Mineral County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,411 88.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 185 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 263 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 71 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%

• Under 18 1,028 20.7%
• 18–24 187 3.8%
• 25–44 1,027 20.7%
• 45–64 1,323 26.7%
• 65 and over 1,394 28.1%

Median household income

$61,150

90% interval $53,966–$68,334

−$14,370 vs MT · 40th of 56

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 9.3%–15.9%

+2.2 pp vs MT · 26th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+1.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$163.6M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,708

Establishments

193

• Trade, transportation & utilities 340 28.3%
• Education & health services 279 23.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 208 17.3%
• Public administration 150 12.5%
• Construction 83 6.9%
• Professional & business services 43 3.6%
• Manufacturing 38 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 30 2.5%
• Financial activities 18 1.5%
• Other services 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 99.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.1%

+11.9 pp vs MT · 10th of 56

Median gross rent

$801

−$280 vs MT · 30th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,744

Renter-occupied

406

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $79,167/yr) pays 21.9× the lowest (Other services, $3,620/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 6.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,049 72.3%
• Democratic 689 24.3%
• Other / third-party 95 3.4%

• Spanish 18 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.1%

Households

2,150

Family households

1,286

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

270

21.0% of families

Single-mother families

68

5.3% of families

Veterans

537

13.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 477 10.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 301 6.6%
• Catholic 225 5.0%
• Mainline Protestant 70 1.5%

Health insured

90.9%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±2.6 pp

17th of 56

With a disability

18.2%

±2.9 pp

14th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

26.1%

±4 pp

−9.1 pp vs MT · 27th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.4%

90% interval 11.0%–13.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial District Court

Judges

5 (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

Missoula, Superior

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

25.44 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1