The population of Fergus county is estimated at 11,300. In 2017 there were 133 births and 141 deaths in Fergus county. Fergus county has 1,904 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,821 that are owned free and clear and 1,374 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fergus County filed 5,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Montana filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Fergus had a combined total federal tax liability of $30,769,000 on earned income of $262,418,000. Other notable statistics from Fergus County were 280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,200,000 and 910 charitable contributions valued at $3,927,000. 1,070 filings from Fergus County paid a combined total of $2,567,000 in property taxes and 780 filings paid $4,876,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fergus county had 38 religious congregations with an estimated 5,667 members.
29.5% of the Fergus population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Fergus County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 262 votes.
At $49,892 the median income is 93.7% of the Montana average. An estimated 234 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fergus, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Fergus County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
855	Health care and social assistance
464	Retail trade
413	Accommodation and food services
282	Restaurants and other eating places
273	Manufacturing
205	Full-service restaurants
131	Finance and insurance
129	Ambulatory health care services
122	Other services (except public administration)
121	Food and beverage stores
94	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
94	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
89	Credit intermediation and related activities
82	Professional, scientific, and technical services
79	Individual and family services

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