County profile
Chouteau County, MT
United States · GDP 2024
#2714 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$292.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-31.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
772
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
153
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,865
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$58.2k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.0%±3.2%
Poverty rate
11.2%±2.7%
Business applications
61 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
41.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care33%
Retail trade22%
Wholesale trade15%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance8%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,865
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+70
International migration+8
Natural change−121
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$279.6M2019
$284.4M2020
$228.3M2021
$413.4M2022
$429.8M2023
$292.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.8k±$28.4k
Median gross rent
$536/mo±$101/mo
Vacancy rate
25.2%±3.4%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$5.1M
18 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 82Cold wave 81Wildfire 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2025
1932014
1892015
2062016
2152017
2082018
2282019
2282020
2782021
3122022
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 6% since 2021172021
202022
162023
192024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.5 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
7.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
522.5 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
82.8 km
GREAT FALLS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.0k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chouteau?
Chouteau's economy produced $292.5M in 2024, contracting 31.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.