Jury Pool Profile

Traill County, North Dakota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 7,980
Median household income: $88,289
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,270 91.1%
Black or African American alone 69 0.9%
Asian alone 34 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 72 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 72 0.9%
Two or more races 460 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 299 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 1,777 22.3%
18–24 776 9.7%
25–44 1,796 22.5%
45–64 2,032 25.5%
65 and over 1,599 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $634.0M; 0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,753
Establishments: 412

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,056 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 737 20.7%
Manufacturing 516 14.5%
Natural resources & mining 388 10.9%
Construction 231 6.5%
Leisure & hospitality 208 5.8%
Public administration 130 3.6%
Financial activities 117 3.3%
Professional & business services 96 2.7%
Other services 62 1.7%
Information 20 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $758
Owner-occupied: 2,473
Renter-occupied: 843

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,080 votes cast

Republican 2,650 65.0%
Democratic 1,359 33.3%
Other / third-party 71 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 149 2.0%
Other Indo-European 39 0.5%
German 30 0.4%
Korean 20 0.3%
Tagalog 11 0.1%
Other 10 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,316
Family households: 2,108; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,784
Single-mother households: 179
Veterans: 465; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,197 40.0%
Evangelical Protestant 783 9.8%
Catholic 715 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: East Central Judicial District Court
Judges: 11 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Fargo, Finley, Hillsboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 48.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023