Jury Pool Profile
Richland County, North Dakota
Republican +38 (2024)
- Population
- 16,550
- Median household income
- $72,524
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 14,917 90.1%
- Black or African American alone 155 0.9%
- Asian alone 35 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 503 3.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 41 0.2%
- Some other race alone 243 1.5%
- Two or more races 656 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 610 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38
- Under 18 3,623 21.9%
- 18–24 2,191 13.2%
- 25–44 3,680 22.2%
- 45–64 3,817 23.1%
- 65 and over 3,239 19.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.8%
- +0.18 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.5B
- 1.85% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $54,185
- Establishments
- 704
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 2,034 25.5%
- Education & health services 1,680 21.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,383 17.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,116 14.0%
- Construction 395 5.0%
- Professional & business services 380 4.8%
- Public administration 340 4.3%
- Natural resources & mining 286 3.6%
- Financial activities 174 2.2%
- Other services 136 1.7%
- Information 45 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.1%
- Median gross rent
- $751
- Owner-occupied
- 4,673
- Renter-occupied
- 2,091
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,199 votes cast
- Republican 5,576 68.0%
- Democratic 2,473 30.2%
- Other / third-party 150 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 153 1.0%
- Slavic languages 56 0.4%
- German 48 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 33 0.2%
- Other 27 0.2%
- Chinese 25 0.2%
- Korean 10 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,764
- Family households
- 4,001
- 59.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,220
- Single-mother households
- 427
- Veterans
- 1,031
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
72.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 5,055 30.6%
- Mainline Protestant 4,300 26.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,194 13.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 370 2.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.5%
- With a disability
- 12.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.0%
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
- 3
- 23.21 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023