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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montana county

FIPS code, 2020 Montana counties Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
001 Beaverhead 4 9,371 9,375 43
003 Big Horn 9 13,124 13,133 69
005 Blaine 6 7,044 7,050 85
007 Broadwater 6 6,774 6,780 89
009 Carbon 3 10,473 10,476 29
011 Carter 0 1,415 1,415 0
013 Cascade 190 84,414 84,454 225
015 Chouteau 2 5,895 5,897 34
017 Custer 28 11,867 11,813 237
019 Daniels 0 1,661 1,661 0
021 Dawson 8 8,940 8,809 91
023 Deer Lodge 11 9,421 9,432 117
025 Fallon 2 3,049 3,051 66
027 Fergus 11 11,446 11,457 96
029 Flathead 81 104,357 104,438 78
031 Gallatin 51 118,960 119,011 43
033 Garfield 1 1,173 1,174 85
035 Glacier 7 13,778 13,785 51
037 Golden Valley 0 823 823 0
039 Granite 3 3,309 3,312 91
041 Hill 19 16,309 16,328 116
043 Jefferson 9 12,085 12,069 75
045 Judith Basin 1 2,023 2,024 49
047 Lake 57 31,134 31,191 183
049 Lewis and Clark 159 70,973 71,132 224
051 Liberty 1 1,959 1,960 51
053 Lincoln 14 19,677 19,691 71
057 Madison 1 8,623 8,624 12
055 McCone 1 1,729 1,730 58
059 Meagher 4 1,927 1,931 207
061 Mineral 1 4,535 4,536 22
063 Missoula 149 117,922 118,071 126
065 Musselshell 6 4,730 4,736 127
067 Park 7 17,191 17,198 41
069 Petroleum 0 496 496 0
071 Phillips 0 4,217 4,217 0
073 Pondera 3 5,898 5,901 51
075 Powder River 1 1,694 1,695 59
077 Powell 11 6,946 5,333 206
079 Prairie 1 1,088 1,089 92
081 Ravalli 14 44,174 44,188 32
083 Richland 10 11,491 11,501 87
085 Roosevelt 3 10,794 10,797 28
087 Rosebud 7 8,329 8,336 84
089 Sanders 7 12,400 12,407 56
091 Sheridan 0 3,539 3,539 0
093 Silver Bow 100 35,133 35,233 284
095 Stillwater 6 8,963 8,969 67
097 Sweet Grass 2 3,678 3,680 54
099 Teton 2 6,226 6,228 32
101 Toole 4 4,971 4,374 91
103 Treasure 0 762 762 0
105 Valley 2 7,578 7,580 26
107 Wheatland 0 2,069 2,069 0
109 Wibaux 1 937 938 107
111 Yellowstone 304 164,731 164,818 184

Sources and methodology

FIPS code, 2020
FIPS (Federal Information Processing Series) Codes are codes used by the Census Bureau to uniquely identify counties and county equivalents in the US. The first two digits are the FIPS state code (e.g., 30=Montana); and the last three digits are the FIPS county code within the state (e.g., 001=Beaverhead County). These are the FIPS Codes used in the 2020 Census.
Montana counties
This is the county or county equivalent as defined by the Census Bureau for Census 2020.
Number of people in state prison from each county, 2020
This is the number of people from each county in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the county as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the county as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the imprisoned population.
Imprisonment rate per 100,000
This is the number of imprisoned people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of imprisonment between each county of different population sizes.


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