Powder River County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,619 89.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 17 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 99 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 2.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 14 0.8%

• Under 18 364 20.1%
• 18–24 96 5.3%
• 25–44 417 23.0%
• 45–64 393 21.7%
• 65 and over 545 30.0%

Median household income

$61,612

90% interval $54,367–$68,857

−$13,908 vs MT · 37th of 56

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.2%–14.0%

+0.7 pp vs MT · 41st of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−1.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$153.1M

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,198

Establishments

102

• Professional & business services 142 22.9%
• Education & health services 115 18.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 87 14.1%
• Public administration 82 13.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 82 13.2%
• Natural resources & mining 34 5.5%
• Other services 27 4.4%
• Construction 7 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.8%

+9.6 pp vs MT · 14th of 56

Median gross rent

$533

−$548 vs MT · 55th of 56

Owner-occupied

558

Renter-occupied

150

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $139,986/yr) pays 6.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,008/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• German or other West Germanic 5 0.3%
• Spanish 4 0.2%

Households

708

Family households

479

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

155

32.4% of families

Single-mother families

48

10.0% of families

Veterans

77

5.3% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

92.4%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.6 pp

27th of 56

With a disability

13.7%

±3.3 pp

40th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

26.1%

±5.3 pp

−9.1 pp vs MT · 28th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.6%

90% interval 10.1%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0