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Poverty Status

Poverty Status - Below Poverty Level (Number)

Statewide

	Total	Male	Female	< 18 Years	18 to 64 years	65 years and over
MT	43,459	87,634	12,026	66,890	76,229	143,119

Selected Counties

Counties

County	Total	Male	Female	< 18 Years	18 to 64 years	65 years and over
Beaverhead	1,081	469	612	164	781	136
Big Horn	3,379	1,693	1,686	1,453	1,719	207
Blaine	1,740	884	856	773	853	114
Broadwater	453	191	262	134	252	67
Carbon	1,083	551	532	337	588	158
Carter	177	64	113	32	99	46
Cascade	11,808	5,190	6,618	4,436	6,323	1,049
Chouteau	1,060	440	620	450	539	71
Custer	1,723	857	866	450	935	338
Daniels	195	84	111	63	96	36
Dawson	1,225	681	544	466	624	135
Deer Lodge	2,228	1,233	995	676	1,370	182
Fallon	262	108	154	99	117	46
Fergus	1,473	740	733	442	795	236
Flathead	11,230	4,843	6,387	3,723	6,636	871
Gallatin	11,447	6,120	5,327	2,294	8,616	537
Garfield	126	76	50	42	58	26
Glacier	3,834	1,693	2,141	1,639	1,998	197
Golden Valley	176	100	76	93	73	10
Granite	413	211	202	120	209	84
Hill	2,876	1,415	1,461	1,089	1,607	180
Jefferson	869	480	389	156	622	91
Judith Basin	257	140	117	77	148	32
Lake	6,578	3,046	3,532	2,425	3,779	374
Lewis and Clark	6,001	2,753	3,248	1,481	4,056	464
Liberty	593	274	319	180	330	83
Lincoln	3,956	1,958	1,998	1,056	2,460	440
Madison	817	361	456	266	448	103
McCone	148	71	77	41	71	36
Meagher	296	135	161	51	202	43
Mineral	856	392	464	340	457	59
Missoula	17,954	8,332	9,622	3,093	13,837	1,024
Musselshell	635	288	347	166	377	92
Park	1,701	691	1,010	404	1,062	235
Petroleum	74	35	39	27	41	6
Phillips	439	128	311	72	288	79
Pondera	1,102	444	658	283	689	130
Powder River	156	84	72	21	104	31
Powell	809	415	394	283	445	81
Prairie	225	118	107	59	123	43
Ravalli	5,847	2,774	3,073	1,914	3,565	368
Richland	1,567	614	953	671	691	205
Roosevelt	2,257	1,040	1,217	921	1,254	82
Rosebud	1,781	769	1,012	720	870	191
Sanders	2,618	1,244	1,374	833	1,546	239
Sheridan	336	144	192	67	223	46
Silver Bow	5,695	2,775	2,920	1,567	3,661	467
Stillwater	851	424	427	267	461	123
Sweet Grass	422	196	226	181	168	73
Teton	824	330	494	225	461	138
Toole	728	283	445	254	402	72
Treasure	79	45	34	24	42	13
Valley	975	481	494	388	404	183
Wheatland	268	130	138	105	73	90
Wibaux	115	58	57	47	48	20
Yellowstone	17,301	7,795	9,506	5,819	9,938	1,544

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

Poverty Status - Below Poverty Level (Percent)

Statewide

	Total	Male	Female	< 18 Years	18 to 64 years	65 years and over
MT	14.8%	13.8%	15.8%	19.9%	14.5%	8.4%

