Jury Pool Profile

Sheridan County, Montana

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 3,677
Median household income: $63,654
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,390 92.2%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 16 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.3%
Some other race alone 20 0.5%
Two or more races 178 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 166 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

Under 18 792 21.5%
18–24 240 6.5%
25–44 814 22.1%
45–64 992 27.0%
65 and over 839 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $240.8M; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,594
Establishments: 224

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 353 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 337 26.4%
Public administration 145 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 125 9.8%
Financial activities 86 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 79 6.2%
Other services 44 3.4%
Professional & business services 41 3.2%
Information 20 1.6%
Unclassified 7 0.5%
Construction 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $749
Owner-occupied: 1,126
Renter-occupied: 344

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,912 votes cast

Republican 1,321 69.1%
Democratic 509 26.6%
Other / third-party 82 4.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.4%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%
Spanish 4 0.1%
German 4 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,470
Family households: 858; 58.4% of households
Married w/ children: 742
Single-mother households: 38
Veterans: 177; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 635 17.9%
Catholic 362 10.2%
Evangelical Protestant 321 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 211 6.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023