Jury Pool Profile
Towner County, North Dakota
- County seat
- Cando
- Judicial district
- Northeast Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,040
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,079.
At a glance
Towner County is a 2,040-person venue. The county population is 84% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,383, $3,749 below the ND state median of $80,132; 23.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.7% of covered employment, average pay $78,447/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.4%, below the 2.49% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 2,079
- Median household income
- $67,350
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 0%.
Towner County has a population of 2,079, with a median age of 48.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.6%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 5.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,383; 23.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 180, Trade, transportation & utilities about 160.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 24.7% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 11.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.4%, below the North Dakota state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Towner County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.7% in 2024, 70.7% in 2020, 64.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 3.9% of the adult civilian population (61 individuals).