Jury Pool Profile

Sargent County, North Dakota

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 3,822
Median household income: $77,697
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,468 90.7%
Black or African American alone 105 2.7%
Asian alone 10 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 69 1.8%
Two or more races 163 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 110 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 781 20.4%
18–24 259 6.8%
25–44 907 23.7%
45–64 1,008 26.4%
65 and over 867 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +1.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 2.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,818
Establishments: 191

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 321 11.6%
Education & health services 235 8.5%
Construction 119 4.3%
Public administration 89 3.2%
Leisure & hospitality 86 3.1%
Other services 75 2.7%
Professional & business services 40 1.4%
Financial activities 35 1.3%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 1,282
Renter-occupied: 452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,024 votes cast

Republican 1,325 65.5%
Democratic 663 32.8%
Other / third-party 36 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 91 2.5%
Other 75 2.1%
German 15 0.4%
Other Indo-European 11 0.3%
Slavic languages 4 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,734
Family households: 1,054; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 870
Single-mother households: 97
Veterans: 226; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,110 54.6%
Catholic 583 15.1%
Evangelical Protestant 238 6.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023