 and over 18,028 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $91,254; 90% interval $82,598–$99,910; +$11,122 vs ND · 6th of 53
Below poverty line: 8.1%; 90% interval 6.7%–9.5%; −2.7 pp vs ND · 49th of 53

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 29.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.22%, below the North Dakota state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.2%; −0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 9.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,824
Establishments: 4,413

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,160 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,389 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 7,044 12.1%
Professional & business services 6,993 12.0%
Public administration 4,704 8.1%
Construction 3,726 6.4%
Financial activities 2,690 4.6%
Other services 2,116 3.6%
Manufacturing 1,612 2.8%
Information 643 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 316 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%; +8.3 pp vs ND · 40th of 53
Median gross rent: $998; +$44 vs ND · 7th of 53
Owner-occupied: 29,366
Renter-occupied: 11,903

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Moderate wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $96,932/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,907/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

3 of the 4 employers listed here are in education & health services, accounting for 6,743 employees on this list. This concentrates 'big institutional employer' juror experience in one sector; confirm employer ties before any framing that touches it.

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	State of North Dakota	Government (state)	4,456
2	Sanford Health (Sanford Bismarck)	Healthcare	3,273
3	Bismarck Public Schools	Education (public K-12)	2,200
4	CHI St. Alexius Health (CommonSpirit Health)	Healthcare	1,270

Showing 4 of 10 employers on the published list(16,630 employees total).

Source: City of Bismarck, North Dakota, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, 'Principal Employers - Current Year and Ten Years Ago' schedule, with data collected by the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC. This is a city list; Burleigh County publishes no such schedule. (2025)

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Burleigh County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.7% in 2024, 68.5% in 2020, 69.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 51,764 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (5,112 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,649 1.7%
German or other West Germanic 808 0.9%
Tagalog 277 0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 239 0.3%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 215 0.2%
Arabic 59 0.1%
Chinese 58 0.1%
Vietnamese 25 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 41,269
Family households: 24,695; 59.8% of households
Married couples w/ children: 8,275; 33.5% of families
Single-mother families: 1,855; 7.5% of families
Veterans: 5,112; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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: 95.5%; ±0.6 pp
Uninsured: 4.5%; ±0.6 pp; 40th of 53
With a disability: 12.0%; ±1 pp; 32nd of 53
Bachelor's or higher: 39.1%; ±1.8 pp; +6.4 pp vs ND · 2nd of 53
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 5.4%; 90% interval 4.8%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Burleigh totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 8 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 8; 10.36 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2024