Teton County, Montana

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,811 91.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 128 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 17 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 261 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 123 1.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%

• Under 18 1,587 25.0%
• 18–24 412 6.5%
• 25–44 1,343 21.1%
• 45–64 1,545 24.3%
• 65 and over 1,466 23.1%

Median household income

$64,349

90% interval $57,035–$71,663

−$11,171 vs MT · 26th of 56

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 10.9%–17.1%

+3.6 pp vs MT · 20th of 56

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.59 pp vs. state

County GDP

$299.9M

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,061

Establishments

323

• Education & health services 523 28.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 383 20.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 161 8.8%
• Public administration 160 8.7%
• Construction 139 7.6%
• Professional & business services 97 5.3%
• Financial activities 70 3.8%
• Other services 55 3.0%
• Information 10 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 87.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.5%

+6.3 pp vs MT · 19th of 56

Median gross rent

$730

−$351 vs MT · 39th of 56

Owner-occupied

1,865

Renter-occupied

604

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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, $73,247/yr) pays 7.0× the lowest (Information, $10,507/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 5.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,533 71.0%
• Democratic 927 26.0%
• Other / third-party 108 3.0%

• German or other West Germanic 337 5.7%
• Spanish 42 0.7%
• Tagalog 6 0.1%
• Chinese 4 0.1%

Households

2,469

Family households

1,600

64.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

460

28.7% of families

Single-mother families

51

3.2% of families

Veterans

364

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,973 31.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,398 22.5%
• Mainline Protestant 815 13.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 590 9.5%

Health insured

94.6%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.4%

±1.3 pp

46th of 56

With a disability

11.7%

±1.7 pp

49th of 56

Bachelor's or higher

26.8%

±3.1 pp

−8.4 pp vs MT · 25th of 56

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.4%–16.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Shelby

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

20.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1