County · Montana

Fergus County, Montana

Fergus County, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #571 of 3,143 US counties. Within Montana it ranks #10 of 56 counties. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), high school diploma or higher (high) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), firearm deaths (high) and violent crime rate (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #571 of 3,143 counties
Montana: #10 of 56 in MT
Population: 11,825 (2025)
Land area: 4,339 mi²
Density: 2.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 30027

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety27#2,262/3,096
Economy61#1,236/3,143
Housing44#1,773/3,140
Health84#506/3,144
Healthcare81#588/3,143
Environment85#472/3,108
Education89#352/3,144
Infrastructure56#1,393/3,144
Community92#251/3,144
Leisure & amenities96#133/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.5 µg/m³
96/100Montana 6.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High school diploma or higher · high95.1%
96/100Montana 94.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Dentists · high102 /100k
95/100Montana 75 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high11.8 /10k
95/100Montana 13.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Preventable hospital stays · low1,430 /100k
94/100Montana 1,824 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Grocery stores · high4.2 /10k
92/100Montana 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.7%
7/100Montana 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Firearm deaths · high0.0 /100k
9/100Montana 23.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Violent crime rate · high412 /100k
12/100Montana 419 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cost of buying a home today · high38.6%
13/100Montana 43.8%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
13/100Montana 4.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Child care cost burden · high36.4%
13/100Montana 40.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Firearm deathsImproving
25.0 /100k (2020) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%6 yearsUS 13.6 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
14.8 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.5% (Dec 2021) → 38.6% (Aug 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New business applicationsImproving
8.7 /1k (2020) → 14.8 /1k (2025)
+70%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
78% (2021) → 66% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−12 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, Fergus County, Montana improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Firearm deaths−100%25.0 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Inequality−0.0530.467 → 0.414
Household income+31%$48,703 → $63,752
New businesses+70%8.7 /1k → 14.8 /1k
Real income+32%$47,105 → $61,998

Declined4

Bachelor's+−5.1 points29.1% → 24.0%
Property crime+41%578 /100k → 815 /100k
Commute+4.9 min13.4 min → 18.3 min
Price / income+0.9×2.8× → 3.7×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Fergus County, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	12.2 /10k2020	11.8 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	29%
Average commute time	13.4 min2015-2019	18.3 min2020-2024	+4.9 min	Declined	5%
Average weekly wage	$7982020	$9832025	+23%	Improved	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Declined	1%
Broadband subscriptions	78.6%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	15.7%2019	14.4%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Distance to an airport	98 mi2020	98 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Firearm deaths	25.0 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	98%
Grocery stores	5.2 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	19%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	92.7%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	5.6 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,1052019	$61,9982024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.053	Improved	96%
Median household income	$48,7032019	$63,7522024	+31%	Improved	79%
New business applications	8.7 /1k2020	14.8 /1k2025	+70%	Improved	77%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	55%
Poverty rate	13.2%2019	12.3%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Property crime rate	578 /100k2020	815 /100k2025	+41%	Declined	3%
Public libraries	3.6 /10k2019	3.4 /10k2024	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	19%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Restaurants and bars	15.7 /10k2020	15.2 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	40%
Students per teacher	11.2×2019	11.4×2024	+0.2×	Little change	20%
Traffic deaths	23.2 /100k2015-2019	15.4 /100k2020-2024	−34%	Within the margin of error	88%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2020	3.5%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2019	11.2%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	300 /100k2020	412 /100k2025	+37%	Within the margin of error	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Fergus County, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fergus County, 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, Fergus County, Montana itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

11,687 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

5,303 households (±195)

Fergus County, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k16%829
$25k–50k24%1,275
$50k–75k20%1,061

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,303 households (±195)

Fergus County, Montana
Montana share

Own63%3,360
Rent37%1,943

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−9.5 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

5,809 workers (±230)

Fergus County, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone64%3,713
Carpool7.1%†414
Public transit0.5%†

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.

Fergus County has 444 employer establishments, 376 for every 10,000 residents (1.51× the US rate of 248; 1.00× Montana's), with 3,428 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,451. The Census Bureau also counts 1,137 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 444; 1,137 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 376; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 3,428
Average annual pay: $47,451; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	42	35.6	2.30×More than typical	172	$59,762	133
Restaurants and other eating places	25	21.2	1.15×About typical	336	$17,631	4
Ambulatory health care services	22	18.6	0.89×About typical	159	$64,818	36
Lessors of real estate	21	17.8	1.44×More than typical	43	$27,674	162
Construction of buildings	19	16.1	2.13×More than typical	59	$27,661	80
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	11	2.19×More than typical	35	$28,943	30
Full-service restaurants	13	11	1.43×More than typical	188	$18,484	—
Other specialty trade contractors	13	11	4.38×More than typical	46	$82,087	72
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	12	10.2	2.50×More than typical	32	$39,125	12
Building equipment contractors	12	10.2	1.69×More than typical	92	$55,065	17
Offices of other health practitioners	11	9.3	1.53×More than typical	43	$41,558	20
Religious organizations	11	9.3	1.68×More than typical	36	$14,417	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,813 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 $9.7M on contracts performed in Fergus County, Montana: $822 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $9.7M; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $822; US $1,995
Sole-source: 1.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Highway Administration$6.6M68%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1.5M15%
Bureau of Land Management$985.1K10%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$515.2K5.3%
Federal Aviation Administration$68.4K0.7%
Departmental Offices$60K0.6%

