13,503 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.8% since 2020)
2,995 square miles of land · 5 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
12 active community water systems list Glacier County in the area they serve, reporting 5,485 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CUT BANK CITY OF surface water · local government · MT0000193 | 3,105 served |
| ST MARY HEADQUARTERS AND CG groundwater · federal · MT0002729 | 1,030 served |
| CUT BANK NORTH WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · MT0000619 | 478 served |
| GLENDALE COLONY groundwater · private · MT0001648 | 150 served |
| HORIZON COLONY groundwater · private · MT0004529 | 150 served |
| SEVILLE COLONY surface water · private · MT0002974 | 116 served |
| BIG SKY COLONY CUT BANK groundwater · private · MT0001647 | 107 served |
| PIEGAN BORDER STATION surface water · federal · MT0003334 | 94 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 8 people were held in Glacier County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 97 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 12.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Glacier County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $31 million — $27.2 million to run schools, about $21,449 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $22.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
Spent $11.4 million — $9.6 million to run schools, about $17,004 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $4.4 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $12,822 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $977,000.
Spent $4 million — $3.6 million to run schools, about $16,070 per student, plus $320,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.8 million state, $80,000 federal.
Spent $1.4 million — $1.4 million to run schools, about $22,000 per student, plus $14,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $514,000 local (mostly property tax), $352,000 state, $775,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3,000.
Spent $198,000 — $175,000 to run schools, about $15,909 per student, plus $20,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26,000 local (mostly property tax), $111,000 state, $37,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Glacier County about $9.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
71 bridges in Glacier County: 28 in good condition, 40 fair, and 3 poor (4.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| IRR BIA RTE 2 over DAWSON CREEK · built 1932 | 100 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 13 over SOUTH FORK MILK RIVER · built 1979 | 60 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 191 over TWO MEDICINE CREEK · built 1969 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $58.5 million of work in Glacier County in fiscal 2025, about $4,247 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Montana are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Glacier County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Glacier County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pondera County (48 mi) · Flathead County (56 mi) · Toole County (57 mi) · Teton County (69 mi) · Lake County (89 mi) · Liberty County (90 mi).