Lewis and Clark County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 65,103 88.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,958 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 385 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 359 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,420 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 944 1.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 295 0.4%

• Under 18 15,566 21.2%
• 18–24 5,491 7.5%
• 25–44 18,771 25.6%
• 45–64 18,793 25.6%
• 65 and over 14,843 20.2%

Median household income

$85,284

90% interval $78,576–$91,992

+$9,764 vs MT · 5th of 56

Below poverty line

7.6%

90% interval 5.7%–9.5%

−2.8 pp vs MT · 54th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.7B

7.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,290

Establishments

3,612

• Education & health services 8,567 21.6%
• Public administration 7,533 19.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,248 15.8%
• Professional & business services 4,330 10.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,096 10.3%
• Construction 2,836 7.2%
• Financial activities 2,037 5.1%
• Other services 2,014 5.1%
• Information 54 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.1%

+0.9 pp vs MT · 34th of 56

Median gross rent

$1,102

+$21 vs MT · 8th of 56

Owner-occupied

21,877

Renter-occupied

9,338

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $109,087/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,290/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 21,479 51.1%
• Democratic 19,085 45.4%
• Other / third-party 1,459 3.5%

• Spanish 613 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 222 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 215 0.3%
• Tagalog 189 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 86 0.1%
• Korean 65 0.1%
• Chinese 39 0.1%
• Arabic 16 0.0%

Households

31,215

Family households

18,533

59.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,166

27.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,297

7.0% of families

Veterans

5,583

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,909 12.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 8,105 11.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,059 5.7%
• Mainline Protestant 3,602 5.1%
• Orthodox 38 0.1%

Health insured

94.3%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1 pp

44th of 56

With a disability

14.8%

±1.3 pp

35th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

43.0%

±1.9 pp

+7.8 pp vs MT · 3rd of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.5%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (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

Helena, Townsend

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

10.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6