Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, Montana

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 32,073
Median household income: $61,965
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,050 65.6%
Black or African American alone 67 0.2%
Asian alone 168 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,750 21.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.1%
Some other race alone 287 0.9%
Two or more races 3,724 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,338 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 7,237 22.6%
18–24 2,241 7.0%
25–44 6,988 21.8%
45–64 8,043 25.1%
65 and over 7,564 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 1.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,280
Establishments: 1,300

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,275 23.3%
Public administration 1,807 18.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,635 16.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,129 11.6%
Manufacturing 809 8.3%
Construction 620 6.3%
Professional & business services 536 5.5%
Other services 296 3.0%
Financial activities 292 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 238 2.4%
Information 115 1.2%
Unclassified 16 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.8%
Median gross rent: $884
Owner-occupied: 8,985
Renter-occupied: 3,190

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,910 votes cast

Republican 9,880 58.4%
Democratic 6,510 38.5%
Other / third-party 520 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Other 662 2.2%
Spanish 628 2.1%
German 247 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 112 0.4%
Tagalog 87 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.2%
Slavic languages 35 0.1%
Other Indo-European 24 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,175
Family households: 8,001; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,163
Single-mother households: 633
Veterans: 2,558; 10.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,955 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,641 8.5%
Evangelical Protestant 2,249 7.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,348 4.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.9%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Polson, Thompson Falls

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 32.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023