Jury Pool Profile

Sanders County, Montana

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 12,936
Median household income: $54,035
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,620 89.8%
Black or African American alone 68 0.5%
Asian alone 48 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 354 2.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.1%
Some other race alone 37 0.3%
Two or more races 793 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 432 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.6

Under 18 2,233 17.3%
18–24 791 6.1%
25–44 2,162 16.7%
45–64 3,565 27.6%
65 and over 4,185 32.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +2.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $552.2M; 0.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,909
Establishments: 574

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 851 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 642 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 525 15.9%
Public administration 300 9.1%
Manufacturing 273 8.3%
Construction 218 6.6%
Professional & business services 131 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 125 3.8%
Financial activities 107 3.2%
Other services 106 3.2%
Information 14 0.4%
Unclassified 12 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 4,361
Renter-occupied: 1,092

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,069 votes cast

Republican 6,150 76.2%
Democratic 1,705 21.1%
Other / third-party 214 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

German 373 3.0%
Spanish 180 1.4%
Korean 44 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.3%
Other 17 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,453
Family households: 3,485; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,035
Single-mother households: 114
Veterans: 1,494; 14% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,810 14.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 846 6.8%
Catholic 494 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 253 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.6%
With a disability: 22.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Polson, Thompson Falls

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 37.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023