Jury Pool Profile
Dunn County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Manning
- Judicial district
- Southwest Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,058
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,040.
At a glance
Dunn County is a 4,058-person venue. The county population is 80% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $94,726, $14,594 above the ND state median of $80,132; 25.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (3.6%), then Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.6% of covered employment, average pay $83,402/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.69%, above the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 80% to 84% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,040
- Median household income
- $97,689
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 80% / 0%.
Dunn County has a population of 4,040, with a median age of 40.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.3%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 4.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $94,726; 25.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 511 jobs; Natural resources & mining, 486, is within 20% of it. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 22.3% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.6% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 24.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.69%, above the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Dunn County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.1% in 2024, 83.4% in 2020, 79.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 9.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
9.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 8.9% of the adult civilian population (265 individuals).