Jury Pool Profile

Chouteau County, Montana

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 5,888
Median household income: $56,927
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,612 78.3%
Black or African American alone 8 0.1%
Asian alone 7 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 971 16.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 288 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 1,367 23.2%
18–24 371 6.3%
25–44 1,364 23.2%
45–64 1,463 24.8%
65 and over 1,323 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.92 pp vs. state
County GDP: $292.5M; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,304
Establishments: 229

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 415 33.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 211 17.1%
Public administration 140 11.3%
Natural resources & mining 117 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 104 8.4%
Financial activities 70 5.7%
Other services 64 5.2%
Manufacturing 61 4.9%
Professional & business services 29 2.3%
Construction 17 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.9%
Median gross rent: $485
Owner-occupied: 1,458
Renter-occupied: 754

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,934 votes cast

Republican 1,885 64.2%
Democratic 940 32.0%
Other / third-party 109 3.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

German 21 0.4%
Spanish 20 0.4%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.1%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,212
Family households: 1,396; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,123
Single-mother households: 75
Veterans: 382; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,608 27.3%
Evangelical Protestant 354 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 301 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 211 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Chester, Fort Benton, Havre

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023