Jury Pool Profile

Missoula County, Montana

Democratic +22 (2024)

Population: 119,639
Median household income: $71,246
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 104,834 87.6%
Black or African American alone 716 0.6%
Asian alone 1,944 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,474 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 85 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,602 1.3%
Two or more races 7,984 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,902 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 22,072 18.4%
18–24 15,273 12.8%
25–44 35,846 30.0%
45–64 26,556 22.2%
65 and over 19,892 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.1B; 11.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,583
Establishments: 6,882

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,222 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,416 20.4%
Leisure & hospitality 8,776 13.4%
Professional & business services 7,821 11.9%
Construction 4,223 6.4%
Public administration 4,025 6.1%
Financial activities 3,306 5.0%
Other services 2,638 4.0%
Manufacturing 2,519 3.8%
Information 926 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 645 1.0%
Unclassified 134 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.7%
Median gross rent: $1,125
Owner-occupied: 30,808
Renter-occupied: 20,834

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 72,773 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,713 1.5%
German 874 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 720 0.6%
Other 385 0.3%
Slavic languages 384 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 359 0.3%
Chinese 282 0.2%
Tagalog 269 0.2%
Other Indo-European 257 0.2%
Vietnamese 74 0.1%
Korean 24 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 51,642
Family households: 28,001; 54.2% of households
Married w/ children: 21,591
Single-mother households: 2,169
Veterans: 8,250; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.9%

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: 23; 23.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023