Jury Pool Profile

Yellowstone County, Montana

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 167,340
Median household income: $74,400
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 145,204 86.8%
Black or African American alone 1,466 0.9%
Asian alone 1,380 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,694 4.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 76 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,739 1.6%
Two or more races 9,781 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,717 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 38,842 23.2%
18–24 13,214 7.9%
25–44 45,541 27.2%
45–64 39,894 23.8%
65 and over 29,849 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $14.0B; 17.88% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,688
Establishments: 7,794

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 20,890 23.9%
Education & health services 20,184 23.1%
Leisure & hospitality 12,446 14.2%
Professional & business services 9,331 10.7%
Construction 6,401 7.3%
Financial activities 4,399 5.0%
Public administration 4,166 4.8%
Manufacturing 3,809 4.4%
Other services 3,691 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 987 1.1%
Information 850 1.0%
Unclassified 195 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $1,084
Owner-occupied: 48,014
Renter-occupied: 21,258

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 81,391 votes cast

Republican 50,460 62.0%
Democratic 28,392 34.9%
Other / third-party 2,539 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,097 1.3%
Other 914 0.6%
German 443 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 389 0.2%
Vietnamese 387 0.2%
Slavic languages 341 0.2%
Other Indo-European 305 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 268 0.2%
Chinese 205 0.1%
Tagalog 156 0.1%
Arabic 47 0.0%
Korean 20 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 69,272
Family households: 42,870; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 32,856
Single-mother households: 3,624
Veterans: 12,075; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,398 14.2%
Catholic 12,890 7.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,232 6.2%
Mainline Protestant 8,422 5.1%
Black Protestant 202 0.1%
Orthodox 140 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Court
Judges: 7 (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: Billings

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Montana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 27; 21.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023