Jury Pool Profile
Powell County, Montana
Republican +53 (2024)
- Population
- 7,029
- Median household income
- $63,432
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,190 88.1%
- Black or African American alone 87 1.2%
- Asian alone 133 1.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 321 4.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 37 0.5%
- Two or more races 261 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 160 2.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.3
- Under 18 1,031 14.7%
- 18–24 470 6.7%
- 25–44 2,114 30.1%
- 45–64 1,944 27.7%
- 65 and over 1,470 20.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- +0.65 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $356.5M
- 0.45% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $58,435
- Establishments
- 250
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Public administration 802 32.5%
- Education & health services 430 17.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 395 16.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 255 10.3%
- Natural resources & mining 125 5.1%
- Professional & business services 63 2.6%
- Financial activities 43 1.7%
- Construction 6 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.5%
- Median gross rent
- $770
- Owner-occupied
- 1,631
- Renter-occupied
- 717
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,282 votes cast
- Republican 2,466 75.1%
- Democratic 710 21.6%
- Other / third-party 106 3.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.0% speak only English at home
- German 98 1.4%
- Tagalog 71 1.0%
- Other 46 0.7%
- Spanish 36 0.5%
- Arabic 18 0.3%
- Slavic languages 5 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,348
- Family households
- 1,510
- 64.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,227
- Single-mother households
- 58
- Veterans
- 792
- 13.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
30.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 742 10.7%
- Catholic 681 9.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 595 8.6%
- Mainline Protestant 95 1.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.4%
- With a disability
- 22.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2 (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
- Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Philipsburg
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 66.69 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023