Jury Pool Profile

Silver Bow County, Montana

Democratic +7 (2024)

Population: 35,589
Median household income: $57,504
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,346 90.9%
Black or African American alone 43 0.1%
Asian alone 114 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 725 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 181 0.5%
Two or more races 2,172 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,639 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 7,334 20.6%
18–24 3,872 10.9%
25–44 8,724 24.5%
45–64 8,810 24.8%
65 and over 6,849 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 2.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,167
Establishments: 1,484

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,178 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,713 22.5%
Leisure & hospitality 2,708 16.4%
Professional & business services 1,657 10.0%
Public administration 1,020 6.2%
Construction 729 4.4%
Manufacturing 727 4.4%
Financial activities 561 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 535 3.2%
Other services 499 3.0%
Information 143 0.9%
Unclassified 37 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.5%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 10,818
Renter-occupied: 4,529

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,226 votes cast

Democratic 9,386 51.5%
Republican 8,110 44.5%
Other / third-party 730 4.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Korean 263 0.8%
Arabic 169 0.5%
Spanish 163 0.5%
German 126 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 85 0.3%
Other Indo-European 39 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Chinese 17 0.1%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,347
Family households: 7,919; 51.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,185
Single-mother households: 576
Veterans: 2,741; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,177 31.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,061 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,092 3.1%
Mainline Protestant 895 2.5%
Orthodox 154 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Butte

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 7.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023