Jury Pool Profile

McLean County, North Dakota

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 9,807
Median household income: $81,847
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,709 88.8%
Black or African American alone 16 0.2%
Asian alone 37 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 629 6.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.3%
Some other race alone 90 0.9%
Two or more races 301 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 194 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 2,108 21.5%
18–24 547 5.6%
25–44 2,036 20.8%
45–64 2,605 26.6%
65 and over 2,511 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 1.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,874
Establishments: 392

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 901 26.5%
Education & health services 845 24.8%
Natural resources & mining 512 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 278 8.2%
Public administration 202 5.9%
Professional & business services 183 5.4%
Financial activities 168 4.9%
Construction 152 4.5%
Information 61 1.8%
Manufacturing 60 1.8%
Other services 42 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.4%
Median gross rent: $768
Owner-occupied: 3,555
Renter-occupied: 706

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,398 votes cast

Republican 4,231 78.4%
Democratic 1,093 20.2%
Other / third-party 74 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 87 0.9%
Other Indo-European 43 0.5%
Other 41 0.4%
German 39 0.4%
Tagalog 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.1%
Vietnamese 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,261
Family households: 2,825; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,448
Single-mother households: 84
Veterans: 712; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,944 30.1%
Catholic 1,756 18.0%
Evangelical Protestant 920 9.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: South Central Judicial District Court
Judges: 10 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bismarck, Carson, Center, Fort Yates, Linton, Mandan, McClusky, Stanton, Washburn

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023