County · Montana

Sheridan County, Montana

Sheridan County, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #756 of 3,143 US counties. Within Montana it ranks #17 of 56 counties. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), social associations (high) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), suicide rate (high) and child care cost burden (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #756 of 3,143 counties
Montana: #17 of 56 in MT
Population: 3,436 (2025)
Land area: 1,677 mi²
Density: 2.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 30091

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety28#2,237/3,096
Economy53#1,486/3,143
Housing70#950/3,140
Health55#1,418/3,144
Healthcare35#2,054/3,143
Environment96#111/3,108
Education80#616/3,144
Infrastructure79#655/3,144
Community91#278/3,144
Leisure & amenities87#396/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Pharmacies · high5.8 /10k
99/100Montana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Social associations · high28.6 /10k
99/100Montana 13.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · low13.2 min
99/100Montana 19.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Restaurants and bars · high29.1 /10k
98/100Montana 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public transit commuters · high3.8%
98/100Montana 0.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Students per teacher · low8.8×
97/100Montana 13.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high277 mi
1/100Montana 53 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Suicide rate · high28.3 /100k
2/100Montana 30.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high43.8%
3/100Montana 40.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · high22.8 /100k
6/100Montana 23.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
6/100Montana 4.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Injury deaths · high175 /100k
9/100Montana 105 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 29% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−71 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Premature deathWorsening
4,495 /100k (2018-2020) → 9,397 /100k (2021-2023)
+109%3 yearsUS 7,282 /100k → 8,123 /100k
PharmaciesImproving
2.8 /10k (2020) → 5.8 /10k (2025)
+106%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
2.8 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.9% (2015-2019) → 51.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Sheridan County, Montana improved on 7 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 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.

Improved7

Commute−4.0 min17.2 min → 13.2 min
Weekly wage+23%$794 → $974
Household income+23%$51,111 → $62,725
Unemployment−2 points4.9% → 2.9%
New businesses+27%14.7 /1k → 18.6 /1k

Declined1

Uninsured+2.2 points11.7% → 13.9%

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Sheridan County, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.5 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	−31%	Within the margin of error	8%
Average commute time	17.2 min2015-2019	13.2 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Improved	97%
Average weekly wage	$7942020	$9742025	+23%	Improved	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	83.3%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	14%
Child poverty rate	12.9%2019	13.8%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	277 mi2020	277 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Grocery stores	5.6 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+3%	Within the margin of error	66%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.8 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	91.9%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.5×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,2132019	$62,4442024	+24%	Improved	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4762020-2024	+0.019	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$51,1112019	$62,7252024	+23%	Improved	38%
New business applications	14.7 /1k2020	18.6 /1k2025	+27%	Improved	29%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+106%	Within the margin of error	100%
Poverty rate	12.3%2019	12.4%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Property crime rate	1,208 /100k2020	821 /100k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	44%
Public libraries	3.0 /10k2019	2.9 /10k2024	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent as share of income	23.5%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Rent-burdened households	36.9%2015-2019	51.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Restaurants and bars	39.5 /10k2020	29.1 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	9%
Students per teacher	8.8×2019	8.8×2024	+0.0×	Little change	25%
Traffic deaths	22.9 /100k2015-2019	11.3 /100k2020-2024	−51%	Within the margin of error	95%
Unemployment rate	4.9%2020	2.9%2025	−2 points	Improved	36%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.7%2019	13.9%2024	+2.2 points	Declined	3%
Violent crime rate	302 /100k2020	411 /100k2025	+36%	Within the margin of error	13%

“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; 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 Sheridan County, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sheridan 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, Sheridan County, Montana itself moved −13.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

3,669 residents (±188)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+1.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,669 residents (±188)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

White88%3,236
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino4.0%145
Asian0.7%†24
American Indian and Alaska Native1.9%†71
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†5
Other or two or more races5.1%188

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,625 residents (±120)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

No high school diploma9.3%†245
High school or GED31%808
Some college21%556
Associate degree13%329
Bachelor's degree20%513
Graduate degree6.6%†174

