Roosevelt County, Montana

County Distress Index: Elevated · 64.2 | 10,319 people · 3rd most distressed in Montana

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Roosevelt County, MT registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 64.2 — 552nd nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Montana, it ranks 3rd of 56 counties. It scores higher than all 7 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Roosevelt County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 86.2 — worse than roughly 86% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 86.3
Poverty Rate 95
Income vs. State Median 81
Child Poverty Rate 83
Employment & Wages 78.9
Unemployment Rate 80
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 77
Business Formation Rate 80
Community Vulnerability 62.6
Uninsured Rate 95
Disability Rate 30
Housing Cost Burden 47.9
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 21
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 47
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 5
Homeownership Rate 76
Rent-to-Income Ratio 91
Debt & Delinquency 45.1
Debt in Collections 73
Medical Debt 60
Student Loan Delinquency 19
Auto Loan Delinquency 91
Credit Card Delinquency 22
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 5

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Roosevelt County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Roosevelt County
Roosevelt County, MT 64.2 Elevated
Valley County, MT 45.0 Normal -19.2
Sheridan County, MT 43.6 Normal -20.6
McCone County, MT 38.1 Normal -26.1
Williams County, ND 29.4 Healthy -34.8
Richland County, MT 28.9 Healthy -35.2
McKenzie County, ND 28.3 Healthy -35.9
Daniels County, MT 26.5 Healthy -37.6

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Roosevelt County
Siskiyou County, CA 64.2 Elevated 0.0
Knott County, KY 64.1 Elevated -0.0
Madison County, TX 64.1 Elevated -0.1
Greene County, AR 64.1 Elevated -0.1
Sussex County, VA 64.3 Elevated +0.1

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