Jury Pool Profile

Mineral County, Montana

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 4,796
Median household income: $61,117
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,445 92.7%
Black or African American alone 32 0.7%
Asian alone 18 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 16 0.3%
Two or more races 221 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 167 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.1

Under 18 999 20.8%
18–24 204 4.3%
25–44 950 19.8%
45–64 1,296 27.0%
65 and over 1,347 28.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +1.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $163.6M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,527
Establishments: 206

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 329 26.8%
Education & health services 278 22.7%
Leisure & hospitality 209 17.0%
Public administration 161 13.1%
Construction 93 7.6%
Professional & business services 59 4.8%
Manufacturing 38 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 26 2.1%
Financial activities 20 1.6%
Other services 8 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $746
Owner-occupied: 1,712
Renter-occupied: 420

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,833 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 61 1.4%
Other Indo-European 30 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
German 5 0.1%
Slavic languages 4 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,132
Family households: 1,352; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,051
Single-mother households: 71
Veterans: 521; 13.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.7% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 18.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

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