Jury Pool Profile

Cavalier County, North Dakota

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 3,663
Median household income: $67,064
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,400 92.8%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 3 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 50 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 125 3.4%
Two or more races 85 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 849 23.2%
18–24 253 6.9%
25–44 630 17.2%
45–64 931 25.4%
65 and over 1,000 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $589.2M; 0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,941
Establishments: 173

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 410 33.3%
Education & health services 307 24.9%
Public administration 133 10.8%
Leisure & hospitality 83 6.7%
Financial activities 67 5.4%
Construction 64 5.2%
Other services 50 4.1%
Information 49 4.0%
Professional & business services 20 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.8%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 1,274
Renter-occupied: 265

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,977 votes cast

Republican 1,461 73.9%
Democratic 491 24.8%
Other / third-party 25 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

German 59 1.7%
Spanish 52 1.5%
Other 14 0.4%
Other Indo-European 11 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.2%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,539
Family households: 893; 58.0% of households
Married w/ children: 781
Single-mother households: 47
Veterans: 175; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

93.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,556 42.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,328 35.9%
Evangelical Protestant 563 15.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.5%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northeast Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bottineau, Cando, Cavalier, Devils Lake, Grafton, Langdon, Minnewaukan, Mohall, Rolla, Rugby, Towner

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 35.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023