Jury Pool Profile

Phillips County, Montana

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 4,224
Median household income: $58,156
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,517 83.3%
Black or African American alone 16 0.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 301 7.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.4%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 373 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 58 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 991 23.5%
18–24 201 4.8%
25–44 942 22.3%
45–64 1,090 25.8%
65 and over 1,000 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $163.8M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,451
Establishments: 186

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 292 25.2%
Education & health services 286 24.7%
Leisure & hospitality 162 14.0%
Public administration 154 13.3%
Construction 62 5.3%
Financial activities 56 4.8%
Other services 44 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 36 3.1%
Manufacturing 22 1.9%
Professional & business services 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $623
Owner-occupied: 1,324
Renter-occupied: 445

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,189 votes cast

Republican 1,753 80.1%
Democratic 385 17.6%
Other / third-party 51 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

German 22 0.6%
Spanish 10 0.3%
Other 7 0.2%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,769
Family households: 1,190; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,010
Single-mother households: 17
Veterans: 315; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 722 17.1%
Evangelical Protestant 433 10.3%
Catholic 304 7.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 5.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Chinook, Glasgow, Malta

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