Chouteau County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,451 75.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 183 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 282 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 980 16.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 1,318 22.3%
• 18–24 379 6.4%
• 25–44 1,381 23.4%
• 45–64 1,447 24.5%
• 65 and over 1,381 23.4%

Median household income

$62,944

90% interval $56,403–$69,485

−$12,576 vs MT · 34th of 56

Below poverty line

13.8%

90% interval 10.0%–17.6%

+3.4 pp vs MT · 22nd of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.64 pp vs. state

County GDP

$292.5M

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,267

Establishments

220

• Education & health services 398 32.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 219 17.8%
• Public administration 145 11.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 106 8.6%
• Financial activities 67 5.4%
• Other services 45 3.7%
• Professional & business services 34 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 82.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.2%

−1.0 pp vs MT · 41st of 56

Median gross rent

$536

−$545 vs MT · 53rd of 56

Owner-occupied

1,472

Renter-occupied

687

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $84,539/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,477/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 44 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 18 0.3%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

2,159

Family households

1,371

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

396

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

59

4.3% of families

Veterans

361

7.9% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.3%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1.8 pp

43rd of 56

With a disability

13.6%

±2.1 pp

41st of 56

Bachelor's or higher

23.0%

±3.2 pp

−12.2 pp vs MT · 39th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.1%

90% interval 12.5%–15.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

65.39 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3