Butte County, Idaho

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,382 88.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 173 6.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 120 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 660 24.6%
• 18–24 172 6.4%
• 25–44 698 26.0%
• 45–64 610 22.7%
• 65 and over 544 20.3%

Median household income

$65,057

90% interval $57,734–$72,380

−$15,795 vs ID · 30th of 44

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 11.4%–18.8%

+4.7 pp vs ID · 5th of 44

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

1.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$119,545

Establishments

146

• Professional & business services 9,255 90.1%
• Construction 250 2.4%
• Education & health services 233 2.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 192 1.9%
• Public administration 95 0.9%
• Manufacturing 55 0.5%
• Other services 46 0.4%
• Natural resources & mining 39 0.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 20 0.2%
• Information 5 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+5.4 pp vs ID · 18th of 44

Median gross rent

$608

−$630 vs ID · 44th of 44

Owner-occupied

832

Renter-occupied

241

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 95% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $126,099/yr) pays 7.1× the lowest (Information, $17,650/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 70 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 1,268 84.9%
• Democratic 185 12.4%
• Other / third-party 41 2.7%

• Spanish 119 4.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.2%

Households

1,073

Family households

642

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

163

25.4% of families

Single-mother families

62

9.7% of families

Veterans

217

10.7% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,593 61.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 365 14.2%
• Catholic 156 6.1%
• Black Protestant 120 4.7%
• Mainline Protestant 33 1.3%

Health insured

92.2%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±2.7 pp

34th of 44

With a disability

18.9%

±4.5 pp

8th of 44

Bachelor's or higher

17.5%

±3.7 pp

−14.3 pp vs ID · 34th of 44

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.8%

90% interval 12.2%–15.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

7th Judicial District Court

Judges

7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)

Court seats

Arco, Blackfoot, Challis, Driggs, Dubois, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Rigby, Saint Anthony, Salmon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0