Jury Pool Profile

Morton County, North Dakota

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 33,479
Median household income: $79,483
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,414 87.9%
Black or African American alone 582 1.7%
Asian alone 72 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,225 3.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 41 0.1%
Some other race alone 864 2.6%
Two or more races 1,281 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,413 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

Under 18 7,913 23.6%
18–24 2,508 7.5%
25–44 9,638 28.8%
45–64 7,792 23.3%
65 and over 5,628 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 2.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,642
Establishments: 1,238

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,811 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,431 19.7%
Professional & business services 1,517 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,484 12.0%
Construction 1,084 8.8%
Manufacturing 1,064 8.6%
Public administration 669 5.4%
Financial activities 626 5.1%
Other services 417 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 170 1.4%
Information 57 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.1%
Median gross rent: $1,036
Owner-occupied: 10,155
Renter-occupied: 3,374

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,906 votes cast

Republican 12,839 75.9%
Democratic 3,748 22.2%
Other / third-party 319 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 951 3.0%
German 248 0.8%
Arabic 115 0.4%
Tagalog 86 0.3%
Other 48 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,529
Family households: 8,785; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 7,275
Single-mother households: 644
Veterans: 2,037; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,138 33.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,672 11.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,730 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 450 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 9.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.3%

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: 8; 31.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023