The population of Chouteau county is estimated at 5,794. In 2017 there were 61 births and 59 deaths in Chouteau county. Chouteau county has 599 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 908 that are owned free and clear and 787 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Chouteau County filed 2,220 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Montana filings and 0.001% of the entire nation. Chouteau had a combined total federal tax liability of $12,699,000 on earned income of $105,912,000. Other notable statistics from Chouteau County were 70 unemployment claims which collected a total of $288,000 and 340 charitable contributions valued at $1,716,000. 300 filings from Chouteau County paid a combined total of $658,000 in property taxes and 200 filings paid $1,140,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Chouteau county had 18 religious congregations with an estimated 4,977 members.
25.6% of the Chouteau population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Chouteau County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 233 votes.
At $42,598 the median income is 80.0% of the Montana average. An estimated 82 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Chouteau, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Chouteau County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
130	Health care and social assistance
114	Retail trade
79	Wholesale trade
68	Food services and drinking places
43	Restaurants and other eating places
36	Finance and insurance
31	Food and beverage stores
30	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers
30	Grain and field bean merchant wholesalers
27	Professional, scientific, and technical services
25	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)
20	Insurance carriers and related activities
17	Manufacturing
16	Credit intermediation and related activities
16	Depository credit intermediation

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