Selected Counties

Counties

County	Total	Male	Female	< 18 Years	18 to 64 years	65 years and over
Beaverhead	12.5%	10.8%	14.2%	9.2%	14.6%	9.0%
Big Horn	26.8%	27.0%	26.5%	34.8%	24.0%	16.0%
Blaine	27.1%	27.4%	26.8%	40.1%	23.4%	13.3%
Broadwater	8.2%	6.9%	9.7%	10.8%	7.7%	6.9%
Carbon	11.0%	10.9%	11.0%	17.9%	9.6%	8.3%
Carter	14.1%	10.5%	17.6%	15.8%	13.3%	14.8%
Cascade	14.9%	13.3%	16.4%	24.2%	13.0%	8.5%
Chouteau	18.6%	15.5%	21.7%	30.0%	16.5%	7.6%
Custer	15.2%	15.2%	15.2%	17.9%	13.5%	17.8%
Daniels	11.5%	9.7%	13.4%	23.0%	9.8%	8.1%
Dawson	14.4%	15.8%	13.0%	26.7%	11.9%	9.0%
Deer Lodge	24.9%	26.5%	23.1%	40.3%	24.5%	10.8%
Fallon	8.8%	7.3%	10.2%	12.9%	6.7%	9.5%
Fergus	13.1%	13.1%	13.2%	20.3%	12.0%	9.9%
Flathead	12.5%	10.8%	14.2%	17.8%	11.8%	6.9%
Gallatin	13.3%	13.8%	12.8%	12.3%	14.6%	6.4%
Garfield	11.5%	14.0%	9.1%	17.4%	10.1%	9.4%
Glacier	29.1%	26.4%	31.6%	39.6%	26.1%	14.3%
Golden Valley	23.2%	26.5%	19.9%	49.7%	18.5%	5.6%
Granite	13.6%	13.6%	13.6%	24.2%	11.8%	11.1%
Hill	18.3%	17.8%	18.8%	25.4%	17.0%	9.1%
Jefferson	7.8%	8.4%	7.2%	6.3%	8.8%	5.6%
Judith Basin	12.5%	14.4%	10.8%	20.5%	12.5%	6.5%
Lake	23.2%	22.0%	24.4%	34.2%	23.0%	7.7%
Lewis and Clark	9.7%	9.0%	10.5%	10.6%	10.4%	5.4%
Liberty	26.1%	26.2%	25.9%	39.7%	25.0%	16.5%
Lincoln	20.5%	20.0%	21.0%	28.7%	21.0%	11.1%
Madison	10.7%	9.1%	12.5%	19.9%	9.5%	6.6%
McCone	8.2%	7.7%	8.8%	9.6%	6.6%	12.0%
Meagher	15.9%	14.2%	17.8%	13.0%	18.1%	12.4%
Mineral	20.8%	18.4%	23.4%	40.1%	19.5%	6.4%
Missoula	16.7%	15.4%	18.0%	14.3%	18.8%	8.3%
Musselshell	14.0%	12.4%	15.7%	17.8%	13.7%	11.0%
Park	11.0%	9.0%	12.9%	13.7%	10.7%	8.9%
Petroleum	13.2%	12.1%	14.3%	19.6%	12.8%	5.8%
Phillips	10.6%	6.2%	14.9%	7.6%	12.1%	9.5%
Pondera	18.1%	15.3%	20.7%	19.0%	19.9%	11.5%
Powder River	9.7%	10.1%	9.3%	6.1%	11.4%	9.1%
Powell	14.5%	13.9%	15.1%	26.0%	13.0%	7.6%
Prairie	19.3%	19.0%	19.6%	33.1%	18.7%	13.0%
Ravalli	14.6%	13.9%	15.3%	21.9%	15.1%	4.8%
Richland	15.8%	11.9%	20.2%	28.7%	11.2%	14.8%
Roosevelt	21.9%	20.6%	23.2%	28.4%	21.1%	7.4%
Rosebud	19.5%	17.2%	21.8%	26.8%	16.2%	18.3%
Sanders	23.3%	21.8%	25.0%	37.6%	23.6%	9.8%
Sheridan	10.0%	8.4%	11.6%	9.0%	11.6%	6.5%
Silver Bow	17.2%	16.7%	17.7%	22.3%	17.6%	8.8%
Stillwater	9.4%	9.1%	9.8%	13.2%	8.4%	8.3%
Sweet Grass	11.6%	10.1%	13.3%	18.0%	8.3%	12.4%
Teton	13.7%	11.0%	16.3%	15.8%	13.7%	11.3%
Toole	16.4%	13.0%	19.7%	26.3%	14.5%	10.5%
Treasure	11.3%	11.8%	10.7%	23.5%	10.0%	7.5%
Valley	13.6%	13.4%	13.7%	24.7%	9.8%	12.3%
Wheatland	12.7%	12.7%	12.6%	24.8%	6.2%	17.2%
Wibaux	13.2%	12.7%	13.7%	24.5%	10.0%	10.1%
Yellowstone	11.9%	11.0%	12.8%	17.0%	11.0%	7.6%