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,476 households (±100)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k18%260
$25k–50k22%325
$50k–75k12%182
$75k–100k16%243
$100k–150k16%233
$150k–200k8.1%†119
$200k or more7.7%†114

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−5.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,476 households (±100)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Own72%1,060
Rent28%416

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−7.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

345 households (±82)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Under $75051%†176
$750–1,00021%†72
$1,000–1,5007.2%†

Home values

1,060 homes (±102)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Under $150k55%588
$150k–250k22%235
$250k–400k19%†204

Age of homes

2,041 homes (±78)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

2010 or later6.3%†128
2000–20093.1%†64
1980–199915%298

Size of homes

2,041 homes (±78)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Studio3.0%†61
1 bedroom11%†232
2 bedrooms22%446

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,779 workers (±140)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone65%1,153
Carpool14%254
Public transit3.8%†68
Walk9.0%†160
Bike0.3%†6
Work from home5.2%†93
Other2.5%†45

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,686 workers (±140)

Sheridan County, Montana
Montana share

Under 15 min71%1,205
15–29 min18%307
30–44 min5.0%†85

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

Sheridan County has 152 employer establishments, 435 for every 10,000 residents (1.75× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Montana's), with 832 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,338. The Census Bureau also counts 308 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 152; 308 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 435; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 832
Average annual pay: $44,338; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	10	28.6	5.16×More than typical	20	$12,450	—
Truck transportation	9	25.8	5.10×Too few to compare	13	$35,231	19
Restaurants and other eating places	7	20	1.09×Too few to compare	73	$11,699	4
Construction of buildings	6	17.2	2.27×Too few to compare	11	$35,000	9
Specialty trade contractors	6	17.2	1.11×Too few to compare	15	$64,800	24
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	5	14.3	3.52×Too few to compare	18	$51,111	3
Banks and credit unions	5	14.3	4.43×Too few to compare	28	$65,571	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	5	14.3	11.8×Too few to compare	40	$15,750	—
Full-service restaurants	5	14.3	1.86×Too few to compare	62	$10,355	—
Gasoline stations	5	14.3	4.42×Too few to compare	36	$34,583	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	14.3	3.26×Too few to compare	22	$52,409	9
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	11.5	2.27×Too few to compare	7	$25,714	8

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,492 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 $1M on contracts performed in Sheridan County, Montana: $301 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $1M; −30% vs FY2025
Per resident: $301; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.9%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Marketing Service$814.1K79%
Department of Veterans Affairs$204.3K20%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$70.2K6.8%

Top recipients

M GROUP PARTNERS, L.L.C.$814.1K79%
SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$204.3K20%
GIGA, INC.$36K3.5%
BRATSLAVSKY CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.$25K2.4%
ELECTRONIC METROLOGY LABORATORY, LLC$11.5K1.1%

Spending by fiscal year

335.4KFY2017
514.3KFY2018
1.1MFY2019
6.2MFY2020
5.9MFY2021
8.2MFY2022
3.8MFY2023
3.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$814.1K79%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$164.3K16%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$40.1K3.9%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$36K3.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$25K2.4%

Largest awards

GAOA - MEDICINE LAKE NWR EXTERIOR REHAB CONSTRUCTION WORK$481.1K
MDM CONSTRUCTION LLC· Sheridan County, MT· Construction & real property· Apr 10, 2025 – Mar 12, 2026· 140FGA25F0011
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011391/4210007653/LENTILS BAG-50 KG$231.7K
M GROUP PARTNERS, L.L.C.· Sheridan County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 121NTP26C0176
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011183/4210007501/LENTILS BAG-50 KG$219.9K
M GROUP PARTNERS, L.L.C.· Sheridan County, MT· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· 121NTP26C0031
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011118/4210007481/LENTILS BAG-50 KG

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $42.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sheridan County, Montana: $12,451 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $42.8M; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,451; US $12,975
Loan face value: $240.1K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 38%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$16.6M39%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$13.1M31%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$3.8M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.6M3.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.6M3.6%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1.3M3.1%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$1M2.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$976.8K2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.6M3.8%
HELENA, MT
COUNTY OF SHERIDAN$1.5M3.6%
PLENTYWOOD, MT
SC FARMS$900K2.1%
PLENTYWOOD, MT
JWS FARMS$802.2K1.9%
PLENTYWOOD, MT
CLEAR SKIES AVIATION INC$104K0.2%

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$19.4M45%
Farm Service Agency$13M30%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$4.5M10%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.7M3.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

62.7MFY2021
61.1MFY2022
31.3MFY2023
47.6MFY2024
59.3MFY2025
42.8MFY2026

County aggregates

50%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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.

