Jury Pool Profile

Hettinger County, North Dakota

Republican +69.4 (2024)

County seat: Mott
Judicial district: Southwest Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 2,492; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,432.

At a glance

Hettinger County is a 2,492-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $66,824, $13,308 below the ND state median of $80,132; 22.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 28.6% of covered employment, average pay $64,346/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.29%, below the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 82% to 84% of the vote across the three.

Population: 2,432
Median household income: $73,026
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.

Hettinger County has a population of 2,432, with a median age of 42.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.2%; Black residents 0.2%.

The median household earns $66,824; 22.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 2,290 94.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.2%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 7 0.3%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 55 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 62 2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 14 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 450 18.5%
18–24 185 7.6%
25–44 601 24.7%
45–64 541 22.2%
65 and over 655 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $66,824; 90% interval $59,297–$74,351; −$13,308 vs ND · 44th of 53
Below poverty line: 13.0%; 90% interval 9.7%–16.3%; +2.2 pp vs ND · 9th of 53

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 203 jobs; Education & health services, 187, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 28.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 26.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.29%, below the North Dakota state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; −0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $152.0M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,275
Establishments: 149

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 203 28.6%
Education & health services 187 26.3%
Public administration 69 9.7%
Leisure & hospitality 46 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 43 6.0%
Financial activities 43 6.0%
Professional & business services 25 3.5%

The sectors listed cover 86.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%; +13.9 pp vs ND · 25th of 53
Median gross rent: $785; −$169 vs ND · 21st of 53
Owner-occupied: 868
Renter-occupied: 262

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 4 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Compressed wage spread

Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($64,346 vs $35,904/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 4.8 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 $58,022 average in Natural resources & mining is BLS's published figure for 43 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 83%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Hettinger County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.2% in 2024, 83.2% in 2020, 81.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,294 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 1,089 84.2%
Democratic 192 14.8%
Other / third-party 13 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 57% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 10.0% of the adult civilian population (198 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 35 1.5%
German or other West Germanic 30 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 1,130
Family households: 641; 56.7% of households
Married couples w/ children: 179; 27.9% of families
Single-mother families: 42; 6.6% of families
Veterans: 198; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 614 24.7%
Mainline Protestant 512 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 314 12.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%; ±2.4 pp
Uninsured: 5.0%; ±2.4 pp; 32nd of 53
With a disability: 17.8%; ±3.4 pp; 2nd of 53
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%; ±4.6 pp; −10.7 pp vs ND · 41st of 53
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 6.5%; 90% interval 5.6%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Hettinger totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 1; 50.45 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	81.8%	13.3%
2020	83.2%	14.9%
2024	84.2%	14.8%