Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety20#41/51
Economy60#21/51
Housing56#23/51
Health46#28/51
Healthcare44#29/51
Environment81#10/49
Education70#16/51
Infrastructure36#33/51
Community84#9/51
Leisure & amenities98#2/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Montana ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high13.7 /10k
100/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Restaurants and bars · high13.1 /10k
98/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
High school diploma or higher · high94.6%
96/100United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New business applications · high26.1 /1k
94/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low19.1 min
94/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Preventable hospital stays · low1,824 /100k
92/100United States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high30.3 /100k
2/100United States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Distance to an emergency room · high12.2 mi
4/100United States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high40.6%
4/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · high23.6 /100k
6/100United States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Primary care shortage · high12.5
8/100United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,087,156 (2020) → 1,144,694 (2025)
+5.3%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
76% (2021) → 52% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−24 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
13.8 /1k (2020) → 26.1 /1k (2025)
+90%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
31.2% (2020 & 2021) → 40.6% (2023 & 2024)
+9.4 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
34.5% (Dec 2021) → 43.9% (Aug 2026)
+9.4 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 89.4% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Montana improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 14 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

New businesses+90%13.8 /1k → 26.1 /1k
Poverty−2.2 points12.6% → 10.4%
Weekly wage+30%$932 → $1,209
Child poverty−3.7 points15.4% → 11.7%
Real income+39%$52,689 → $73,158

Declined4

Restaurants−11%14.8 /10k → 13.1 /10k
Price / income+1.0×4.2× → 5.2×
Uninsured+0.9 points10.2% → 11.1%
Commute+0.9 min18.3 min → 19.1 min

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	13.4 /10k2020	13.7 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	5%
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Declined	3%
Average weekly wage	$9322020	$1,2092025	+30%	Improved	93%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	25%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	15.4%2019	11.7%2024	−3.7 points	Improved	97%
Distance to an airport	53 mi2020	53 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	12.5 /100k2020	14.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	13%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	60%
Firearm deaths	21.9 /100k2020	23.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	17%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−6.6%	Within the margin of error	9%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+18%	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	93.6%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Improved	28%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	11%
Homicide rate	6.0 /100k2020	4.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−23%	Within the margin of error	21%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,6892019	$73,1582024	+39%	Improved	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4652020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$57,2482019	$75,5202024	+32%	Improved	97%
New business applications	13.8 /1k2020	26.1 /1k2025	+90%	Improved	95%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	50%
Poverty rate	12.6%2019	10.4%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	99%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	−9.7%	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent-burdened households	44.6%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Restaurants and bars	14.8 /10k2020	13.1 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	1%
Students per teacher	14.2×2019	14.0×2024	−0.2×	Little change	19%
Suicide rate	27.6 /100k2020	30.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.8%	Within the margin of error	15%
Traffic deaths	18.3 /100k2015-2019	19.4 /100k2020-2024	+5.5%	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.3%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2019	11.1%2024	+0.9 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Montana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Montana itself moved +1.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,116,875 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

458,859 households (±3,762)

Montana
United States share

Under $25k15%68,659
$25k–50k19%89,066
$50k–75k17%79,540

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

458,859 households (±3,762)

Montana
United States share

Own69%317,400
Rent31%141,459

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.1 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

540,910 workers (±3,010)

