State Brief · MT
Montana
Capital: Helena · Latest trade year: 2024
- Exports to Romania
- $964K
- Imports from Romania
- $777K
- Trade balance
- $188K
- Export CAGR
- +18.7%
#45 of 51
#47 of 51
Surplus
2010 → 2024
Trade history
Goods flow between this state and Romania
Annual goods trade between Montana and Romania, in nominal USD. Data from the US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division (2008–2024).
Exports vs imports
USD, nominalTrade balance
Surplus / deficitin 2023
2010 → 2024
2023 → 2024
Trade insights
What flows between Montana and Romania
Leather & Allied Products make up 65.1% of what Montana imports from Romania, while chemicals lead the goods Montana sends back.
What Montana imports from Romania
- Leather & Allied Products$506K65%
What Montana exports to Romania
- Chemicals$655K68%
Community
The Romanian-American community
An estimated 1,065 residents of Montana identify as Romanian-American — ranking #40 of 51 nationwide.
Community trends
How the Romanian community in Montana grew
An estimated 371 Romanian-born residents call Montana home.
Top counties
in Montana- Gallatin County150
- Wheatland County49
- Powell County29
- Carbon County12
- Jefferson County9
Insufficient PUMS sample size for this state. Use national estimates. Showing national Romanian-born trends for context.
Estimated Romanian-born residents in Montana: 371.
Arrivals by decade
Romanian-born residentsHighlighted bar: peak decade. EU accession (2007) and post-2010 Schengen liberalization accelerated arrivals.
- The 2010s were the biggest immigration decade with 40,047 Romanian-born arrivals — 4x the 2000s
- 38.6% of Romanian-born US residents have become US citizens
- Highly educated: 27.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher — well above the US average of ~35%
- Strong graduate education: 20.4% hold a master's, professional, or doctoral degree
Faith communities
Romanian-affiliated churches
No Romanian-affiliated parishes are currently registered in Montana.