Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, North Dakota

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 8,341
Median household income: $79,405
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,587 91.0%
Black or African American alone 50 0.6%
Asian alone 35 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 236 2.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 244 2.9%
Two or more races 189 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 225 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 1,935 23.2%
18–24 477 5.7%
25–44 1,932 23.2%
45–64 2,173 26.1%
65 and over 1,824 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 1.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $83,476
Establishments: 327

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,429 32.1%
Education & health services 939 21.1%
Natural resources & mining 688 15.5%
Construction 528 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 319 7.2%
Public administration 209 4.7%
Financial activities 112 2.5%
Professional & business services 86 1.9%
Information 84 1.9%
Other services 40 0.9%
Manufacturing 16 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $1,043
Owner-occupied: 2,894
Renter-occupied: 700

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,530 votes cast

Republican 3,798 83.8%
Democratic 672 14.8%
Other / third-party 60 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

German 256 3.3%
Spanish 83 1.1%
Other 68 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.3%
Other Indo-European 23 0.3%
Tagalog 23 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,594
Family households: 2,369; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,039
Single-mother households: 92
Veterans: 550; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,834 33.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,362 16.3%
Catholic 688 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 230 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.6%

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: 1; 15.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023