Jury Pool Profile
Wells County, North Dakota
Republican +63 (2024)
- Population
- 3,942
- Median household income
- $61,346
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,804 96.5%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 9 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 22 0.6%
- Two or more races 89 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50 1.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 47.9
- Under 18 923 23.4%
- 18–24 273 6.9%
- 25–44 730 18.5%
- 45–64 1,007 25.5%
- 65 and over 1,009 25.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.8%
- +0.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $443.7M
- 0.55% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,991
- Establishments
- 207
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 504 35.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 426 29.6%
- Public administration 102 7.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 91 6.3%
- Financial activities 76 5.3%
- Natural resources & mining 55 3.8%
- Other services 51 3.5%
- Manufacturing 49 3.4%
- Construction 39 2.7%
- Professional & business services 24 1.7%
- Information 21 1.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.5%
- Median gross rent
- $630
- Owner-occupied
- 1,329
- Renter-occupied
- 479
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,242 votes cast
- Republican 1,815 81.0%
- Democratic 405 18.1%
- Other / third-party 22 1.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.5% speak only English at home
- German 38 1.0%
- Spanish 33 0.9%
- Other Indo-European 8 0.2%
- Chinese 4 0.1%
- Tagalog 4 0.1%
- Arabic 3 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,808
- Family households
- 947
- 52.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 834
- Single-mother households
- 79
- Veterans
- 177
- 5.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
78.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,164 29.2%
- Catholic 976 24.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 829 20.8%
- Black Protestant 140 3.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.9%
- With a disability
- 13.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 22.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Southeast Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ndcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Ashley, Carrington, Cooperstown, Ellendale, Fessenden, Forman, Jamestown, LaMoure, Lisbon, Napoleon, New Rockford, Steele, Valley City, Wahpeton
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
North Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 33.12 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023