Jury Pool Profile
Musselshell County, Montana
Republican +72 (2024)
- Population
- 5,068
- Median household income
- $59,010
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,475 88.3%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 134 2.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 163 3.2%
- Two or more races 296 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 187 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 51.3
- Under 18 991 19.6%
- 18–24 265 5.2%
- 25–44 923 18.2%
- 45–64 1,431 28.2%
- 65 and over 1,458 28.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +1.31 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $513.9M
- 0.66% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $62,379
- Establishments
- 199
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Natural resources & mining 355 26.8%
- Education & health services 295 22.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 202 15.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 108 8.2%
- Public administration 106 8.0%
- Construction 66 5.0%
- Professional & business services 60 4.5%
- Other services 60 4.5%
- Financial activities 51 3.8%
- Manufacturing 13 1.0%
- Information 1 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 82.5%
- Median gross rent
- $865
- Owner-occupied
- 1,759
- Renter-occupied
- 372
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,012 votes cast
- Republican 2,550 84.7%
- Democratic 396 13.1%
- Other / third-party 66 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.7% speak only English at home
- German 62 1.3%
- Spanish 42 0.9%
- Other Indo-European 39 0.8%
- Other 11 0.2%
- Slavic languages 5 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,131
- Family households
- 1,378
- 64.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,161
- Single-mother households
- 61
- Veterans
- 527
- 12.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
24.6% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 331 7.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 326 6.9%
- Catholic 300 6.3%
- Mainline Protestant 205 4.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.0%
- With a disability
- 20.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 14th 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
- Harlowton, Roundup, Ryegate, White Sulphur Springs
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 73.58 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023