Gallatin County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 108,625 87.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,658 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 555 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,540 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,004 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 640 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,039 0.8%

• Under 18 23,305 18.8%
• 18–24 19,721 15.9%
• 25–44 38,221 30.8%
• 45–64 25,962 20.9%
• 65 and over 16,865 13.6%

Median household income

$100,953

90% interval $93,786–$108,120

+$25,433 vs MT · 1st of 56

Below poverty line

7.1%

90% interval 5.7%–8.5%

−3.3 pp vs MT · 56th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.9B

15.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,519

Establishments

9,632

• Education & health services 15,219 20.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,512 19.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 13,737 18.5%
• Professional & business services 9,025 12.2%
• Construction 7,807 10.5%
• Financial activities 3,502 4.7%
• Manufacturing 3,428 4.6%
• Other services 2,820 3.8%
• Public administration 2,182 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,171 1.6%
• Information 692 0.9%
• Unclassified 181 0.2%

Home ownership

61.1%

−8.1 pp vs MT · 55th of 56

Median gross rent

$1,694

+$613 vs MT · 1st of 56

Owner-occupied

31,270

Renter-occupied

19,945

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $189,077/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $41,125/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 3,282 2.8%
• German or other West Germanic 547 0.5%
• Chinese 469 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 305 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 189 0.2%
• Tagalog 98 0.1%
• Vietnamese 86 0.1%
• Arabic 22 0.0%
• Korean 2 0.0%

Households

51,215

Family households

28,982

56.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,601

33.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,163

4.0% of families

Veterans

5,109

5.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.1%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±0.8 pp

33rd of 56

With a disability

8.9%

±0.7 pp

55th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

54.3%

±2 pp

+19.1 pp vs MT · 1st of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 8.1%–9.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

21

20.84 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19