Jury Pool Profile

Sweet Grass County, Montana

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 3,713
Median household income: $69,426
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,363 90.6%
Black or African American alone 50 1.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 68 1.8%
Two or more races 171 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 757 20.4%
18–24 316 8.5%
25–44 808 21.8%
45–64 963 25.9%
65 and over 869 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $314.8M; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,954
Establishments: 273

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 532 32.7%
Education & health services 244 15.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 185 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 180 11.0%
Construction 121 7.4%
Public administration 84 5.2%
Manufacturing 78 4.8%
Financial activities 72 4.4%
Other services 64 3.9%
Professional & business services 59 3.6%
Information 6 0.4%
Unclassified 5 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.2%
Median gross rent: $1,073
Owner-occupied: 1,140
Renter-occupied: 357

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,381 votes cast

Republican 1,789 75.1%
Democratic 525 22.0%
Other / third-party 67 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 60 1.7%
German 30 0.9%
Other 14 0.4%
Other Indo-European 3 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,497
Family households: 975; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 903
Single-mother households: 22
Veterans: 286; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 406 11.0%
Evangelical Protestant 262 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 210 5.7%
Catholic 150 4.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Big Timber, Livingston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 33.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023