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Jury Pool Profile

Beaverhead County, Montana

Republican +43 (2024)
Population
9,590
Median household income
$58,072
Unemployment
2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 8,852 92.3%
  • Black or African American alone 59 0.6%
  • Asian alone 26 0.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 162 1.7%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 26 0.3%
  • Two or more races 464 4.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 472 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

  • Under 18 1,667 17.4%
  • 18–24 1,198 12.5%
  • 25–44 2,135 22.3%
  • 45–64 2,317 24.2%
  • 65 and over 2,273 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.6%
-0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP
$672.5M
0.86% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,480
Establishments
585

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,092 27.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 663 16.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 548 13.6%
  • Public administration 423 10.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 394 9.8%
  • Construction 232 5.7%
  • Professional & business services 231 5.7%
  • Other services 187 4.6%
  • Financial activities 168 4.2%
  • Manufacturing 66 1.6%
  • Information 27 0.7%
  • Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
67.3%
Median gross rent
$800
Owner-occupied
2,774
Renter-occupied
1,347

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,794 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 153 1.7%
  • German 58 0.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.6%
  • Other 10 0.1%
  • Chinese 5 0.1%
  • Tagalog 3 0.0%
  • Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
4,121
Family households
2,308
56.0% of households
Married w/ children
2,048
Single-mother households
134
Veterans
711
9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.4%
With a disability
18.6%
Bachelor's or higher
35.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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 countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
63.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Beaverhead County, Montana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.