Jury Pool Profile

Ravalli County, Montana

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 45,807
Median household income: $71,323
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,531 90.7%
Black or African American alone 163 0.4%
Asian alone 252 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 251 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 381 0.8%
Two or more races 3,222 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,820 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

Under 18 8,601 18.8%
18–24 2,669 5.8%
25–44 9,715 21.2%
45–64 12,698 27.7%
65 and over 12,124 26.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 2.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,992
Establishments: 2,394

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,269 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,469 17.9%
Professional & business services 1,976 14.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,699 12.4%
Construction 1,235 9.0%
Manufacturing 842 6.1%
Public administration 717 5.2%
Other services 559 4.1%
Financial activities 481 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 356 2.6%
Information 118 0.9%
Unclassified 36 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.6%
Median gross rent: $1,054
Owner-occupied: 14,757
Renter-occupied: 4,022

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,904 votes cast

Republican 20,617 68.9%
Democratic 8,485 28.4%
Other / third-party 802 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 636 1.5%
German 247 0.6%
Slavic languages 212 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 142 0.3%
Other Indo-European 123 0.3%
Tagalog 82 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.1%
Other 35 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,779
Family households: 12,900; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,784
Single-mother households: 821
Veterans: 4,319; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,705 12.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,549 8.0%
Catholic 1,640 3.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,632 3.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Hamilton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 18.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023