Richland County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,826 87.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 620 5.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 30 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 48 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 593 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 61 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%

• Under 18 2,802 24.9%
• 18–24 901 8.0%
• 25–44 2,933 26.1%
• 45–64 2,636 23.5%
• 65 and over 1,963 17.5%

Median household income

$81,961

90% interval $72,402–$91,520

+$6,441 vs MT · 7th of 56

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.5%–12.1%

−0.6 pp vs MT · 43rd of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

1.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,740

Establishments

618

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,306 26.1%
• Education & health services 1,104 22.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 596 11.9%
• Natural resources & mining 471 9.4%
• Construction 375 7.5%
• Public administration 295 5.9%
• Professional & business services 239 4.8%
• Manufacturing 232 4.6%
• Financial activities 189 3.8%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.1%

−2.1 pp vs MT · 43rd of 56

Median gross rent

$917

−$164 vs MT · 18th of 56

Owner-occupied

2,968

Renter-occupied

1,454

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $94,082/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,332/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 8.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,387 82.6%
• Democratic 778 14.7%
• Other / third-party 144 2.7%

• Spanish 166 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 73 0.7%
• Tagalog 35 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 23 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

4,422

Family households

2,758

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

801

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

240

8.7% of families

Veterans

481

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,896 16.5%
• Catholic 1,228 10.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 990 8.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 213 1.9%

Health insured

95.3%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±2.1 pp

50th of 56

With a disability

11.9%

±2.3 pp

47th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

22.0%

±3.3 pp

−13.2 pp vs MT · 43rd of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0