Montana Net Migration By County in 2011
According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2011, the net migration for Montana was 3,914. Gallatin County had the highest net migration (1,220) followed by Yellowstone County (784), and Lewis and Clark County (480). On the other hand, Toole County had the lowest net migration (-196), followed by Cascade County (-149), and Park County (-101).
Net migration for a county refers to the difference between the number of migrants, both domestic and international, moving to the county and those leaving the county. Or to put it simply, the net migration for a given county is the inbound migration minus the outbound migration for that county.
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Hover over or click on the chart to see this information for each county. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Net Migration |
|---|---|
| Beaverhead | -60 |
| Big Horn | -3 |
| Blaine | 31 |
| Broadwater | 95 |
| Carbon | 23 |
| Carter | -19 |
| Cascade | -149 |
| Chouteau | -3 |
| Custer | 58 |
| Daniels | 25 |
| Dawson | 63 |
| Deer Lodge | 48 |
| Fallon | 18 |
| Fergus | -77 |
| Flathead | 69 |
| Gallatin | 1220 |
| Garfield | 56 |
| Glacier | 11 |
| Golden Valley | -46 |
| Granite | 13 |
| Hill | 118 |
| Jefferson | -29 |
| Judith Basin | -52 |
| Lake | 114 |
| Lewis and Clark | 480 |
| Liberty | 29 |
| Lincoln | -11 |
| McCone | -25 |
| Madison | -34 |
| Meagher | 6 |
| Mineral | -5 |
| Missoula | 402 |
| Musselshell | 205 |
| Park | -101 |
| Petroleum | 0 |
| Phillips | -46 |
| Pondera | 21 |
| Powder River | 20 |
| Powell | 82 |
| Prairie | -35 |
| Ravalli | 94 |
| Richland | 340 |
| Roosevelt | -29 |
| Rosebud | 28 |
| Sanders | 55 |
| Sheridan | 83 |
| Silver Bow | 187 |
| Stillwater | 45 |
| Sweet Grass | -9 |
| Teton | -21 |
| Toole | -196 |
| Treasure | -5 |
| Valley | 92 |
| Wheatland | -30 |
| Wibaux | -16 |
| Yellowstone | 784 |