Southwest Montana News

Helena Valley West Central ranked 217th in Montana for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 140 Helena Valley West Central households (5.2 percent) who received food stamps. Helena Valley West Central's population was 8,042 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Little Browning, which had 18 of 26 households receiving food stamps, 64 percent more than Helena Valley West Central. In 2020 the population of Little Browning was 136.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Manhattan, which had two of 781 households receiving food stamps, 4.9 percent less than Helena Valley West Central. In 2020 the population of Manhattan was 1,950.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Little Browning	26	18	69.2
2	Azure	112	73	65.2
3	Fallon	53	33	62.3
4	Parker School	132	81	61.4
5	Heart Butte	108	64	59.3
6	Radersburg	56	33	58.9
7	Boneau	85	50	58.8
8	Elmo	64	37	57.8
9	Rocky Boy West	256	137	53.5
10	Frazer	108	54	50
11	Sangrey	95	45	47.4
12	Herron	39	18	46.2
13	Huson	38	17	44.7
14	Lodge Pole	97	42	43.3
15	Pablo	672	281	41.8
16	Fort Belknap Agency	420	174	41.4
17	Lame Deer	533	213	40
18	Evaro	148	59	39.9
19	Starr School	88	33	37.5
20	Rexford	27	10	37
20	St. Pierre	92	34	37
22	Plains	520	189	36.3
23	Busby	110	38	34.5
23	South Browning	560	193	34.5
25	Hays	244	83	34
26	St. Regis	86	29	33.7
27	Big Arm	55	18	32.7
28	Hot Springs	341	111	32.6
29	Cardwell	26	8	30.8
29	Old Agency	26	8	30.8
31	Camp Three	82	25	30.5
32	De Borgia	46	14	30.4
33	Biddle	20	6	30
34	Browning	285	84	29.5
34	Pryor	139	41	29.5
36	Muddy	124	35	28.2
37	Joliet	240	67	27.9
37	Vaughn	387	108	27.9
39	Darby	329	91	27.7
40	Shawmut	29	8	27.6
41	Havre North	283	77	27.2
42	Superior	358	96	26.8
43	Victor	349	93	26.6
44	Charlo	137	36	26.3
45	Eureka	589	153	26
46	Melstone	54	14	25.9
47	Belfry	118	30	25.4
48	Hungry Horse	323	81	25.1
49	Drummond	133	33	24.8
50	Stevensville	855	210	24.6
51	Cut Bank	1,294	314	24.3
52	Carlton	265	64	24.2
53	Dixon	96	23	24
53	Harrison	25	6	24
55	Alberton	213	51	23.9
56	Black Eagle	382	90	23.6
57	Bearcreek	47	11	23.4
58	Arlee	245	57	23.3
59	Harlem	328	76	23.2
60	St. Ignatius	268	62	23.1
61	Roundup	916	202	22.1
62	Troy	382	83	21.7
62	Whitehall	428	93	21.7
64	St. Marie	181	39	21.5
65	Hamilton	2,659	570	21.4
66	Helena Valley Southeast	3,171	668	21.1
67	Deer Lodge	1,563	329	21
67	Libby	1,242	261	21
69	Ronan	774	162	20.9
70	Corvallis	570	117	20.5
70	Rudyard	88	18	20.5
72	Geraldine	89	18	20.2
72	Worden	228	46	20.2
74	Bonner-West Riverside	629	126	20
75	East Missoula	946	187	19.8
76	Ashland	354	69	19.5
77	Garrison	31	6	19.4
78	White Sulphur Springs	429	82	19.1
79	Gibson Flats	84	16	19
79	Reserve	21	4	19
81	Marysville	37	7	18.9
82	Ponderosa Pines	157	29	18.5
83	Wolf Point	881	157	17.8
84	Emigrant	141	25	17.7
84	Kalispell	9,463	1,673	17.7
86	Birney	34	6	17.6
87	Camas	46	8	17.4
88	Elliston	81	14	17.3
89	Polson	2,103	353	16.8
89	Riverbend	107	18	16.8
91	Havre	4,116	682	16.6
92	Forsyth	696	115	16.5
92	Glasgow	1,524	251	16.5
94	North Browning	673	110	16.3
95	Wye	237	38	16
96	Dayton	57	9	15.8
97	Helena West Side	592	93	15.7
98	Lonepine	65	10	15.4
99	Crow Agency	378	58	15.3
100	Evergreen	2,923	445	15.2