Stillwater County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,446 92.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 319 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 34 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 340 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 25 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 14 0.2%

• Under 18 1,925 21.0%
• 18–24 582 6.3%
• 25–44 1,859 20.2%
• 45–64 2,502 27.2%
• 65 and over 2,314 25.2%

Median household income

$85,796

90% interval $75,949–$95,643

+$10,276 vs MT · 4th of 56

Below poverty line

8.3%

90% interval 6.4%–10.2%

−2.1 pp vs MT · 52nd of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$725.1M

0.92% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,484

Establishments

391

• Natural resources & mining 779 26.6%
• Education & health services 571 19.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 427 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 285 9.7%
• Manufacturing 258 8.8%
• Professional & business services 160 5.5%
• Public administration 157 5.4%
• Construction 150 5.1%
• Other services 83 2.8%
• Financial activities 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.9%

+13.7 pp vs MT · 7th of 56

Median gross rent

$961

−$120 vs MT · 13th of 56

Owner-occupied

3,159

Renter-occupied

651

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Financial activities, $154,329/yr) pays 6.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,590/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 7.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 41 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 18 0.2%
• Chinese 14 0.2%
• Spanish 11 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.1%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

3,810

Family households

2,547

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

737

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

103

4.0% of families

Veterans

816

11.3% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.8%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1.4 pp

48th of 56

With a disability

18.3%

±1.6 pp

12th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

32.3%

±3.2 pp

−2.9 pp vs MT · 12th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.6%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

96.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6