Jury Pool Profile

Valley County, Montana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 7,540
Median household income: $64,515
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,404 84.9%
Black or African American alone 46 0.6%
Asian alone 4 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 592 7.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 108 1.4%
Two or more races 386 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 193 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 1,699 22.5%
18–24 455 6.0%
25–44 1,721 22.8%
45–64 1,832 24.3%
65 and over 1,833 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $394.0M; 0.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,648
Establishments: 354

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 933 32.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 572 19.6%
Leisure & hospitality 390 13.4%
Public administration 316 10.8%
Professional & business services 251 8.6%
Construction 118 4.0%
Financial activities 110 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 81 2.8%
Other services 72 2.5%
Information 58 2.0%
Manufacturing 16 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 2,297
Renter-occupied: 661

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,079 votes cast

Republican 3,019 74.0%
Democratic 935 22.9%
Other / third-party 125 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 57 0.8%
Other 20 0.3%
Slavic languages 18 0.3%
German 8 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,958
Family households: 1,840; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,414
Single-mother households: 129
Veterans: 478; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 847 11.2%
Evangelical Protestant 502 6.6%
Catholic 486 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 297 3.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Chinook, Glasgow, Malta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 17.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023