Jury Pool Profile
Hill County, Montana
Republican +18 (2024)
- Population
- 16,260
- Median household income
- $55,313
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,189 68.8%
- Black or African American alone 47 0.3%
- Asian alone 33 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,844 23.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
- Some other race alone 227 1.4%
- Two or more races 914 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 551 3.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 34
- Under 18 4,618 28.4%
- 18–24 1,619 10.0%
- 25–44 3,900 24.0%
- 45–64 3,531 21.7%
- 65 and over 2,592 15.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.1%
- -0.32 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $925.3M
- 1.18% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,190
- Establishments
- 601
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,163 32.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,386 20.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 903 13.4%
- Public administration 772 11.4%
- Financial activities 392 5.8%
- Construction 364 5.4%
- Other services 269 4.0%
- Professional & business services 201 3.0%
- Information 166 2.5%
- Natural resources & mining 82 1.2%
- Manufacturing 55 0.8%
- Unclassified 2 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 66.8%
- Median gross rent
- $752
- Owner-occupied
- 4,160
- Renter-occupied
- 2,066
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,804 votes cast
- Republican 3,871 56.9%
- Democratic 2,634 38.7%
- Other / third-party 299 4.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.7% speak only English at home
- Other 172 1.2%
- Spanish 76 0.5%
- German 42 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 27 0.2%
- Vietnamese 15 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,226
- Family households
- 3,914
- 62.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,537
- Single-mother households
- 466
- Veterans
- 727
- 6.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
30.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,161 13.3%
- Catholic 1,587 9.7%
- Mainline Protestant 969 5.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 315 1.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.3%
- With a disability
- 11.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 12th 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
- Chester, Fort Benton, Havre
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 17.18 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023