Glacier County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,029 29.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 389 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 27 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 81 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 407 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8,643 63.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 32 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 29 0.2%

• Under 18 4,134 30.3%
• 18–24 1,277 9.4%
• 25–44 3,514 25.8%
• 45–64 2,910 21.3%
• 65 and over 1,802 13.2%

Median household income

$54,492

90% interval $48,253–$60,731

−$21,028 vs MT · 54th of 56

Below poverty line

25.9%

90% interval 21.4%–30.4%

+15.5 pp vs MT · 1st of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$649.7M

0.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,756

Establishments

315

• Public administration 1,368 32.5%
• Education & health services 912 21.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 726 17.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 653 15.5%
• Financial activities 145 3.4%
• Natural resources & mining 121 2.9%
• Professional & business services 82 1.9%
• Other services 80 1.9%
• Construction 23 0.5%
• Information 22 0.5%
• Unclassified 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.7%

−5.5 pp vs MT · 49th of 56

Median gross rent

$548

−$533 vs MT · 52nd of 56

Owner-occupied

2,734

Renter-occupied

1,557

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $73,726/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Construction, $27,676/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 2,933 57.8%
• Republican 1,939 38.2%
• Other / third-party 206 4.1%

• German or other West Germanic 346 2.7%
• Spanish 102 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.1%
• Tagalog 9 0.1%

Households

4,291

Family households

2,925

68.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

640

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

456

15.6% of families

Veterans

546

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,593 62.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,595 11.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 608 4.4%
• Mainline Protestant 323 2.3%

Health insured

76.4%

±3.3 pp

Uninsured

23.6%

±3.3 pp

2nd of 56

With a disability

17.7%

±2.3 pp

17th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±2.6 pp

−18.7 pp vs MT · 55th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.1%

90% interval 12.7%–15.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Shelby

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

52.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5