Jury Pool Profile

Dawson County, Montana

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 8,874
Median household income: $70,953
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,280 93.3%
Black or African American alone 4 0.0%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 120 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 29 0.3%
Some other race alone 103 1.2%
Two or more races 335 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 300 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 1,870 21.1%
18–24 757 8.5%
25–44 2,152 24.3%
45–64 2,262 25.5%
65 and over 1,833 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.79 pp vs. state
County GDP: $515.1M; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,128
Establishments: 407

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 991 29.3%
Education & health services 967 28.6%
Leisure & hospitality 453 13.4%
Public administration 282 8.3%
Construction 155 4.6%
Natural resources & mining 110 3.3%
Other services 108 3.2%
Professional & business services 99 2.9%
Financial activities 90 2.7%
Information 51 1.5%
Unclassified 39 1.2%
Manufacturing 38 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 2,687
Renter-occupied: 1,023

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,638 votes cast

Republican 3,627 78.2%
Democratic 894 19.3%
Other / third-party 117 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.3% speak only English at home

German 17 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.2%
Other 13 0.2%
Spanish 11 0.1%
Tagalog 2 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,710
Family households: 2,411; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,973
Single-mother households: 190
Veterans: 581; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

72.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,403 49.3%
Mainline Protestant 967 10.8%
Catholic 830 9.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 318 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Circle, Glendive, Sidney, Terry, Wibaux

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