Madison County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,339 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 337 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 42 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 324 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 153 1.7%

• Under 18 1,504 16.3%
• 18–24 525 5.7%
• 25–44 1,912 20.7%
• 45–64 2,443 26.5%
• 65 and over 2,839 30.8%

Median household income

$76,300

90% interval $68,173–$84,427

+$780 vs MT · 10th of 56

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.1%–10.7%

−2.0 pp vs MT · 50th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+2.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$651.0M

0.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,742

Establishments

602

• Education & health services 600 20.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 563 18.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 389 13.0%
• Natural resources & mining 350 11.7%
• Construction 308 10.3%
• Public administration 197 6.6%
• Professional & business services 182 6.1%
• Manufacturing 150 5.0%
• Financial activities 123 4.1%
• Other services 74 2.5%
• Information 37 1.2%
• Unclassified 6 0.2%

Home ownership

81.0%

+11.8 pp vs MT · 11th of 56

Median gross rent

$1,000

−$81 vs MT · 10th of 56

Owner-occupied

3,028

Renter-occupied

712

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% 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 (Information, $217,849/yr) pays 6.1× the lowest (Manufacturing, $35,865/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 5.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,615 71.4%
• Democratic 1,689 26.1%
• Other / third-party 157 2.4%

• Spanish 248 2.8%
• Chinese 48 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.0%

Households

3,740

Family households

2,474

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

509

20.6% of families

Single-mother families

54

2.2% of families

Veterans

756

9.8% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 706 8.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 681 7.9%
• Catholic 435 5.0%
• Mainline Protestant 327 3.8%

Health insured

92.9%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

7.1%

±1.7 pp

31st of 56

With a disability

14.4%

±2.8 pp

37th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

32.6%

±3.6 pp

−2.6 pp vs MT · 11th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.6%

90% interval 12.0%–15.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Boulder, Dillon, Virginia City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

12.96 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1