Jury Pool Profile

Walsh County, North Dakota

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 10,488
Median household income: $69,976
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,941 85.2%
Black or African American alone 92 0.9%
Asian alone 72 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 160 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 375 3.6%
Two or more races 848 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,332 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 2,463 23.5%
18–24 742 7.1%
25–44 2,163 20.6%
45–64 2,860 27.3%
65 and over 2,260 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 1.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,220
Establishments: 519

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,562 32.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 994 20.8%
Manufacturing 681 14.2%
Natural resources & mining 538 11.2%
Public administration 218 4.6%
Financial activities 186 3.9%
Leisure & hospitality 161 3.4%
Construction 153 3.2%
Professional & business services 133 2.8%
Information 106 2.2%
Other services 57 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $766
Owner-occupied: 3,462
Renter-occupied: 988

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,456 votes cast

Republican 3,186 71.5%
Democratic 1,173 26.3%
Other / third-party 97 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 724 7.3%
German 56 0.6%
Slavic languages 49 0.5%
Other 28 0.3%
Other Indo-European 23 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,450
Family households: 2,743; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,283
Single-mother households: 216
Veterans: 593; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,077 38.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,083 29.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,440 13.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 66 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northeast Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bottineau, Cando, Cavalier, Devils Lake, Grafton, Langdon, Minnewaukan, Mohall, Rolla, Rugby, Towner

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 24.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023