Jury Pool Profile
Foster County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Carrington
- Judicial district
- Southeast Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,212
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,358.
At a glance
Foster County is a 3,212-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $81,256, $1,124 above the ND state median of $80,132; 28.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 29.2% of covered employment, average pay $59,120/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 1.78%, below the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 78% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,358
- Median household income
- $87,831
- Unemployment
- 1.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.
Foster County has a population of 3,358, with a median age of 43.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.3%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 1.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $81,256; 28.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 29% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 29.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 1.78%, below the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 76%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Foster County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.4% in 2024, 76.6% in 2020, 72.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (119 individuals).