HB 391 - The Montana Earned Income Credit: Helping Montana’s Working Families and Economy

Mar 14, 2017

  Number of Taxpayers Claiming EITC by County (FY 2013) 
Beaverhead 671 Madison 489
Big Horn 1,756 Meagher 161
Blaine 745 Mineral 363
Broadwater 372 Missoula 9,159
Carbon 673 Musselshell 334
Carter 68 Park 1,257
Cascade 7,277 Petroleum 44
Chouteau 324 Phillips 333
Custer 898 Pondera 519
Daniels 93 Powder River 83
Dawson 529 Powell 492
Deer Lodge 713 Prairie 73
Fallon 137 Ravalli 3,230
Fergus 873 Richland 605
Flathead 7,830 Roosevelt 1,271
Gallatin 5,915 Rosebud 895
Garfield 69 Sanders 918
Glacier 1,829 Sheridan 191
Golden Valley 54 Silver Bow 3,047
Granite 198 Stillwater 429
Hill 1,605 Sweet Grass 216
Jefferson 611 Teton 353
Judith Basin 108 Toole 312
Lake 2,883 Treasure 45
Lewis and Clark 4,696 Valley 565
Liberty 90 Wheatland 136
Lincoln 1,533 Wibaux 61
McCone 121 Yellowstone 11,141
Source: Brookings Institution. Earned Income Tax Credit Interactive and Resources  
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