Jury Pool Profile

Powder River County, Montana

Republican +75 (2024)

Population: 1,762
Median household income: $68,009
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,559 88.5%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 27 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 147 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.6

Under 18 325 18.4%
18–24 93 5.3%
25–44 397 22.5%
45–64 390 22.1%
65 and over 557 31.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; -1.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $153.1M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,159
Establishments: 106

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 119 20.8%
Professional & business services 101 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 85 14.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 84 14.7%
Public administration 77 13.5%
Natural resources & mining 39 6.8%
Other services 24 4.2%
Construction 7 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $609
Owner-occupied: 553
Renter-occupied: 160

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,106 votes cast

Republican 963 87.1%
Democratic 131 11.8%
Other / third-party 12 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Other 8 0.5%
Other Indo-European 7 0.4%
German 6 0.4%
Spanish 5 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 713
Family households: 478; 67.0% of households
Married w/ children: 408
Single-mother households: 28
Veterans: 122; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

20.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 171 10.1%
Mainline Protestant 143 8.4%
Evangelical Protestant 37 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Baker, Broadus, Ekalaka, Forsyth, Hysham, Jordan, Miles City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 69.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023