Jury Pool Profile

McHenry County, North Dakota

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 5,264
Median household income: $80,614
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,012 95.2%
Black or African American alone 37 0.7%
Asian alone 26 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 26 0.5%
Two or more races 134 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 115 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 1,253 23.8%
18–24 291 5.5%
25–44 1,173 22.3%
45–64 1,399 26.6%
65 and over 1,148 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +1.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $278.7M; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,382
Establishments: 242

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 344 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 341 26.3%
Natural resources & mining 156 12.0%
Public administration 112 8.6%
Manufacturing 98 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 73 5.6%
Professional & business services 54 4.2%
Construction 44 3.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $737
Owner-occupied: 1,819
Renter-occupied: 446

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,735 votes cast

Republican 2,223 81.3%
Democratic 479 17.5%
Other / third-party 33 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

German 71 1.4%
Korean 26 0.5%
Spanish 18 0.4%
Other 10 0.2%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,265
Family households: 1,498; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,253
Single-mother households: 77
Veterans: 427; 10.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,282 42.7%
Catholic 863 16.1%
Evangelical Protestant 343 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northeast Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bottineau, Cando, Cavalier, Devils Lake, Grafton, Langdon, Minnewaukan, Mohall, Rolla, Rugby, Towner

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 99.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023