Jury Pool Profile
Ransom County, North Dakota
Republican +28 (2024)
- Population
- 5,662
- Median household income
- $74,521
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,251 92.7%
- Black or African American alone 49 0.9%
- Asian alone 38 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 86 1.5%
- Two or more races 226 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 152 2.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.1
- Under 18 1,282 22.6%
- 18–24 448 7.9%
- 25–44 1,337 23.6%
- 45–64 1,373 24.2%
- 65 and over 1,222 21.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.1%
- +0.55 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $387.0M
- 0.48% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,719
- Establishments
- 259
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 670 33.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 386 19.3%
- Manufacturing 250 12.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 168 8.4%
- Public administration 128 6.4%
- Professional & business services 114 5.7%
- Natural resources & mining 94 4.7%
- Financial activities 84 4.2%
- Other services 49 2.5%
- Construction 48 2.4%
- Information 7 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.7%
- Median gross rent
- $710
- Owner-occupied
- 1,744
- Renter-occupied
- 561
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,632 votes cast
- Republican 1,661 63.1%
- Democratic 920 35.0%
- Other / third-party 51 1.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.1% speak only English at home
- German 149 2.8%
- Spanish 58 1.1%
- Slavic languages 42 0.8%
- Other Indo-European 20 0.4%
- Korean 18 0.3%
- Chinese 16 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.2%
- Other 3 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,305
- Family households
- 1,427
- 61.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,210
- Single-mother households
- 92
- Veterans
- 418
- 9.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
65.9% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 2,102 36.9%
- Catholic 871 15.3%
- Evangelical Protestant 653 11.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 130 2.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.0%
- With a disability
- 11.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Southeast Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Ashley, Carrington, Cooperstown, Ellendale, Fessenden, Forman, Jamestown, LaMoure, Lisbon, Napoleon, New Rockford, Steele, Valley City, Wahpeton
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023