Jury Pool Profile

Fergus County, Montana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 11,581
Median household income: $59,731
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,797 93.2%
Black or African American alone 74 0.6%
Asian alone 102 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 236 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 74 0.6%
Two or more races 298 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 256 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 2,403 20.7%
18–24 695 6.0%
25–44 2,674 23.1%
45–64 2,952 25.5%
65 and over 2,857 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $776.7M; 0.99% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,764
Establishments: 580

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,265 27.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 911 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 570 12.2%
Construction 440 9.4%
Manufacturing 440 9.4%
Public administration 372 8.0%
Financial activities 193 4.1%
Professional & business services 172 3.7%
Other services 135 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 101 2.2%
Information 58 1.2%
Unclassified 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.0%
Median gross rent: $868
Owner-occupied: 3,433
Renter-occupied: 1,767

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,712 votes cast

Republican 4,965 74.0%
Democratic 1,522 22.7%
Other / third-party 225 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 245 2.2%
German 206 1.9%
Other 33 0.3%
Other Indo-European 23 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,200
Family households: 3,222; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,533
Single-mother households: 248
Veterans: 1,117; 12.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,078 18.2%
Catholic 908 7.9%
Mainline Protestant 906 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 304 2.7%
Orthodox 40 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.9%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: Lewistown, Stanford, Winnett

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 10.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023