Jury Pool Profile

Nelson County, North Dakota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 3,015
Median household income: $68,051
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,813 93.3%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 31 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 20 0.7%
Two or more races 125 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.4

Under 18 619 20.5%
18–24 137 4.5%
25–44 587 19.5%
45–64 832 27.6%
65 and over 840 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $233.9M; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,926
Establishments: 180

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 363 34.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 226 21.7%
Public administration 106 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 86 8.3%
Financial activities 70 6.7%
Construction 66 6.3%
Professional & business services 57 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 42 4.0%
Manufacturing 11 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $593
Owner-occupied: 996
Renter-occupied: 299

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,755 votes cast

Republican 1,141 65.0%
Democratic 580 33.0%
Other / third-party 34 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Slavic languages 40 1.4%
Spanish 33 1.1%
Other Indo-European 26 0.9%
Tagalog 24 0.8%
Other 18 0.6%
German 17 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,295
Family households: 791; 61.1% of households
Married w/ children: 706
Single-mother households: 29
Veterans: 216; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

94.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,094 69.5%
Catholic 624 20.7%
Evangelical Protestant 140 4.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northeast Central Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Grand Forks, Lakota

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 83.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023