Jury Pool Profile

Custer County, Montana

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 11,938
Median household income: $63,585
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,890 91.2%
Black or African American alone 42 0.4%
Asian alone 48 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
Some other race alone 79 0.7%
Two or more races 714 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 395 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 2,381 19.9%
18–24 955 8.0%
25–44 3,004 25.2%
45–64 3,164 26.5%
65 and over 2,434 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $695.6M; 0.89% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,339
Establishments: 556

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,428 26.4%
Education & health services 1,216 22.5%
Leisure & hospitality 766 14.2%
Public administration 562 10.4%
Financial activities 373 6.9%
Professional & business services 370 6.9%
Construction 225 4.2%
Other services 186 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 136 2.5%
Manufacturing 68 1.3%
Information 45 0.8%
Unclassified 24 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $918
Owner-occupied: 3,455
Renter-occupied: 1,589

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,797 votes cast

Republican 4,208 72.6%
Democratic 1,385 23.9%
Other / third-party 204 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 81 0.7%
Other 80 0.7%
Slavic languages 50 0.4%
German 35 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.3%
Vietnamese 20 0.2%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,044
Family households: 3,004; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,491
Single-mother households: 223
Veterans: 874; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,997 16.8%
Catholic 1,962 16.5%
Mainline Protestant 427 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 331 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Baker, Broadus, Ekalaka, Forsyth, Hysham, Jordan, Miles City

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