Blaine County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,062 44.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 194 2.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 29 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 389 5.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,268 47.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,016 29.0%
• 18–24 620 8.9%
• 25–44 1,674 24.1%
• 45–64 1,476 21.2%
• 65 and over 1,163 16.7%

Median household income

$54,676

90% interval $48,736–$60,616

−$20,844 vs MT · 53rd of 56

Below poverty line

18.1%

90% interval 13.3%–22.9%

+7.7 pp vs MT · 5th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$227.4M

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,693

Establishments

190

• Education & health services 588 44.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 255 19.2%
• Public administration 149 11.2%
• Natural resources & mining 74 5.6%
• Other services 65 4.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 45 3.4%
• Professional & business services 36 2.7%
• Construction 5 0.4%

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

Home ownership

65.7%

−3.5 pp vs MT · 48th of 56

Median gross rent

$660

−$421 vs MT · 48th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,498

Renter-occupied

782

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 75% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $61,621/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,774/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,526 50.5%
• Democratic 1,348 44.7%
• Other / third-party 145 4.8%

• German or other West Germanic 235 3.6%
• Spanish 61 0.9%
• Tagalog 7 0.1%

Households

2,280

Family households

1,610

70.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

371

23.0% of families

Single-mother families

150

9.3% of families

Veterans

307

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,476 21.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 849 12.1%
• Mainline Protestant 514 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 215 3.1%

Health insured

81.7%

±3.7 pp

Uninsured

18.3%

±3.7 pp

5th of 56

With a disability

19.4%

±2.8 pp

7th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

23.9%

±3.2 pp

−11.3 pp vs MT · 36th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 11.9%–14.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

17th 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

Chinook, Glasgow, Malta

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

40.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2