Golden Valley County, North Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,499 90.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 116 7.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 21 1.3%

• Under 18 371 22.4%
• 18–24 72 4.4%
• 25–44 299 18.1%
• 45–64 432 26.1%
• 65 and over 479 29.0%

Median household income

$68,890

90% interval $60,758–$77,022

−$11,242 vs ND · 41st of 53

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.3%–13.9%

+0.3 pp vs ND · 26th of 53

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$118.3M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,501

Establishments

91

• Education & health services 210 33.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 191 30.5%
• Public administration 57 9.1%
• Natural resources & mining 53 8.5%
• Financial activities 36 5.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 32 5.1%
• Construction 1 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.5%

+16.6 pp vs ND · 16th of 53

Median gross rent

$638

Owner-occupied

556

Renter-occupied

143

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($73,573 vs $36,753/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $68,159 average in Financial activities is BLS's published figure for 36 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 847 86.1%
• Democratic 122 12.4%
• Other / third-party 15 1.5%

• Spanish 8 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.2%

Households

699

Family households

499

71.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

98

19.6% of families

Single-mother families

27

5.4% of families

Veterans

89

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 411 23.7%
• Mainline Protestant 315 18.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 219 12.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.1%

Health insured

97.8%

±1.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

19.6%

±4.4 pp

1st of 53

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±5.3 pp

−10.1 pp vs ND · 38th of 53

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.1%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Southwest Judicial District Court

Judges

4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)

Court seats

Amidon, Beach, Bowman, Dickinson, Hettinger, Manning, Medora, Mott

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0