Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Montana

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 12,501
Median household income: $76,576
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,602 92.8%
Black or African American alone 14 0.1%
Asian alone 51 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 73 0.6%
Two or more races 596 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 339 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 2,526 20.2%
18–24 791 6.3%
25–44 2,617 20.9%
45–64 3,719 29.7%
65 and over 2,848 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $392.8M; 0.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,570
Establishments: 495

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 756 27.9%
Construction 432 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 335 12.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 296 10.9%
Professional & business services 275 10.1%
Public administration 219 8.1%
Manufacturing 182 6.7%
Other services 69 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 66 2.4%
Financial activities 61 2.3%
Information 18 0.7%
Unclassified 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.1%
Median gross rent: $886
Owner-occupied: 4,065
Renter-occupied: 825

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,291 votes cast

Republican 5,544 66.9%
Democratic 2,516 30.3%
Other / third-party 231 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 183 1.5%
Korean 42 0.4%
German 26 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.2%
Other 17 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,890
Family households: 3,617; 74.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,230
Single-mother households: 133
Veterans: 1,115; 11.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.7% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,388 11.5%
Evangelical Protestant 877 7.3%
Catholic 804 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 276 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Boulder, Dillon, Virginia City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 30.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023