Jury Pool Profile
Sargent County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Forman
- Judicial district
- Southeast Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,711
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,804.
At a glance
Sargent County is a 3,711-person venue. The county population is 90% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $79,922; 18.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (1.8%), then Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 12.2% of covered employment, average pay $54,317/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.41%, below the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 55% to 66% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,804
- Median household income
- $77,946
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 90% / 3%.
Sargent County has a population of 3,804, with a median age of 44.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.1%; Black residents 3.2%. Independently, 2.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $79,922; 18.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 63% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 12.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 8.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.41%, below the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 61%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sargent County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.5% in 2024, 61.2% in 2020, 55.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (212 individuals).