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Jury Pool Profile

Roosevelt County, Montana

Republican +9.6 (2024)
County seat
Wolf Point
Judicial district
15th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
10,242
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,526.

At a glance

Roosevelt County is a 10,242-person venue. The county population is 33% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $55,302, $20,218 below the MT state median of $75,520; 21.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Tagalog and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 26.8% of covered employment, average pay $57,035/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.76%, above the 3.48% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 49% to 52% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,526
Median household income
$57,063
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 33%; Black: 0%.

Roosevelt County has a population of 10,526, with a median age of 30.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 32.6%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 2.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $55,302; 21.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 3,415 32.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 301 2.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 100 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 841 8.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5,849 55.6%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 30.9

  • Under 18 3,465 32.9%
  • 18–24 1,020 9.7%
  • 25–44 2,637 25.1%
  • 45–64 2,118 20.1%
  • 65 and over 1,286 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$55,302
90% interval $50,243–$60,361
−$20,218 vs MT · 52nd of 56
Below poverty line
22.8%
90% interval 17.5%–28.1%
+12.4 pp vs MT · 2nd of 56

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Service-sector economy

None of the heuristic anchors fired (oil & gas <5%, healthcare/education <20%, manufacturing <15%). Top sector: Public administration (26.8%).

Public administration is the largest employment sector at 26.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.76%, above the Montana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+1.28 pp vs. state
County GDP
$549.3M
0.7% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,976
Establishments
267

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 918 26.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 645 18.8%
  • Education & health services 603 17.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 395 11.5%
  • Financial activities 112 3.3%
  • Professional & business services 98 2.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 91 2.7%
  • Other services 55 1.6%
  • Construction 47 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 86.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
66.6%
−2.6 pp vs MT · 45th of 56
Median gross rent
$705
−$376 vs MT · 43rd of 56
Owner-occupied
2,059
Renter-occupied
1,032

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Professional & business services, $81,239/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,729/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 50%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Roosevelt County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 52.5% in 2024, 49.6% in 2020, 49.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,914 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201649.4%43.1%
202049.6%47.4%
202452.5%42.9%
  • Republican 2,055 52.5%
  • Democratic 1,680 42.9%
  • Other / third-party 179 4.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

1.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Tagalog, Spanish, Korean. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (456 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

  • Tagalog 56 0.6%
  • Spanish 35 0.4%
  • Korean 3 0.0%
  • German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,091
Family households
1,806
58.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
455
25.2% of families
Single-mother families
235
13.0% of families
Veterans
456
6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

41.0% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 1,302 12.1%
  • Catholic 1,215 11.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,105 10.2%
  • Evangelical Protestant 805 7.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
74.8%
±3.3 pp
Uninsured
25.2%
±3.3 pp
1st of 56
With a disability
12.6%
±2.3 pp
45th of 56
Bachelor's or higher
21.2%
±2.7 pp
−14.0 pp vs MT · 46th of 56
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
12.8%
90% interval 11.4%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
15th 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
Plentywood, Scobey, Wolf Point

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Roosevelt totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
14.16 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Roosevelt County, Montana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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