Jury Pool Profile

Carbon County, Montana

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 10,877
Median household income: $71,017
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,120 93.0%
Black or African American alone 50 0.5%
Asian alone 51 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.1%
Some other race alone 133 1.2%
Two or more races 475 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 311 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.5

Under 18 1,892 17.4%
18–24 616 5.7%
25–44 2,241 20.6%
45–64 3,168 29.1%
65 and over 2,960 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $523.7M; 0.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,497
Establishments: 644

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 724 23.7%
Education & health services 603 19.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 446 14.6%
Natural resources & mining 263 8.6%
Public administration 245 8.0%
Professional & business services 229 7.5%
Construction 196 6.4%
Other services 121 4.0%
Financial activities 100 3.3%
Manufacturing 74 2.4%
Unclassified 29 1.0%
Information 23 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $882
Owner-occupied: 3,493
Renter-occupied: 1,223

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,297 votes cast

Republican 4,719 64.7%
Democratic 2,353 32.2%
Other / third-party 225 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 120 1.1%
German 93 0.9%
Tagalog 49 0.5%
Other 16 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,716
Family households: 2,862; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,495
Single-mother households: 86
Veterans: 781; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 748 7.1%
Mainline Protestant 613 5.9%
Catholic 543 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 511 4.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Columbus, Hardin, Red Lodge

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 77.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023