McIntosh County, North Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,298 92.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 21 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 28 1.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 41 1.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 25 1.0%

• Under 18 464 18.6%
• 18–24 109 4.4%
• 25–44 526 21.1%
• 45–64 617 24.7%
• 65 and over 781 31.3%

Median household income

$62,513

90% interval $55,886–$69,140

−$17,619 vs ND · 47th of 53

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 8.9%–15.7%

+1.5 pp vs ND · 15th of 53

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.2%

−0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$152.4M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,699

Establishments

136

• Education & health services 420 42.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 271 27.3%
• Public administration 59 5.9%
• Natural resources & mining 56 5.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 47 4.7%
• Financial activities 35 3.5%
• Other services 33 3.3%
• Information 1 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.2%

+16.3 pp vs ND · 18th of 53

Median gross rent

$608

−$346 vs ND · 43rd of 53

Owner-occupied

947

Renter-occupied

249

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% 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 1.6× the lowest ($63,169 vs $38,448/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,132 82.0%
• Democratic 229 16.6%
• Other / third-party 20 1.4%

• German or other West Germanic 204 8.6%
• Spanish 49 2.1%
• Tagalog 8 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.2%

Households

1,196

Family households

668

55.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

237

35.5% of families

Single-mother families

14

2.1% of families

Veterans

140

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,339 52.9%
• Catholic 339 13.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 103 4.1%

Health insured

95.1%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±2.1 pp

36th of 53

With a disability

13.5%

±2.1 pp

19th of 53

Bachelor's or higher

20.9%

±4.2 pp

−11.8 pp vs ND · 44th of 53

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.6%–11.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Southeast Judicial District Court

Judges

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

Court seats

Ashley, Carrington, Cooperstown, Ellendale, Fessenden, Forman, Jamestown, LaMoure, Lisbon, Napoleon, New Rockford, Steele, Valley City, Wahpeton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0