Jury Pool Profile

Gallatin County, Montana

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 122,194
Median household income: $87,454
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 109,567 89.7%
Black or African American alone 593 0.5%
Asian alone 1,563 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 920 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,483 2.0%
Two or more races 7,066 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,272 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.8

Under 18 23,499 19.2%
18–24 19,530 16.0%
25–44 37,391 30.6%
45–64 25,544 20.9%
65 and over 16,230 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.9 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.9B; 15.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,213
Establishments: 9,787

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,062 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 13,874 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,495 18.4%
Professional & business services 8,766 12.0%
Construction 8,062 11.0%
Manufacturing 3,569 4.9%
Financial activities 3,462 4.7%
Other services 2,809 3.8%
Public administration 2,129 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 1,150 1.6%
Information 702 1.0%
Unclassified 135 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.5%
Median gross rent: $1,574
Owner-occupied: 30,780
Renter-occupied: 19,251

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 69,897 votes cast

Democratic 34,938 50.0%
Republican 32,695 46.8%
Other / third-party 2,264 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,437 3.0%
Chinese 665 0.6%
Other Indo-European 493 0.4%
German 431 0.4%
Other 311 0.3%
Slavic languages 310 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 228 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 210 0.2%
Arabic 82 0.1%
Tagalog 25 0.0%
Vietnamese 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 50,031
Family households: 28,248; 56.5% of households
Married w/ children: 23,841
Single-mother households: 1,375
Veterans: 5,353; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,040 11.0%
Catholic 10,258 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,737 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,869 3.3%
Orthodox 165 0.1%
Black Protestant 76 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 8.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 53.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th 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: Bozeman

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 17.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023