Jury Pool Profile

Stillwater County, Montana

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 9,052
Median household income: $81,503
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,444 93.3%
Black or African American alone 9 0.1%
Asian alone 33 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 101 1.1%
Two or more races 433 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 305 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 1,908 21.1%
18–24 546 6.0%
25–44 1,806 20.0%
45–64 2,533 28.0%
65 and over 2,259 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $725.1M; 0.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $75,084
Establishments: 401

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 562 16.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 438 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 346 10.2%
Manufacturing 232 6.8%
Professional & business services 168 4.9%
Public administration 161 4.7%
Other services 90 2.6%
Financial activities 42 1.2%
Construction 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.8%
Median gross rent: $968
Owner-occupied: 3,125
Renter-occupied: 744

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,906 votes cast

Republican 4,699 79.6%
Democratic 1,056 17.9%
Other / third-party 151 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.3%
Chinese 18 0.2%
Spanish 13 0.1%
German 13 0.1%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
Other 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,869
Family households: 2,599; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,231
Single-mother households: 146
Veterans: 825; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,500 16.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 717 8.0%
Mainline Protestant 595 6.6%
Catholic 175 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Columbus, Hardin, Red Lodge

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023