Jury Pool Profile

Flathead County, Montana

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 108,445
Median household income: $71,327
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 99,139 91.4%
Black or African American alone 275 0.3%
Asian alone 924 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,115 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 992 0.9%
Two or more races 6,000 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,800 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 23,597 21.8%
18–24 7,180 6.6%
25–44 27,285 25.2%
45–64 27,864 25.7%
65 and over 22,519 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.2B; 9.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,339
Establishments: 6,994

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,038 21.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,917 19.6%
Leisure & hospitality 8,989 17.8%
Professional & business services 4,981 9.8%
Construction 4,892 9.7%
Manufacturing 3,288 6.5%
Financial activities 2,779 5.5%
Other services 1,885 3.7%
Public administration 1,832 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 461 0.9%
Information 400 0.8%
Unclassified 148 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $1,094
Owner-occupied: 32,259
Renter-occupied: 11,309

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 63,140 votes cast

Republican 41,390 65.6%
Democratic 20,062 31.8%
Other / third-party 1,688 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,211 1.2%
German 616 0.6%
Slavic languages 363 0.4%
Other Indo-European 277 0.3%
Other 241 0.2%
Chinese 199 0.2%
Tagalog 185 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 159 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 99 0.1%
Korean 25 0.0%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,568
Family households: 28,201; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 23,234
Single-mother households: 1,558
Veterans: 7,956; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,527 23.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,896 5.6%
Catholic 5,169 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,934 2.8%
Orthodox 110 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.9%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Kalispell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 27.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023