Montana
United States share

Drive alone71%384,757
Carpool9.7%52,338
Public transit0.6%3,461

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Montana employ 109,250 people. 7 pay a median above the US median and 3 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Montana by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers14,960 jobs	14,960	$29,090US $31,200	−7%	1.18×
Retail Salespersons13,490 jobs	13,490	$36,270US $35,410	+2%	1.05×
Cashiers12,170 jobs	12,170	$34,190US $32,880	+4%	1.2×
General and Operations Managers11,840 jobs	11,840	$91,380US $105,770	−14%	1.03×
Registered Nurses10,950 jobs	10,950	$85,280US $97,550	−13%	0.99×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides10,400 jobs	10,400	$36,630US $35,800	+2%	0.73×
Office Clerks, General10,390 jobs	10,390	$46,480US $45,010	+3%	1.28×
Stockers and Order Fillers8,900 jobs	8,900	$39,050US $37,330	+5%	0.95×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners8,320 jobs	8,320	$37,110US $36,840	+1%	1.14×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers7,830 jobs	7,830	$58,870US $58,640	0%	1.15×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Montana.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Montana has 42,566 employer establishments, 376 for every 10,000 residents (1.52× the US rate of 248), with 409,312 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,068. The Census Bureau also counts 111,818 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 42,566; 111,818 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 376; US 248
Paid employees: 409,312
Average annual pay: $53,068; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Montana by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	4,106	36.3	2.35×More than typical	20,733	$64,837	9,304
Ambulatory health care services	2,755	24.4	1.17×About typical	26,993	$76,641	4,491
Restaurants and other eating places	2,297	20.3	1.11×About typical	39,569	$22,627	367
Construction of buildings	2,283	20.2	2.67×More than typical	9,074	$68,596	5,586
Lessors of real estate	2,263	20	1.62×More than typical	5,406	$48,504	15,294
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,346	11.9	1.77×More than typical	6,582	$37,513	5,572
Building equipment contractors	1,297	11.5	1.91×More than typical	8,604	$68,548	1,078
Offices of other health practitioners	1,192	10.5	1.74×More than typical	4,516	$45,667	2,885
Real estate agents and brokers	1,100	9.7	2.00×More than typical	1,447	$60,666	2,712
Full-service restaurants	1,060	9.4	1.22×About typical	20,162	$24,743	150
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	1,035	9.2	3.44×More than typical	11,607	$28,227	1,096
Building finishing contractors	1,024	9.1	2.38×More than typical	3,353	$49,644	3,263

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,130,612 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2B on contracts performed in Montana: $1,071 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2B; +6.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,071; US $1,994
Sole-source: 21%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$321.3M26%
Department of the Army$244.7M20%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$146.9M12%
Federal Highway Administration$78.7M6.4%
Department of the Air Force$54.9M4.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$46.2M3.8%
National Park Service$37.4M3.1%
National Institutes of Health$34.3M2.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

473.1MFY2017
631.3MFY2018
658.4MFY2019
712.6MFY2020
690.7MFY2021
925.4MFY2022
1BFY2023
1.1B

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$209.2M17%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$139.8M11%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$139M11%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$97.3M7.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$58.9M4.8%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF WEAPONS STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT MONTANA.$381.6M
ARCHER WESTERN FEDERAL JV· Cascade County, MT· Construction & real property· Jun 30, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· W912DW23C0012
THIS AWARD INCLUDES ALL DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THE TASK ORDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #C103969, TO INCLUDE ALL AMENDMENTS (1-2) AND AMENDMENT INCORPORATED DOCUMENTATION, THE REVISED CONSTRUCTION WAGE RATES GENERAL DECISION NUMBER MT20240060 DATED 06/28/2$138.5M
HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO· Ravalli County, MT· Construction & real property· Jul 10, 2024 – Aug 13, 2026· 75N99024F00002
IST SUSTAINMENT$136.4M
S & K SECURITY GROUP LLC· Lake County, MT· Construction & real property· Dec 31, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 70B02C26C00000007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $12.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Montana: $11,219 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $12.8B; −8.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,219; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.3B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.8B37%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$2.1B16%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$895.6M7.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$426M3.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$364.8M2.8%
93.798 · Rural Health Transformation Program$233.5M1.8%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$230.2M1.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$213.2M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$2.6B20%
HELENA, MT
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$729.8M5.7%
HELENA, MT
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF$273.5M2.1%
HELENA, MT
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MONTANA OFFICE OF$209.1M1.6%
HELENA, MT
CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$5.7B44%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$2.4B19%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1B7.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$757.4M5.9%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