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

Child Poverty

Montana Child Poverty By County (Percent - 2011)

Source

Kids Count Data Center, Children Ages 0-17 Living Below 100% FPL, By County

Children Ages 0-17 Living Below Federal Poverty Level (Number)

Statewide

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
MT	40,497	41,222	40,738	40,946	37,636	40,453	41,287	40,834	41,477	44,840	46,183	45,645

Selected Counties

Counties

County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Beaverhead	412	440	420	394	341	384	425	383	394	392	445	408
Big Horn	1,377	1,447	1,384	1,345	1,226	1,512	1,501	1,369	1,329	1,371	1,449	1,527
Blaine	653	652	588	566	530	650	714	596	609	674	745	636
Broadwater	191	191	181	180	158	171	167	163	151	182	220	228
Carbon	368	370	343	314	263	271	321	293	290	333	337	342
Carter	84	85	52	42	33	38	38	43	35	53	59	56
Cascade	3,427	3,470	3,492	3,513	3,336	3,352	3,755	3,955	3,914	4,027	3,801	3,858
Chouteau	332	320	249	262	245	314	350	300	229	279	326	394
Custer	520	509	487	479	447	479	539	482	527	479	517	518
Daniels	91	94	69	51	49	55	55	50	48	52	48	40
Dawson	328	336	300	282	257	286	276	264	262	271	287	299
Deer Lodge	401	393	349	375	342	368	390	405	370	405	459	407
Fallon	98	88	78	65	65	69	73	62	73	80	88	83
Fergus	531	532	485	505	414	440	489	504	421	517	455	456
Flathead	3,161	3,245	3,374	3,348	3,156	3,206	3,151	3,530	3,712	4,239	4,412	3,946
Gallatin	1,797	1,885	1,849	1,941	1,847	1,844	1,839	2,158	2,099	2,410	2,489	2,444
Garfield	79	80	63	42	40	52	59	58	78	74	81	93
Glacier	1,410	1,406	1,466	1,402	1,273	1,437	1,526	1,386	1,372	1,651	1,553	1,609
Golden Valley	62	54	50	47	49	67	59	72	58	83	58	58
Granite	160	161	127	128	119	138	135	116	123	129	139	137
Hill	973	1,018	990	986	902	939	1,086	1,023	1,050	1,099	1,108	1,112
Jefferson	317	341	292	300	303	312	316	305	277	349	326	336
Judith Basin	116	117	99	109	89	114	95	92	103	93	100	91
Lake	1,818	1,960	1,991	1,897	1,717	1,808	1,896	2,233	2,139	2,197	2,194	2,394
Lewis and Clark	1,808	1,797	1,940	2,017	1,879	2,034	1,954	1,834	1,844	1,901	2,132	2,167
Liberty	92	87	58	59	51	67	70	57	68	58	110	122
Lincoln	1,107	1,185	1,168	1,125	1,032	1,131	1,143	1,071	1,174	1,157	1,256	1,278
Madison	272	251	231	222	213	236	236	242	246	233	239	233
McCone	92	74	77	67	55	66	65	61	59	85	87	75
Meagher	118	119	103	105	87	112	107	98	122	107	97	97
Mineral	225	228	227	239	198	220	233	222	207	214	212	219
Missoula	3,393	3,511	3,687	3,848	3,505	3,524	3,508	3,754	3,892	3,963	3,979	4,113
Musselshell	262	267	240	250	201	239	265	264	260	287	287	281
Park	594	614	583	590	496	530	584	511	539	556	642	562
Petroleum	34	24	21	16	16	24	26	28	20	25	33	28
Phillips	258	245	221	206	188	215	219	185	179	213	205	216
Pondera	396	368	325	356	325	392	477	351	341	390	389	346
Powder River	86	61	53	55	45	55	57	60	56	52	64	48
Powell	251	278	272	248	232	256	290	229	235	268	287	278
Prairie	50	50	36	33	30	35	38	34	32	45	54	38
Ravalli	1,924	2,056	1,890	1,825	1,611	1,881	2,012	1,824	1,873	2,136	2,307	2,135
Richland	432	381	364	385	322	337	320	296	291	295	348	325
Roosevelt	1,228	1,258	1,210	1,233	1,163	1,383	1,324	1,290	1,262	1,415	1,240	1,203
Rosebud	743	756	704	677	644	778	728	715	834	760	733	743
Sanders	674	699	616	587	496	612	632	556	619	766	697	726
Sheridan	135	120	104	119	102	106	117	103	74	78	100	91
Silver Bow	1,418	1,431	1,551	1,572	1,352	1,338	1,438	1,429	1,436	1,467	1,669	1,597
Stillwater	254	241	204	213	191	194	244	216	241	241	288	283
Sweet Grass	135	142	113	105	98	116	107	99	117	122	127	123
Teton	324	326	264	260	223	263	247	241	227	255	266	246
Toole	220	208	175	185	165	182	192	178	159	206	198	215
Treasure	39	47	29	29	25	28	36	29	24	21	26	27
Valley	382	363	372	345	299	341	336	334	314	339	357	379
Wheatland	138	119	130	130	104	138	119	129	129	116	107	127
Wibaux	54	53	38	32	24	27	32	32	31	30	35	34
Yellowstone	4,653	4,668	4,954	5,239	5,062	5,286	4,875	4,519	4,910	5,600	5,916	5,816

