Silver Bow County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,899 89.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,654 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 141 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,503 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 496 1.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 70 0.2%

• Under 18 7,227 20.2%
• 18–24 3,863 10.8%
• 25–44 8,835 24.7%
• 45–64 8,888 24.8%
• 65 and over 6,972 19.5%

Median household income

$65,459

90% interval $60,383–$70,535

−$10,061 vs MT · 22nd of 56

Below poverty line

12.9%

90% interval 10.4%–15.4%

+2.5 pp vs MT · 25th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.51 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

2.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,119

Establishments

1,444

• Education & health services 4,189 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,709 22.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,679 16.3%
• Professional & business services 1,701 10.3%
• Public administration 1,018 6.2%
• Construction 751 4.6%
• Manufacturing 659 4.0%
• Financial activities 562 3.4%
• Natural resources & mining 550 3.3%
• Other services 496 3.0%
• Information 145 0.9%
• Unclassified 27 0.2%

Home ownership

70.8%

+1.6 pp vs MT · 33rd of 56

Median gross rent

$863

−$218 vs MT · 21st of 56

Owner-occupied

10,920

Renter-occupied

4,499

• 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 (Natural resources & mining, $105,101/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,206/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Korean 312 0.9%
• Spanish 150 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 137 0.4%
• Vietnamese 68 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 55 0.2%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

15,419

Family households

8,209

53.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,216

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

603

7.3% of families

Veterans

2,579

9.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.2 pp

41st of 56

With a disability

18.5%

±1.9 pp

11th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

28.0%

±2.4 pp

−7.2 pp vs MT · 20th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.4%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

3

10.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3