Liberty County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,823 93.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1 0.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 61 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 2.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.4%

• Under 18 531 27.2%
• 18–24 60 3.1%
• 25–44 546 28.0%
• 45–64 394 20.2%
• 65 and over 421 21.6%

Median household income

$64,790

90% interval $57,264–$72,316

−$10,730 vs MT · 24th of 56

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 11.0%–18.2%

+4.2 pp vs MT · 17th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.3%

−1.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$323.8M

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,928

Establishments

94

• Trade, transportation & utilities 144 27.9%
• Public administration 76 14.7%
• Education & health services 58 11.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 37 7.2%
• Natural resources & mining 36 7.0%
• Financial activities 27 5.2%
• Other services 23 4.4%
• Construction 3 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 78.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.4%

−5.8 pp vs MT · 52nd of 56

Median gross rent

$710

−$371 vs MT · 42nd of 56

Owner-occupied

459

Renter-occupied

265

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $55,911/yr) pays 6.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $9,094/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• German or other West Germanic 219 12.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.8%
• Spanish 7 0.4%

Households

724

Family households

430

59.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

121

28.1% of families

Single-mother families

26

6.0% of families

Veterans

119

8.4% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

96.6%

±1.7 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

18.2%

±4 pp

13th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±6.4 pp

−7.4 pp vs MT · 21st of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.8%

90% interval 13.9%–17.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0