Jury Pool Profile

Golden Valley County, Montana

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 840
Median household income: $57,353
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 769 91.5%
Black or African American alone 6 0.7%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.1%
Some other race alone 1 0.1%
Two or more races 58 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.8

Under 18 122 14.5%
18–24 48 5.7%
25–44 186 22.1%
45–64 247 29.4%
65 and over 237 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $32.9M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,494
Establishments: 51

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 62 27.4%
Professional & business services 41 18.1%
Natural resources & mining 40 17.7%
Public administration 20 8.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2 0.9%
Construction 2 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 292
Renter-occupied: 70

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 515 votes cast

Republican 440 85.4%
Democratic 67 13.0%
Other / third-party 8 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

German 28 3.5%
Other 4 0.5%
Spanish 1 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 362
Family households: 192; 53.0% of households
Married w/ children: 178
Single-mother households: 4
Veterans: 85; 11.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 137 16.6%
Catholic 42 5.1%
Mainline Protestant 35 4.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.8%
With a disability: 20.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Harlowton, Roundup, Ryegate, White Sulphur Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023