Top recipients

KH CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC.$7M72%
AERO S E A T INC$546K5.6%
STAPLETONS AUTOMOTIVE & AVIATION$515.2K5.3%
KANANEN EXCAVATION LLC$375K3.9%
MONTURE CREEK LAND MANAGEMENT, INC.$340K3.5%

Spending by fiscal year

5.4MFY2017
9.2MFY2018
2.2MFY2019
3.1MFY2020
8.2MFY2021
4.6MFY2022
3.7MFY2023
5.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$7M72%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$627.4K6.5%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$515.2K5.3%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$501.2K5.2%
Utility system construction · 2371$375K3.9%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards

FUNDS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MT DAR MALM 2025(1), DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS FY 2025$7.1M
KH CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC.· Fergus County, MT· Construction & real property· Jul 31, 2025 – Mar 31, 2026· 69056725C000018
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PROJECT MT FLAP DOT 236(2), WINIFRED NORTH. INCLUDES SUBEXCAVATION, ROADWAY RECONDITIONING, AGGREGATE SURFACING, AGGREGATE STABILIZATION, GUARDRAIL, CATTLE GUARDS, AND SIGNAGE.$7M
KH CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC.· Fergus County, MT· Construction & real property· Dec 8, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026· 69056726C000002
TASK ORDER FOR HELICOPTER INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR SERVICES IN MONTANA$575K
STAPLETONS AUTOMOTIVE & AVIATION· Fergus County, MT· Equipment maintenance· Jun 27, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· 12639525F0760

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 $117.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Fergus County, Montana: $9,901 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $117.1M; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,901; US $12,975
Loan face value: $3.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 12%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$57.3M49%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$16.5M14%

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.

How Fergus County, Montana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Fergus County, Montana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$476	$1,436
FY2018	$832	$1,552
FY2019	$202	$1,654
FY2020	$274	$1,880
FY2021	$703	$1,810
FY2022	$396	$1,917
FY2023	$311	$2,079
FY2024	$479	$2,047
FY2025	$989	$2,165
FY2026	$822 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$331	$93.28
FY2018	$687	$105
FY2019	$52.27	$128
FY2020	$62.50	$145
FY2021	$541	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$2,227	$5,748
FY2022	$2,217	$5,221
FY2023	$814	$5,364
FY2024	$5,056	$5,501
FY2025	$5,084	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$1,338	$298
FY2022	$815	$357
FY2023	$634	$301
FY2024	$4,419	$319
FY2025	$4,080	$360
FY2026	$2,115

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$33.05	$239
FY2022	$44.72	$185
FY2023	$19.27	$229
FY2024	$18.86	$229
FY2025	$38.13	$249
FY2026	$15.55

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$124	$2,304
FY2022	$114	$2,197
FY2023	$121	$2,274
FY2024	$124	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Fergus County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$1,526	$1,186
FY2022	$193	$465
FY2023	$216	$76.52
FY2024	$31.96	$120
FY2025	$0.17	$148
FY2026	$0.59

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.

Fergus County, Montana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Fergus County, Montana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014

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.

Contracts and grants · FY2024

$5,056 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $1,753 (2.9× that).

Compared with 15 similar counties

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/30027

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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.

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

House

Troy DowningR-MT-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Fergus County

Places whose residents live mostly in Fergus County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-08
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

JSON · /api/v1/places/30027

Year

Fergus County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

+1.0 points

+1.6 points

+0.1 points to +2.4 points

Year −2

+1.1 points

+0.1 points

−3.0 points to +2.6 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.8 points

+1.7 points

−0.5 points to +3.5 points

Year +1

+0.4 points

+1.0 points

−2.2 points to +4.0 points

Year

Fergus County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Fergus County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−14.0%

−13.0%

Year

Fergus County, Montana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

+0.8 points

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	−7.8%	−4.2%
2015	−4.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+3.3%
2018	+3.5%	+6.8%
2019	+12.2%	+10.5%
2020	+15.8%	+19.4%
2021	+19.0%	+26.1%
2022	+24.5%	+30.6%
2023	+30.2%	+35.0%
2024	+36.1%	+41.0%
2025	+42.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	−2.8%	−5.5%
2015	−1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+15.3%	+13.5%
2020	+20.0%	+20.8%
2021	+29.3%	+32.1%
2022	+41.5%	+35.4%
2023	+46.1%	+42.9%
2024	+49.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	0.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	−5.7%	−6.9%
2015	−3.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.6%	+4.7%
2018	+8.0%	+7.5%
2019	+7.0%	+14.0%
2020	+8.9%	+16.9%
2021	+20.4%	+21.0%
2022	+32.8%	+29.7%
2023	+40.0%	+34.9%
2024	+40.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+56.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+70.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+90.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+102.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	4.2%	5.3%
2016	4.2%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.8%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	4.7%	8.1%
2021	3.5%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	14.8%	15.5%
2015	13.6%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	12.7%	13.4%
2018	12.2%	13.1%
2019	13.2%	12.3%
2020	13.6%	11.9%
2021	12.0%	12.8%
2022	12.3%	12.6%
2023	11.2%	12.5%
2024	12.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	18.0%	13.5%
2015	14.4%	10.9%
2016	9.3%	10.0%
2017	11.5%	10.2%
2018	12.7%	10.4%
2019	11.4%	10.8%
2020	13.0%	10.4%
2021	11.2%	10.2%
2022	11.3%	9.5%
2023	13.0%	9.5%
2024	11.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Fergus County, Montana	United States
2014	8.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.8/1k	16.6/1k

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