Source

Kids Count Data Center, Children Ages 0-17 Living Below 100% FPL, By County

Children Ages 0-17 Living Below Federal Poverty Level (Percent)

Statewide

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
MT	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	20.0%	19.0%	20.0%	19.0%	19.0%	19.0%	21.0%	21.0%	21.0%

Selected Counties

Counties

County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Beaverhead	20.8%	22.3%	22.1%	22.0%	19.9%	22.8%	23.8%	21.6%	22.3%	22.9%	25.3%	24.5%
Big Horn	32.1%	33.4%	32.3%	32.0%	29.5%	36.8%	35.1%	34.0%	32.3%	32.9%	34.3%	36.1%
Blaine	31.2%	31.1%	29.3%	29.8%	27.8%	34.6%	35.8%	32.5%	33.2%	35.6%	38.8%	32.2%
Broadwater	19.1%	19.1%	19.4%	19.7%	18.2%	19.9%	19.0%	18.0%	16.9%	19.2%	17.5%	18.5%
Carbon	17.4%	17.4%	16.7%	16.0%	13.9%	14.5%	15.9%	15.3%	15.6%	17.3%	17.0%	17.7%
Carter	26.4%	27.0%	17.9%	16.2%	13.7%	16.3%	17.0%	20.1%	18.2%	28.5%	29.2%	29.9%
Cascade	17.6%	17.6%	18.2%	18.7%	18.0%	18.4%	19.2%	19.7%	19.6%	21.9%	20.8%	21.2%
Chouteau	22.3%	21.7%	18.2%	19.8%	19.6%	25.5%	27.4%	26.1%	21.1%	25.5%	21.7%	27.0%
Custer	19.8%	19.2%	19.1%	19.5%	18.5%	20.2%	21.6%	19.4%	21.6%	19.2%	20.6%	20.3%
Daniels	22.7%	25.1%	19.1%	16.7%	15.2%	17.4%	16.6%	17.7%	17.8%	15.8%	13.5%	11.2%
Dawson	17.3%	18.0%	16.6%	16.7%	15.4%	17.4%	15.9%	15.6%	15.6%	15.5%	15.7%	15.9%
Deer Lodge	20.9%	20.9%	19.2%	21.6%	20.7%	23.1%	22.6%	25.4%	23.3%	25.0%	27.7%	24.5%
Fallon	15.2%	14.2%	13.2%	11.7%	12.2%	13.1%	13.2%	11.7%	13.4%	12.4%	13.0%	11.9%
Fergus	20.4%	21.0%	20.1%	22.1%	18.5%	20.2%	21.8%	23.3%	20.3%	23.2%	20.2%	20.8%
Flathead	17.2%	17.3%	18.2%	18.3%	17.2%	17.7%	16.2%	17.5%	18.1%	20.4%	21.0%	19.1%
Gallatin	12.3%	12.6%	12.3%	12.8%	12.0%	12.1%	10.9%	11.5%	10.8%	13.4%	13.5%	13.1%
