Sheridan County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,236 88.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 145 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 180 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 71 1.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8 0.2%

• Under 18 802 21.9%
• 18–24 242 6.6%
• 25–44 856 23.3%
• 45–64 936 25.5%
• 65 and over 833 22.7%

Median household income

$62,725

90% interval $55,706–$69,744

−$12,795 vs MT · 35th of 56

Below poverty line

12.4%

90% interval 9.4%–15.4%

+2.0 pp vs MT · 27th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$240.8M

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,650

Establishments

213

• Education & health services 368 28.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 334 26.2%
• Public administration 146 11.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 116 9.1%
• Financial activities 89 7.0%
• Natural resources & mining 82 6.4%
• Other services 42 3.3%
• Professional & business services 37 2.9%
• Construction 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.8%

+2.6 pp vs MT · 32nd of 56

Median gross rent

$746

−$335 vs MT · 38th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,060

Renter-occupied

416

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $145,232/yr) pays 9.5× the lowest (Other services, $15,352/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 6.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 4 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.1%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

1,476

Family households

903

61.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

251

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

35

3.9% of families

Veterans

144

5% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

92.7%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±2.3 pp

30th of 56

With a disability

15.3%

±2.7 pp

34th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±4.4 pp

−9.0 pp vs MT · 26th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.9%

90% interval 12.3%–15.5% · Census SAHIE

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

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.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0