Rosebud County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,197 51.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 299 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 165 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 393 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,003 36.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 102 1.2%

• Under 18 2,308 28.3%
• 18–24 662 8.1%
• 25–44 1,891 23.2%
• 45–64 1,871 22.9%
• 65 and over 1,433 17.6%

Median household income

$70,245

90% interval $62,344–$78,146

−$5,275 vs MT · 16th of 56

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 12.4%–20.2%

+5.9 pp vs MT · 7th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

1.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,874

Establishments

258

• Education & health services 851 23.5%
• Public administration 841 23.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 621 17.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 225 6.2%
• Financial activities 108 3.0%
• Professional & business services 92 2.5%
• Other services 75 2.1%
• Construction 11 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 78.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.6%

−5.6 pp vs MT · 50th of 56

Median gross rent

$672

−$409 vs MT · 47th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,954

Renter-occupied

1,116

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Construction, $99,000/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,845/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 2,466 66.8%
• Democratic 1,095 29.7%
• Other / third-party 132 3.6%

• German or other West Germanic 203 2.7%
• Spanish 74 1.0%
• Tagalog 37 0.5%
• Chinese 33 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%

Households

3,070

Family households

2,036

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

421

20.7% of families

Single-mother families

264

13.0% of families

Veterans

738

12.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,317 39.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,465 17.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 675 8.1%
• Mainline Protestant 149 1.8%

Health insured

83.8%

±4.6 pp

Uninsured

16.2%

±4.6 pp

8th of 56

With a disability

16.9%

±1.9 pp

25th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

20.9%

±3.1 pp

−14.3 pp vs MT · 49th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.3%

90% interval 10.9%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th 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

Baker, Broadus, Ekalaka, Forsyth, Hysham, Jordan, Miles City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

51.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3