Jury Pool Profile

Ward County, North Dakota

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 69,232
Median household income: $79,273
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 56,909 82.2%
Black or African American alone 2,861 4.1%
Asian alone 1,079 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 906 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 66 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,594 2.3%
Two or more races 5,817 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,800 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.3

Under 18 16,748 24.2%
18–24 8,053 11.6%
25–44 20,980 30.3%
45–64 13,996 20.2%
65 and over 9,455 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.1B; 6.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,491
Establishments: 2,723

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,131 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,895 25.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,235 13.5%
Professional & business services 2,208 7.0%
Construction 2,096 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,691 5.4%
Public administration 1,689 5.4%
Financial activities 1,477 4.7%
Other services 1,084 3.5%
Manufacturing 463 1.5%
Information 389 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.9%
Median gross rent: $1,000
Owner-occupied: 17,518
Renter-occupied: 10,772

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Minot Air Force Base	Federal / Military	6,368*
2	Trinity Health	Healthcare	2,053
3	Minot Public Schools	Education (K-12)	1,052
4	City of Minot	Government (municipal)	424
5	Minot State University	Education (higher ed)	404
6	BNSF Railway	Transportation / Rail	360
7	MLT Inc. (Delta Vacations)	Travel / Call center	358
8	Kalix	Disability / Human services	308
9	Ward County	Government (county)	297
10	Marketplace Foods	Retail / Grocery	295
11	Ryan Family Dealerships - Minot	Auto retail	255
12	Regency Management Co. (Grand Hotel)	Hospitality	219

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Minot Area Development Corporation / City of Minot — largest local employers list (reported by Minot Daily News) (2019)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,326 votes cast

Republican 20,635 72.8%
Democratic 7,215 25.5%
Other / third-party 476 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,438 2.2%
Other 451 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 372 0.6%
Other Indo-European 342 0.5%
Tagalog 301 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 195 0.3%
Slavic languages 144 0.2%
Chinese 117 0.2%
German 105 0.2%
Arabic 64 0.1%
Korean 51 0.1%
Vietnamese 30 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 28,290
Family households: 16,942; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 13,743
Single-mother households: 1,128
Veterans: 5,459; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,879 17.0%
Mainline Protestant 8,790 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 5,905 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,439 3.5%
Orthodox 65 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: North Central Judicial District Court
Judges: 5 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bowbells, Minot, Stanley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 19.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023