Best counties in Montana

Ranked by composite score — 56 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Judith Basin County	81	89.5	90.6	19.6
2	McCone County	80.7	83.3	89.3	30.3
3	Petroleum County	80.5	81.9	85.5	22.1
4	Carter County	80.1	89.8	86.5	17.4
5	Garfield County	78.3	83.8	85	23.7
6	Golden Valley County	77.9	88	84.5	20.8
7	Daniels County	77.5	78	86.5	21.3
8	Fallon County	77.4	86.1	81.2	30.6
9	Treasure County	77.2	84.9	77.1	31.1
10	Sweet Grass County	76.8	88.4	76.1	28.7
11	Granite County	76.5	85.2	86	19.1
12	Wibaux County	76.3	82.3	82.8	25.7
13	Meagher County	76	82.6	82.3	20.1
14	Powder River County	75.7	79	86.8	27.8
15	Mineral County	75.6	86.8	80.1	23.3
16	Stillwater County	75	85.4	73.6	36.6
17	Musselshell County	74.5	84.7	82.4	21.9
18	Jefferson County	74.3	86.6	74.7	33.4
19	Wheatland County	74.3	84	86.4	14.1
20	Teton County	74	79.2	81.9	27.6
21	Phillips County	73.9	78.4	88.4	21.4
22	Powell County	73.6	82.4	81	24.8
23	Chouteau County	73.5	80.3	90.8	20.6
24	Deer Lodge County	73.2	79.4	84.1	15.7
25	Madison County	73.1	90.8	74.3	27.4
26	Broadwater County	73	85.2	73.9	24.9
27	Beaverhead County	72.6	83.6	81.4	21.3
28	Prairie County	72.3	78.2	83.3	12.9
29	Carbon County	72.2	86.8	77.2	29.7
30	Liberty County	72.2	73.3	85.6	18.2
31	Pondera County	72.1	77.4	84.5	18.3
32	Sanders County	71.7	86.8	84.6	18.7
33	Sheridan County	71.7	66.1	84.3	24.9
34	Richland County	71.5	81.3	80.3	28.8
35	Fergus County	71.2	78.6	82	22.4
36	Toole County	70.5	75.2	80.4	18.4
37	Park County	70.2	86.2	74.8	26.9
38	Valley County	69.9	71.3	82.4	25.5
39	Rosebud County	69.7	84.5	87.2	20.2
40	Lincoln County	69.1	86	83.5	14.1
41	Ravalli County	69.1	87.4	73.1	29.9
42	Silver Bow County	69.1	72.6	79.5	20.9
43	Custer County	68.5	71.4	78.7	24.9
44	Dawson County	67.9	69.3	81.5	29.7
45	Hill County	67.5	71.9	83.5	19.5
46	Glacier County	67.3	79.4	91.6	12.9
47	Lake County	67.1	83.7	77.1	23.8
48	Lewis and Clark County	67.1	79.6	68.5	32
49	Big Horn County	65.9	74.1	88	20.4
50	Cascade County	65.6	76.4	76.2	26.6
51	Blaine County	65.5	59.5	88	25.9
52	Flathead County	65.5	85	69.2	29.9
53	Gallatin County	64.8	85.4	54.9	40.5
54	Yellowstone County	64.8	78.6	69.6	32
55	Missoula County	64.7	76.8	66.2	29.9
56	Roosevelt County	62.7	66.1	89.5	18.1