Sweet Grass County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,376 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 39 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 163 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 1.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 30 0.8%

• Under 18 746 20.1%
• 18–24 274 7.4%
• 25–44 753 20.2%
• 45–64 988 26.6%
• 65 and over 959 25.8%

Median household income

$73,627

90% interval $65,349–$81,905

−$1,893 vs MT · 14th of 56

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.2%–12.4%

−0.6 pp vs MT · 44th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$314.8M

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$64,449

Establishments

263

• Natural resources & mining 394 26.7%
• Education & health services 234 15.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 200 13.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 180 12.2%
• Construction 111 7.5%
• Public administration 86 5.8%
• Financial activities 74 5.0%
• Manufacturing 72 4.9%
• Other services 60 4.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.7%

+10.5 pp vs MT · 12th of 56

Median gross rent

$1,149

+$68 vs MT · 4th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,237

Renter-occupied

315

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $113,921/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,954/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 5.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 42 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.7%
• Tagalog 6 0.2%

Households

1,552

Family households

1,066

68.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

316

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

45

4.2% of families

Veterans

333

11.2% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

89.8%

±3.6 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±3.6 pp

13th of 56

With a disability

17.3%

±3.3 pp

23rd of 56

Bachelor's or higher

24.4%

±4 pp

−10.8 pp vs MT · 32nd of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.6%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

67.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2