Granite County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,115 90.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 32 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 137 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 63 1.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 17 0.5%

• Under 18 509 14.7%
• 18–24 253 7.3%
• 25–44 642 18.5%
• 45–64 976 28.2%
• 65 and over 1,082 31.3%

Median household income

$66,105

90% interval $58,576–$73,634

−$9,415 vs MT · 20th of 56

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.3%–15.1%

+1.8 pp vs MT · 31st of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+2.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$165.8M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,380

Establishments

175

• Leisure & hospitality 294 31.6%
• Education & health services 160 17.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 125 13.4%
• Natural resources & mining 96 10.3%
• Public administration 90 9.7%
• Construction 61 6.6%
• Professional & business services 40 4.3%
• Manufacturing 37 4.0%
• Other services 10 1.1%
• Information 8 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.9%

+8.7 pp vs MT · 17th of 56

Median gross rent

$675

−$406 vs MT · 46th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,179

Renter-occupied

335

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Professional & business services, $67,108/yr) pays 6.5× the lowest (Information, $10,371/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 5.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,537 70.6%
• Democratic 579 26.6%
• Other / third-party 60 2.8%

• Spanish 51 1.5%
• Chinese 24 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 19 0.6%
• Tagalog 4 0.1%

Households

1,514

Family households

974

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

203

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

27

2.8% of families

Veterans

333

11.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 359 10.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 6.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 120 3.6%
• Mainline Protestant 57 1.7%

Health insured

91.5%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±3.2 pp

18th of 56

With a disability

16.4%

±3.5 pp

27th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

34.2%

±4.6 pp

−1.0 pp vs MT · 9th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.7%

90% interval 11.1%–14.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (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

Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Philipsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

33.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1