Jury Pool Profile
Toole County, Montana
- County seat
- Shelby
- Judicial district
- 9th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,211
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,061.
At a glance
Toole County is a 5,211-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,644, $10,876 below the MT state median of $75,520; 22.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 24.7% of covered employment, average pay $61,016/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.79%, below the 3.48% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 77% of the vote across the three. At least 12% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 5,061
- Median household income
- $57,731
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 2%.
Toole County has a population of 5,061, with a median age of 37.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.4%; Black residents 1.7%. Independently, 4.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,644; 22.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 5.0%.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 24.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.79%, below the Montana state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Toole County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.8% in 2024, 75.2% in 2020, 74.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 11.8% of the adult civilian population (472 individuals).