Beaverhead County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,655 89.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 508 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 48 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 28 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 341 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 128 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%

• Under 18 1,699 17.5%
• 18–24 1,152 11.9%
• 25–44 2,171 22.4%
• 45–64 2,377 24.5%
• 65 and over 2,314 23.8%

Median household income

$65,999

90% interval $58,939–$73,059

−$9,521 vs MT · 21st of 56

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 8.9%–15.1%

+1.6 pp vs MT · 33rd of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.82 pp vs. state

County GDP

$672.5M

0.86% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,033

Establishments

555

• Education & health services 1,100 27.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 668 16.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 574 14.2%
• Public administration 407 10.0%
• Natural resources & mining 398 9.8%
• Professional & business services 219 5.4%
• Other services 190 4.7%
• Financial activities 165 4.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.8%

−3.4 pp vs MT · 47th of 56

Median gross rent

$837

−$244 vs MT · 24th of 56

Owner-occupied

2,766

Renter-occupied

1,435

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $74,073/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,680/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,058 70.0%
• Democratic 1,543 26.6%
• Other / third-party 193 3.3%

• Spanish 253 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 51 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.1%
• Tagalog 6 0.1%

Households

4,201

Family households

2,260

53.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

731

32.3% of families

Single-mother families

97

4.3% of families

Veterans

650

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,967 21.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,391 14.8%
• Catholic 633 6.8%
• Mainline Protestant 234 2.5%
• Black Protestant 76 0.8%

Health insured

95.7%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

4.3%

±1.4 pp

51st of 56

With a disability

17.4%

±2.9 pp

19th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

37.7%

±3.9 pp

+2.5 pp vs MT · 5th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.3%

90% interval 10.9%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

1 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 courts.mt.gov; counts cross-checked against MCA § 3-5-102 statutory allocations. Several single-judge rural districts (5th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd) carry one District Court judgeship each.)

Court seats

Boulder, Dillon, Virginia City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

74.87 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5