Jury Pool Profile

Liberty County, Montana

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 1,968
Median household income: $53,264
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,888 95.9%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 8 0.4%
Two or more races 44 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 580 29.5%
18–24 57 2.9%
25–44 559 28.4%
45–64 366 18.6%
65 and over 406 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; -1.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $323.8M; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,372
Establishments: 98

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 146 28.5%
Public administration 79 15.4%
Education & health services 59 11.5%
Natural resources & mining 39 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 27 5.3%
Financial activities 25 4.9%
Other services 21 4.1%
Construction 3 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.2%
Median gross rent: $668
Owner-occupied: 440
Renter-occupied: 245

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 988 votes cast

Republican 752 76.1%
Democratic 214 21.7%
Other / third-party 22 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.8% speak only English at home

German 243 13.5%
Other 7 0.4%
Spanish 6 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 685
Family households: 416; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 326
Single-mother households: 35
Veterans: 118; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

85.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,017 51.9%
Catholic 281 14.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 210 10.7%
Mainline Protestant 170 8.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Chester, Fort Benton, Havre

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023