Garfield	27.8%	29.2%	23.3%	15.5%	15.3%	19.9%	20.1%	21.1%	29.3%	26.6%	28.3%	30.6%
Glacier	32.8%	32.2%	34.4%	33.8%	30.8%	35.3%	35.6%	34.0%	33.8%	38.9%	38.2%	39.2%
Golden Valley	33.6%	25.8%	25.1%	24.5%	25.2%	37.7%	32.4%	38.9%	33.7%	40.9%	35.4%	36.5%
Granite	25.0%	24.9%	21.3%	23.2%	21.5%	25.5%	25.8%	22.3%	24.5%	27.0%	26.4%	26.8%
Hill	22.2%	23.2%	22.9%	23.5%	22.1%	23.4%	25.1%	24.0%	24.5%	25.9%	26.2%	25.8%
Jefferson	12.5%	13.4%	11.8%	12.7%	13.0%	13.6%	13.2%	12.9%	12.2%	13.8%	12.6%	13.6%
Judith Basin	21.2%	22.2%	20.5%	22.9%	19.3%	25.1%	20.5%	22.8%	27.2%	22.9%	23.8%	23.8%
Lake	26.0%	27.7%	28.7%	28.1%	25.5%	27.5%	27.4%	33.0%	31.1%	31.3%	30.8%	33.1%
Lewis and Clark	13.4%	13.3%	14.7%	15.8%	15.0%	16.5%	14.7%	13.6%	13.6%	13.9%	15.2%	15.4%
Liberty	18.6%	18.7%	13.3%	15.7%	14.0%	18.7%	19.9%	19.2%	25.0%	17.5%	25.7%	27.7%
Lincoln	25.5%	27.6%	28.2%	28.3%	26.6%	29.5%	29.1%	28.4%	32.0%	32.0%	33.3%	34.4%
Madison	18.9%	17.4%	16.9%	17.2%	16.5%	18.5%	18.0%	17.9%	18.6%	18.1%	17.8%	18.2%
McCone	21.2%	17.3%	18.7%	18.0%	15.5%	18.9%	17.8%	18.0%	18.4%	24.0%	24.9%	21.8%
Meagher	26.4%	27.0%	23.6%	24.9%	20.6%	26.8%	25.9%	24.0%	30.4%	28.2%	31.0%	30.4%
Mineral	26.6%	27.8%	29.0%	31.6%	25.2%	28.3%	29.2%	28.9%	27.6%	29.6%	28.6%	30.3%
Missoula	16.2%	16.4%	17.7%	19.2%	17.8%	18.2%	16.6%	17.2%	17.5%	19.1%	18.6%	19.4%
Musselshell	28.0%	29.1%	27.6%	29.5%	23.0%	27.9%	29.8%	31.1%	31.3%	32.2%	31.6%	29.6%
Park	17.0%	17.2%	16.9%	18.1%	15.6%	16.9%	17.5%	15.4%	16.5%	17.6%	21.2%	19.2%
Petroleum	29.1%	20.1%	18.4%	15.7%	14.9%	22.8%	24.5%	29.2%	22.7%	32.9%	28.4%	26.7%
Phillips	23.4%	22.9%	21.8%	22.8%	21.0%	24.5%	24.3%	23.2%	23.7%	24.5%	21.7%	23.4%
Pondera	22.5%	21.7%	20.5%	23.4%	22.3%	27.3%	31.3%	24.5%	24.7%	26.6%	28.2%	24.9%