How Sheridan 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.

Sheridan County, Montana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$96.91	$1,436
FY2018	$152	$1,552
FY2019	$329	$1,654
FY2020	$1,757	$1,880
FY2021	$1,654	$1,810
FY2022	$2,314	$1,917
FY2023	$1,081	$2,079
FY2024	$1,058	$2,047
FY2025	$430	$2,165
FY2026	$301 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2017	$42.42	$93.28
FY2018	$38.91	$105
FY2019	$39.79	$128
FY2020	$743	$145
FY2021	$226	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$1,666	$5,748
FY2022	$3,101	$5,221
FY2023	$1,804	$5,364
FY2024	$6,746	$5,501
FY2025	$1,065	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2021	-$30.94	$298
FY2022	$596	$357
FY2023	-$168	$301
FY2024	$5,456	$319
FY2025	$297	$360
FY2026	$910

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$33.52	$239
FY2022	$35.12	$185
FY2023	$20.56	$229
FY2024	$14.12	$229
FY2025	$11.69	$249
FY2026	$20.21

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$13.85	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
FY2021	$2,220	$1,186
FY2022	$1,004	$465
FY2023	-$22.68	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$87.31	$148
FY2026	$0

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.

Sheridan County, Montana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Sheridan County, Montana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	−2.9%	2.0%
2015

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 under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

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/30091

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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.

Sheridan 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Sheridan County

Places whose residents live mostly in Sheridan 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 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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/30091

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	+7.8%	−4.2%
2015	+1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.8%	+3.3%
2018	−0.3%	+6.8%
2019	+0.4%	+10.5%
2020	+4.9%	+19.4%
2021	+3.0%	+26.1%
2022	+10.7%	+30.6%
2023	+20.9%	+35.0%
2024	+23.5%	+41.0%
2025	+28.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	+21.5%	−5.5%
2015	+11.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+12.4%	+4.1%
2018	+12.8%	+8.9%
2019	+20.6%	+13.5%
2020	+37.5%	+20.8%
2021	+46.8%	+32.1%
2022	+40.7%	+35.4%
2023	+41.3%	+42.9%
2024	+47.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	+7.3%	−6.9%
2015	+3.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.7%
2018	+5.2%	+7.5%
2019	+4.1%	+14.0%
2020	+3.1%	+16.9%
2021	+14.2%	+21.0%
2022	+28.2%	+29.7%
2023	+18.3%	+34.9%
2024	+27.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	10.2%	15.5%
2015	9.4%	14.7%
2016	10.6%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	10.9%	13.1%
2019	12.3%	12.3%
2020	11.8%	11.9%
2021	11.8%	12.8%
2022	12.7%	12.6%
2023	11.9%	12.5%
2024	12.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	2.6%	6.2%
2015	2.5%	5.3%
2016	3.5%	4.9%
2017	2.8%	4.4%
2018	2.4%	3.9%
2019	2.3%	3.7%
2020	4.9%	8.1%
2021	3.4%	5.4%
2022	2.0%	3.7%
2023	2.2%	3.6%
2024	2.6%	4.0%
2025	2.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+35.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+62.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+78.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+76.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+79.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	14.3%	13.5%
2015	12.2%	10.9%
2016	9.8%	10.0%
2017	10.8%	10.2%
2018	11.1%	10.4%
2019	11.7%	10.8%
2020	11.9%	10.4%
2021	11.0%	10.2%
2022	12.4%	9.5%
2023	12.3%	9.5%
2024	13.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Sheridan County, Montana	United States
2014	12.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	19.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	18.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	17.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	18.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	18.6/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined1

Counties like Sheridan County, Montana five years ago that improved

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Improved7

Declined1

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