Judith Basin County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,861 89.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 7.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 19 0.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%

• Under 18 466 22.5%
• 18–24 114 5.5%
• 25–44 433 20.9%
• 45–64 519 25.1%
• 65 and over 539 26.0%

Median household income

$63,014

90% interval $56,015–$70,013

−$12,506 vs MT · 33rd of 56

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 8.8%–15.8%

+1.9 pp vs MT · 29th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$138.6M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,162

Establishments

108

• Education & health services 146 28.0%
• Natural resources & mining 98 18.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 81 15.5%
• Public administration 61 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 43 8.3%
• Construction 39 7.5%
• Professional & business services 24 4.6%

The sectors listed cover 94.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.7%

+3.5 pp vs MT · 26th of 56

Median gross rent

$495

−$586 vs MT · 56th of 56

Owner-occupied

667

Renter-occupied

251

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $68,809/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,479/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 4.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,051 77.7%
• Democratic 265 19.6%
• Other / third-party 37 2.7%

• Spanish 58 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 6 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.1%
• Vietnamese 1 0.1%

Households

918

Family households

576

62.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

164

28.5% of families

Single-mother families

40

6.9% of families

Veterans

141

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 283 14.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 118 5.8%
• Mainline Protestant 110 5.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.1%

Health insured

93.2%

±3.6 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

9.9%

±2.5 pp

54th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

31.0%

±5.2 pp

−4.2 pp vs MT · 15th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.4%

90% interval 13.6%–17.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th 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

Lewistown, Stanford, Winnett

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0