Poverty Rate in Petroleum County, MT
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.1%
Rank #371/3,222 · #8 in MT
89th
Petroleum 8.1%
MT 11.5% -30.0%
US 12.6% -36.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Petroleum County's poverty rate of 8.1% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Petroleum County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #368 | Snohomish County, WA | 8.0% |
| #369 | Morton County, ND | 8.0% |
| #370 | Moore County, TN | 8.0% |
| #371 | Petroleum County, MT | 8.1% |
| #372 | Washington County, OR | 8.1% |
| #373 | Sauk County, WI | 8.1% |
| #374 | Bedford County, VA | 8.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Petroleum County, Montana has a poverty rate of 8.1%, ranking #371 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 36.1% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Montana, it ranks #8 of 56. This places it in the 89th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.