Jury Pool Profile

Pondera County, Montana

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 6,012
Median household income: $53,500
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,770 79.3%
Black or African American alone 2 0.0%
Asian alone 16 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 992 16.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 24 0.4%
Two or more races 208 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 137 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 1,412 23.5%
18–24 444 7.4%
25–44 1,365 22.7%
45–64 1,494 24.9%
65 and over 1,297 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $302.1M; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,334
Establishments: 236

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 416 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 395 25.3%
Construction 160 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 149 9.5%
Public administration 112 7.2%
Professional & business services 101 6.5%
Financial activities 89 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 67 4.3%
Other services 42 2.7%
Manufacturing 20 1.3%
Information 12 0.8%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.7%
Median gross rent: $806
Owner-occupied: 1,493
Renter-occupied: 747

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,852 votes cast

Republican 1,972 69.1%
Democratic 782 27.4%
Other / third-party 98 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.2% speak only English at home

German 455 8.1%
Other 73 1.3%
Spanish 71 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,240
Family households: 1,435; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,127
Single-mother households: 74
Veterans: 381; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,642 27.8%
Evangelical Protestant 1,428 24.2%
Mainline Protestant 244 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 211 3.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Shelby

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 65.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023