Jury Pool Profile

Lewis and Clark County, Montana

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 72,580
Median household income: $74,543
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 66,397 91.5%
Black or African American alone 421 0.6%
Asian alone 484 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 655 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 526 0.7%
Two or more races 4,097 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,830 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 15,542 21.4%
18–24 5,519 7.6%
25–44 18,348 25.3%
45–64 18,719 25.8%
65 and over 14,452 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.7B; 7.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,248
Establishments: 3,759

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,671 21.7%
Public administration 7,665 19.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,022 15.1%
Professional & business services 4,433 11.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,175 10.4%
Construction 2,859 7.2%
Other services 2,160 5.4%
Financial activities 1,979 5.0%
Manufacturing 1,106 2.8%
Information 452 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 376 0.9%
Unclassified 61 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $1,062
Owner-occupied: 21,363
Renter-occupied: 9,292

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,023 votes cast

Republican 21,479 51.1%
Democratic 19,085 45.4%
Other / third-party 1,459 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 607 0.9%
Other Indo-European 349 0.5%
German 328 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 209 0.3%
Slavic languages 202 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 148 0.2%
Korean 99 0.1%
Tagalog 83 0.1%
Other 46 0.1%
Chinese 24 0.0%
Arabic 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,655
Family households: 18,199; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 14,519
Single-mother households: 1,395
Veterans: 5,877; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 14.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023