Jury Pool Profile
Foster County, North Dakota
Republican +59 (2024)
- Population
- 3,372
- Median household income
- $83,412
- Unemployment
- 2.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,178 94.2%
- Black or African American alone 12 0.4%
- Asian alone 45 1.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.2%
- Some other race alone 12 0.4%
- Two or more races 110 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28 0.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.3
- Under 18 737 21.9%
- 18–24 144 4.3%
- 25–44 816 24.2%
- 45–64 897 26.6%
- 65 and over 778 23.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.0%
- -0.62 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $309.1M
- 0.39% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,351
- Establishments
- 173
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 423 27.4%
- Education & health services 322 20.9%
- Manufacturing 272 17.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 116 7.5%
- Financial activities 101 6.5%
- Public administration 96 6.2%
- Construction 76 4.9%
- Natural resources & mining 55 3.6%
- Professional & business services 37 2.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.4%
- Median gross rent
- $756
- Owner-occupied
- 1,173
- Renter-occupied
- 342
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,692 votes cast
- Republican 1,326 78.4%
- Democratic 335 19.8%
- Other / third-party 31 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.9% speak only English at home
- Other Indo-European 49 1.5%
- Spanish 10 0.3%
- German 9 0.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,515
- Family households
- 914
- 60.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 817
- Single-mother households
- 42
- Veterans
- 118
- 4.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
49.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 828 24.4%
- Catholic 509 15.0%
- Mainline Protestant 357 10.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.3%
- With a disability
- 12.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 27.2%
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
- 1
- 37.95 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023