The population of Custer county is estimated at 11,821. In 2017 there were 157 births and 144 deaths in Custer county. Custer county has 1,818 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,531 that are owned free and clear and 1,682 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Custer County filed 5,530 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Montana filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Custer had a combined total federal tax liability of $38,178,000 on earned income of $294,169,000. Other notable statistics from Custer County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,199,000 and 950 charitable contributions valued at $3,823,000. 1,140 filings from Custer County paid a combined total of $2,826,000 in property taxes and 810 filings paid $4,399,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Custer county had 18 religious congregations with an estimated 5,356 members.
22.4% of the Custer population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Custer County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 191 votes.
At $47,675 the median income is 89.5% of the Montana average. An estimated 197 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Custer, the equivalant of around 3.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Custer County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
978	Health care and social assistance
806	Retail trade
543	Accommodation and food services
429	Food services and drinking places
386	Restaurants and other eating places
240	Finance and insurance
239	Transportation and warehousing
207	Limited-service restaurants
193	Social assistance
167	Credit intermediation and related activities
161	Wholesale trade
155	Ambulatory health care services
146	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
145	Commercial banking
144	Individual and family services

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