Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Montana

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 20,656
Median household income: $47,018
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,912 91.6%
Black or African American alone 15 0.1%
Asian alone 54 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 287 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 29 0.1%
Some other race alone 79 0.4%
Two or more races 1,280 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 614 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.6

Under 18 3,725 18.0%
18–24 1,016 4.9%
25–44 3,823 18.5%
45–64 5,953 28.8%
65 and over 6,139 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +2.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $880.5M; 1.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,582
Establishments: 960

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,628 26.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,319 21.1%
Leisure & hospitality 830 13.3%
Public administration 639 10.2%
Construction 555 8.9%
Professional & business services 396 6.3%
Other services 243 3.9%
Financial activities 223 3.6%
Manufacturing 189 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 128 2.0%
Information 81 1.3%
Unclassified 28 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 6,999
Renter-occupied: 1,859

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,789 votes cast

Republican 8,909 75.6%
Democratic 2,615 22.2%
Other / third-party 265 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 446 2.3%
German 366 1.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 50 0.3%
Chinese 20 0.1%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
Other 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,858
Family households: 5,743; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,789
Single-mother households: 359
Veterans: 2,238; 13.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,474 17.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,528 7.8%
Mainline Protestant 595 3.0%
Catholic 366 1.9%
Black Protestant 50 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.8%
With a disability: 24.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Libby

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 53.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023