Jury Pool Profile
Sioux County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Fort Yates
- Judicial district
- South Central Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,667
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,740.
At a glance
Sioux County is a 3,667-person venue. The county population is 12% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,187, $31,945 below the ND state median of $80,132; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 32.7% of covered employment, average pay $60,130/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.95%, above the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 69% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,740
- Median household income
- $42,083
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 12%; Black: 0%.
Sioux County has a population of 3,740, with a median age of 28.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 12.4%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 1.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $48,187; 16.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 29.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 500 jobs; Leisure & hospitality, about 410, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 32.7% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 25.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.95%, above the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sioux County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.8% in 2024, 67.8% in 2020, 64.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (6.5%); the most common named are Tagalog, Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.2% of the adult civilian population (129 individuals).