Jury Pool Profile
Mountrail County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Stanley
- Judicial district
- North Central Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,395
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,507.
At a glance
Mountrail County is a 9,395-person venue. The county population is 58% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $77,966, $2,166 below the ND state median of $80,132; 22.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (3.0%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.6% of covered employment, average pay $78,032/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.77%, above the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 71% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 9,507
- Median household income
- $80,717
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 58% / 2%.
Mountrail County has a population of 9,507, with a median age of 35.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.7%; Black residents 1.8%. Independently, 8.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,966; 22.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 26% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is about 17.9% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.6% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 19.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.77%, above the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Mountrail County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.9% in 2024, 67.8% in 2020, 63.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 12.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
12.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.7% of the adult civilian population (386 individuals).