Jury Pool Profile

Prairie County, Montana

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 1,251
Median household income: $45,192
Unemployment: 1.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,123 89.8%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 49 3.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 61 4.9%
Two or more races 17 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.1

Under 18 270 21.6%
18–24 28 2.2%
25–44 274 21.9%
45–64 255 20.4%
65 and over 424 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.9%; -1.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $62.1M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,683
Establishments: 60

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 191 40.0%
Education & health services 90 18.8%
Public administration 74 15.5%
Natural resources & mining 36 7.5%
Professional & business services 26 5.4%
Other services 17 3.6%
Financial activities 10 2.1%
Construction 8 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $827
Owner-occupied: 397
Renter-occupied: 123

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 688 votes cast

Republican 546 79.4%
Democratic 122 17.7%
Other / third-party 20 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 8 0.7%
German 8 0.7%
Slavic languages 2 0.2%
Other Indo-European 2 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 520
Family households: 278; 53.5% of households
Married w/ children: 234
Single-mother households: 28
Veterans: 88; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 157 14.4%
Evangelical Protestant 69 6.3%
Catholic 50 4.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Circle, Glendive, Sidney, Terry, Wibaux

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 101.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023