Jury Pool Profile

Deer Lodge County, Montana

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 9,512
Median household income: $49,533
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,622 90.6%
Black or African American alone 30 0.3%
Asian alone 66 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
Some other race alone 79 0.8%
Two or more races 542 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 320 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.6

Under 18 1,184 12.4%
18–24 746 7.8%
25–44 2,354 24.7%
45–64 2,806 29.5%
65 and over 2,422 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $431.3M; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,260
Establishments: 350

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,527 44.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 413 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 406 11.9%
Professional & business services 385 11.3%
Public administration 241 7.0%
Construction 150 4.4%
Manufacturing 118 3.4%
Other services 69 2.0%
Financial activities 65 1.9%
Information 21 0.6%
Unclassified 15 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 13 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.5%
Median gross rent: $661
Owner-occupied: 3,168
Renter-occupied: 1,392

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,870 votes cast

Democratic 2,376 48.8%
Republican 2,329 47.8%
Other / third-party 165 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 62 0.7%
German 53 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.4%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
Other 7 0.1%
Korean 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,560
Family households: 2,278; 50.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,705
Single-mother households: 224
Veterans: 1,054; 12.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,312 24.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 378 4.0%
Evangelical Protestant 354 3.8%
Mainline Protestant 245 2.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 26.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Philipsburg

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