Jury Pool Profile
Richland County, Montana
Republican +68 (2024)
- Population
- 11,329
- Median household income
- $69,578
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,264 90.6%
- Black or African American alone 28 0.2%
- Asian alone 31 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 98 0.9%
- Some other race alone 271 2.4%
- Two or more races 609 5.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 621 5.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38
- Under 18 2,864 25.3%
- 18–24 897 7.9%
- 25–44 2,911 25.7%
- 45–64 2,713 23.9%
- 65 and over 1,944 17.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.4%
- -1.05 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.2B
- 1.51% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $63,143
- Establishments
- 648
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,317 25.2%
- Education & health services 1,121 21.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 590 11.3%
- Construction 564 10.8%
- Natural resources & mining 530 10.1%
- Public administration 306 5.8%
- Professional & business services 224 4.3%
- Manufacturing 220 4.2%
- Financial activities 179 3.4%
- Other services 152 2.9%
- Unclassified 17 0.3%
- Information 16 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.8%
- Median gross rent
- $866
- Owner-occupied
- 3,141
- Renter-occupied
- 1,359
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,309 votes cast
- Republican 4,387 82.6%
- Democratic 778 14.7%
- Other / third-party 144 2.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 175 1.6%
- German 65 0.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.5%
- Slavic languages 29 0.3%
- Tagalog 23 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
- Arabic 8 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,500
- Family households
- 2,794
- 62.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,252
- Single-mother households
- 225
- Veterans
- 510
- 6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.7% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,896 16.5%
- Catholic 1,228 10.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 990 8.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 213 1.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.9%
- With a disability
- 11.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023