Jury Pool Profile
Grand Forks County, North Dakota
- Population
- 72,764
- Median household income
- $68,450
- Unemployment
- 2.3%
Who sits on a jury?
- White alone 61,065 83.9%
- Black or African American alone 2,615 3.6%
- Asian alone 1,963 2.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,392 1.9%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 370 0.5%
- Some other race alone 802 1.1%
- Two or more races 4,557 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,783 5.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Median age 30.6
- Under 18 15,456 21.2%
- 18–24 14,093 19.4%
- 25–44 19,480 26.8%
- 45–64 13,540 18.6%
- 65 and over 10,195 14.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.3%
- -0.27 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $5.9B
- 7.39% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $59,530
- Establishments
- 2,774
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 12,878 31.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 8,696 21.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 5,209 12.8%
- Professional & business services 3,531 8.7%
- Manufacturing 2,987 7.3%
- Construction 2,554 6.3%
- Public administration 1,703 4.2%
- Financial activities 1,380 3.4%
- Other services 958 2.4%
- Natural resources & mining 445 1.1%
- Information 365 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
- Home ownership
- 52.1%
- Median gross rent
- $971
- Owner-occupied
- 16,162
- Renter-occupied
- 14,883
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of North Dakota | Higher education | 5,562 |
| 2 | Altru Health System | Healthcare | 3,400 |
| 3 | Grand Forks Air Force Base | Military/Defense | 2,897 |
| 4 | Grand Forks School District (Grand Forks Public Schools) | Public education | 1,700 |
| 5 | City of Grand Forks | Local government | 527 |
| 6 | Valley Memorial Home (Valley Senior Living) | Senior living/Healthcare | 818 |
| 7 | LM Wind Power (USA), Inc. | Wind turbine blade manufacturing | 560 |
| 8 | Development Homes | Disability services | 480 |
| 9 | Hugo's (4 locations) | Grocery retail | 460 |
| 10 | J. R. Simplot | Food/Potato processing | 440 |
Source: City of Grand Forks, North Dakota — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), FY ended Dec 31, 2024, Table 20 "Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago" (statistical section; annual employer survey conducted by Baker Tilly; total labor force source: ND Job Service) (2024)
Political composition
2024 presidential · 31,089 votes cast
- Republican 18,123 58.3%
- Democratic 12,469 40.1%
- Other / third-party 497 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
92.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,281 1.9%
- Other 927 1.4%
- Other Indo-European 857 1.3%
- German 440 0.6%
- Slavic languages 435 0.6%
- Chinese 365 0.5%
- Korean 283 0.4%
- Arabic 236 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 180 0.3%
- Tagalog 158 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 68 0.1%
- Vietnamese 65 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
- Households
- 31,045
- Family households
- 15,448
- 49.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 11,981
- Single-mother households
- 1,558
- Veterans
- 4,361
- 7.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
48.0% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 14,851 20.3%
- Catholic 13,121 17.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 5,428 7.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,469 2.0%
- Black Protestant 250 0.3%
US Religion Census 2020
- Health insured
- 95.1%
- With a disability
- 9.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 37.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Northeast Central Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Grand Forks, Lakota
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 8
- 13.96 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 7
NHTSA FARS 2023