Editing Liberty County, Montana (section)

===2000 census record===
Researchers William P. O'Hare and Kenneth M. Johnson described the county as typical of the northern [[Great Plains]] in being very thinly settled, almost fully dependent on agriculture, and lacking in urban areas. They noted that income can fluctuate substantially from year to year, depending on rainfall (which affects harvest yields) as well as grain and cattle prices, and that the 2000 Census recorded low incomes in 1999 after several years of [[drought]]. Also, the presence of [[Hutterite]] colonies in the county depresses [[per capita income]]s because Hutterite families have significantly more children than the general population.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/FacingChildPovertyinRuralAmerica.aspx Facing Child Poverty in Rural America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208014334/http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/FacingChildPovertyinRuralAmerica.aspx |date=February 8, 2012}} by William P. O'Hare and Kenneth M. Johnson, [[Population Reference Bureau]], January 2004</ref>