Jury Pool Profile

Broadwater County, Montana

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 7,310
Median household income: $63,636
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,595 90.2%
Black or African American alone 27 0.4%
Asian alone 31 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 76 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 24 0.3%
Two or more races 557 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 131 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 1,396 19.1%
18–24 422 5.8%
25–44 1,716 23.5%
45–64 2,054 28.1%
65 and over 1,722 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $306.5M; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,076
Establishments: 263

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 287 19.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 277 18.6%
Education & health services 243 16.3%
Manufacturing 146 9.8%
Construction 136 9.1%
Public administration 135 9.1%
Natural resources & mining 99 6.6%
Professional & business services 68 4.6%
Financial activities 52 3.5%
Other services 38 2.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.2%
Median gross rent: $978
Owner-occupied: 2,373
Renter-occupied: 515

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,810 votes cast

Republican 3,770 78.4%
Democratic 885 18.4%
Other / third-party 155 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 78 1.1%
German 77 1.1%
Chinese 31 0.4%
Slavic languages 11 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,888
Family households: 2,005; 69.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,741
Single-mother households: 38
Veterans: 645; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

14.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 289 4.3%
Evangelical Protestant 270 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 214 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 207 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Helena, Townsend

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 50.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023