Hill County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,841 67.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 566 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 27 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,021 6.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,538 21.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 114 0.7%

• Under 18 4,563 28.2%
• 18–24 1,593 9.9%
• 25–44 3,937 24.4%
• 45–64 3,430 21.2%
• 65 and over 2,632 16.3%

Median household income

$63,163

90% interval $57,648–$68,678

−$12,357 vs MT · 31st of 56

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 11.3%–18.3%

+4.4 pp vs MT · 16th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$925.3M

1.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,953

Establishments

586

• Education & health services 2,144 31.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,387 20.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 918 13.5%
• Public administration 762 11.2%
• Construction 407 6.0%
• Financial activities 364 5.4%
• Other services 274 4.0%
• Professional & business services 225 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.1%

−3.1 pp vs MT · 46th of 56

Median gross rent

$776

−$305 vs MT · 35th of 56

Owner-occupied

4,101

Renter-occupied

2,105

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Construction, $74,572/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,260/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 3,871 56.9%
• Democratic 2,634 38.7%
• Other / third-party 299 4.4%

• Spanish 84 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 36 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
• Chinese 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

6,206

Family households

3,749

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

934

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

435

11.6% of families

Veterans

754

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,161 13.3%
• Catholic 1,587 9.7%
• Mainline Protestant 969 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 315 1.9%

Health insured

91.7%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±1.9 pp

19th of 56

With a disability

12.0%

±1.7 pp

46th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

24.4%

±3.1 pp

−10.8 pp vs MT · 31st of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.0%

90% interval 10.7%–13.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

8.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1