Missoula County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 103,132 85.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,096 5.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 513 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,876 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,022 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,255 1.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 80 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 698 0.6%

• Under 18 21,937 18.2%
• 18–24 15,521 12.9%
• 25–44 35,969 29.8%
• 45–64 26,562 22.0%
• 65 and over 20,683 17.1%

Median household income

$76,277

90% interval $71,029–$81,525

+$757 vs MT · 11th of 56

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 7.4%–11.0%

−1.2 pp vs MT · 47th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.1B

11.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,053

Establishments

6,663

• Education & health services 17,521 26.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 13,489 20.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,669 13.2%
• Professional & business services 7,656 11.6%
• Construction 4,322 6.6%
• Public administration 3,977 6.0%
• Financial activities 3,331 5.1%
• Other services 2,611 4.0%
• Manufacturing 2,340 3.6%
• Information 1,154 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 674 1.0%
• Unclassified 136 0.2%

Home ownership

58.8%

−10.4 pp vs MT · 56th of 56

Median gross rent

$1,190

+$109 vs MT · 3rd of 56

Owner-occupied

30,978

Renter-occupied

21,701

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $117,734/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,564/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 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 42,903 59.0%
• Republican 27,306 37.5%
• Other / third-party 2,564 3.5%

• Spanish 1,863 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 884 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 408 0.4%
• Chinese 343 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 306 0.3%
• Tagalog 270 0.2%
• Vietnamese 85 0.1%
• Korean 31 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

52,679

Family households

28,486

54.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,848

27.6% of families

Single-mother families

2,149

7.5% of families

Veterans

8,481

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 10,980 9.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 10,103 8.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,583 5.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,621 3.1%
• Orthodox 275 0.2%

Health insured

93.9%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±0.7 pp

40th of 56

With a disability

12.6%

±0.7 pp

44th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

47.4%

±1.6 pp

+12.2 pp vs MT · 2nd of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.4%–10.0% · 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

15

15.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14