14.1BFY2021
12.4BFY2022
12.5BFY2023
13.4BFY2024
14.1BFY2025
12.8BFY2026

County aggregates

53%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Montana, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Montana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2017	$449	$1,436
FY2018	$595	$1,552
FY2019	$615	$1,654
FY2020	$655	$1,880
FY2021	$624	$1,810
FY2022	$825	$1,917
FY2023	$885	$2,079
FY2024	$973	$2,047
FY2025	$1,001	$2,165
FY2026	$1,071 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2017	$85.06	$93.28
FY2018	$125	$105
FY2019	$136	$128
FY2020	$172	$145
FY2021	$134	$117
FY2022	$309

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2021	$5,422	$5,748
FY2022	$5,233	$5,221
FY2023	$5,442	$5,364
FY2024	$5,588	$5,501
FY2025	$6,048	$5,732
FY2026	$5,199

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2021	$589	$298
FY2022	$839	$357
FY2023	$733	$301
FY2024	$791	$319
FY2025	$837	$360
FY2026	$838 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2021	$190	$239
FY2022	$153	$185
FY2023	$141	$229
FY2024	$193	$229
FY2025	$169	$249
FY2026	$148 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2021	$2,571	$2,304
FY2022	$2,305	$2,197
FY2023	$2,375	$2,274
FY2024	$2,121	$2,267
FY2025	$2,279	$2,397
FY2026	$2,528 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Montana	United States
FY2021	$1,083	$1,186
FY2022	$368	$465
FY2023	$40.01	$76.52
FY2024	$109	$120
FY2025	$142	$148
FY2026	$102 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Montana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Montana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015	1.9%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Montana whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Fergus County, MTTransportation grants · FY2024$4,419 (4.8×)
Fergus County, MTContracts and grants · FY2024$5,056 (2.9×)
Ravalli County, MTFederal contracts · FY2024$2,880 (2.6×)
Custer County, MTFederal contracts · FY2024$855 (3.4×)
Custer County, MTConstruction contracts · FY2024$450 (4.3×)
Park County, MT

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/30

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Montana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Montana

All 56 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Montana

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Montana, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Montana

By population.

All 496 cities and towns in Montana

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	−4.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.6%	+6.8%
2019	+10.2%	+10.5%
2020	+19.0%	+19.4%
2021	+26.1%	+26.1%
2022	+33.8%	+30.6%
2023	+40.6%	+35.0%
2024	+47.5%	+41.0%
2025	+54.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	−3.4%	−5.5%
2015	−0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.1%
2018	+9.0%	+8.9%
2019	+14.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.7%	+20.8%
2021	+36.8%	+32.1%
2022	+43.4%	+35.4%
2023	+52.8%	+42.9%
2024	+59.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	3.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	−7.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.0%	+4.7%
2018	+9.9%	+7.5%
2019	+13.9%	+14.0%
2020	+14.9%	+16.9%
2021	+26.0%	+21.0%
2022	+35.1%	+29.7%
2023	+41.1%	+34.9%
2024	+50.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	15.2%	15.5%
2015	14.4%	14.7%
2016	13.4%	14.0%
2017	12.7%	13.4%
2018	12.9%	13.1%
2019	12.6%	12.3%
2020	12.4%	11.9%
2021	12.0%	12.8%
2022	11.8%	12.6%
2023	11.8%	12.5%
2024	10.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	4.6%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.7%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	−9.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+71.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+88.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+92.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+99.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+100.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	16.8%	13.5%
2015	14.2%	10.9%
2016	10.0%	10.0%
2017	10.4%	10.2%
2018	10.2%	10.4%
2019	10.2%	10.8%
2020	10.8%	10.4%
2021	10.5%	10.2%
2022	10.5%	9.5%
2023	10.6%	9.5%
2024	11.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Montana	United States
2014	9.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	14.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	13.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	17.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	18.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	20.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	23.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	26.1/1k	16.6/1k

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