Powder River	19.5%	13.7%	12.4%	14.0%	12.6%	15.4%	15.9%	19.5%	18.5%	16.2%	18.6%	15.4%
Powell	18.4%	20.8%	20.7%	20.6%	19.2%	21.4%	23.7%	19.9%	21.4%	23.9%	24.0%	23.7%
Prairie	23.4%	24.2%	19.3%	19.9%	17.6%	21.2%	21.5%	21.4%	19.8%	26.3%	26.9%	19.6%
Ravalli	21.8%	22.9%	21.3%	21.1%	18.7%	22.4%	22.5%	20.5%	21.4%	24.6%	26.4%	25.0%
Richland	17.7%	16.2%	16.5%	18.2%	16.2%	17.3%	14.9%	14.7%	14.6%	13.4%	15.4%	14.0%
Roosevelt	36.1%	36.7%	35.8%	37.0%	36.2%	43.7%	38.8%	41.7%	40.1%	44.0%	38.0%	36.8%
Rosebud	25.7%	26.1%	25.1%	25.0%	24.2%	29.6%	26.4%	27.3%	31.5%	26.6%	27.2%	27.2%
Sanders	29.5%	30.4%	27.8%	27.4%	23.6%	29.9%	29.3%	26.1%	29.7%	34.9%	30.7%	32.8%
Sheridan	16.5%	16.0%	15.7%	18.7%	17.7%	18.7%	19.5%	19.5%	15.4%	13.6%	15.7%	13.6%
Silver Bow	19.0%	19.1%	21.3%	22.6%	19.7%	19.8%	20.0%	20.3%	20.4%	20.9%	23.4%	22.7%
Stillwater	12.9%	12.2%	10.6%	11.9%	10.6%	11.0%	12.9%	11.1%	12.7%	12.2%	13.9%	14.0%
Sweet Grass	15.3%	15.8%	12.8%	12.4%	12.1%	14.5%	13.1%	11.9%	14.7%	14.8%	15.5%	15.2%
Teton	19.8%	20.3%	17.3%	18.0%	16.0%	19.1%	17.9%	17.9%	17.3%	18.2%	20.9%	19.8%
Toole	17.5%	16.4%	14.4%	17.0%	15.8%	17.7%	18.4%	17.7%	16.5%	19.1%	18.8%	21.5%
Treasure	18.9%	25.2%	17.1%	20.0%	18.8%	21.4%	26.7%	24.4%	21.2%	19.8%	18.8%	19.7%
Valley	21.7%	21.1%	22.2%	21.9%	19.6%	22.7%	22.1%	22.8%	21.6%	22.2%	21.4%	22.4%
Wheatland	32.4%	28.3%	32.4%	33.3%	27.3%	40.0%	30.4%	34.3%	34.3%	30.9%	23.2%	27.4%
Wibaux	22.7%	24.4%	19.1%	17.0%	13.6%	15.9%	16.9%	19.5%	20.8%	17.2%	15.8%	17.0%
Yellowstone	14.8%	14.6%	15.7%	16.9%	16.4%	17.4%	15.0%	13.6%	14.5%	16.7%	17.3%	16.8%

Source

Kids Count Data Center, Children Ages 0-17 Living Below 100% FPL, By County

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