Jury Pool Profile

Stark County, North Dakota

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 33,116
Median household income: $80,744
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,728 86.7%
Black or African American alone 777 2.3%
Asian alone 405 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 385 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 174 0.5%
Some other race alone 1,229 3.7%
Two or more races 1,418 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,304 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

Under 18 9,177 27.7%
18–24 2,582 7.8%
25–44 9,825 29.7%
45–64 7,077 21.4%
65 and over 4,455 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 4.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,320
Establishments: 1,566

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,371 22.4%
Education & health services 3,377 17.3%
Natural resources & mining 2,846 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,965 10.1%
Construction 1,771 9.1%
Manufacturing 1,662 8.5%
Professional & business services 1,184 6.1%
Public administration 777 4.0%
Financial activities 739 3.8%
Other services 648 3.3%
Information 186 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.9%
Median gross rent: $966
Owner-occupied: 8,584
Renter-occupied: 4,633

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,017 votes cast

Republican 12,323 82.1%
Democratic 2,473 16.5%
Other / third-party 221 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,118 3.7%
German 302 1.0%
Arabic 199 0.7%
Other 168 0.6%
Other Indo-European 135 0.4%
Tagalog 100 0.3%
Slavic languages 97 0.3%
Vietnamese 84 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 84 0.3%
Chinese 78 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,217
Family households: 8,252; 62.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,376
Single-mother households: 519
Veterans: 1,642; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 15,204 45.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,813 8.4%
Evangelical Protestant 2,285 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,084 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southwest Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Amidon, Beach, Bowman, Dickinson, Hettinger, Manning, Medora, Mott

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 12.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023