2022 population: 32,853 ( 4,107 from 2010 , 1,721 from 2020)
Land area: 1490.5 square miles
Population density: 22.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	21,505	65.46%	9.9%
Black:	140	0.43%	59.1%
Indian:	7,213	21.96%	19.7%
Asian:	317	0.96%	147.7%
2+ races:	2,117	6.44%	10.1%
Hispanic:	1,561	4.75%	56.4%

Total non-White:	11,348	34.54%	23.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	653	10.5
Deaths:	810	13.0
Net Migration:	1,839	29.5
Net Immigration:	49	0.8

Change in White population:	1,937	6.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,170	7.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
28,746
19,568	68.07%
88	0.31%
6,028	20.97%
128	0.45%
1,922	6.69%
998	3.47%
9,178	31.93%

2000
26,507
18,704	70.56%
30	0.11%
6,096	23.00%
78	0.29%
890	3.36%
668	2.52%
7,803	29.44%

1990
21,041
16,346	77.69%
6	0.03%
4,334	20.60%
21	0.10%
n/a
334	1.59%
4,695	22.31%

1980
19,056
15,705	82.41%
32	0.17%
3,127	16.41%
7	0.04%
n/a
172	0.90%
3,351	17.59%

1970
14,445
12,164	84.21%
16	0.11%
2,193	15.18%
13	0.09%
n/a
45	0.31%
2,281	15.79%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
3,597	13.6
2,371	8.9
1,007	3.8
45	0.2

864	3.3
1,375	5.2

Number	Rate
1990's
3,077	14.6
2,293	10.9
4,713	22.4
78	0.4

2,358	11.2
3,108	14.8

Number	Rate
1980's
3,590	18.8
1,948	10.2
0	0.0
n/a

641	3.4
1,344	7.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,257	22.5
n/a

3,541	24.5
1,070	7.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, MT

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
43.7
7,128	21.7%
25,725	78.3%
7,232	22.0%

12,050
2.57

8,087	67.1%
6,124	75.7%
750	9.3%
3,963	32.9%

2010
Number	Percent
41.3
7,281	25.3%
21,465	74.7%
4,834	16.8%

11,432
2.46

7,770	68.0%
5,832	75.1%
781	10.1%
3,662	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.9
7,434	28.0%
19,073	72.0%
3,855	14.5%

10,233
2.53

7,281	71.2%
5,598	76.9%
819	11.2%
2,952	28.8%

1990
Number	Percent
34.6
6,354	30.2%
14,687	69.8%
3,299	15.7%

7,891
2.59

5,766	73.1%
4,574	79.3%
550	9.5%
2,125	26.9%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
6,094	32.0%
12,962	68.0%
2,622	13.8%

6,658
2.80

5,145	77.3%
4,512	87.7%
378	7.3%
1,513	22.7%

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, MT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,085	9.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	565	4.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	492	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	656	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	498	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	570	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	593	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	430	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	388	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	979	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,340	11.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,406	11.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,016	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	708	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	709	5.9%
$200,000 or more	615	5.1%

Median Household Income	58,009
Per Capita Income	31,177

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	94
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	443	3.7%
Public Assistance	256	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,688	14.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	11,349	66.2%
Unemployed	802	4.7%
In Armed Forces	4	0.0%

Total Labor Force	12,155	70.9%
Not in Labor Force	4,978	29.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,693	3,163	53.9%
Non-Profit	546	905	37.6%
Self-Employed	1,195	865	58.0%

Local Government	619	810	43.3%
State Government	362	447	44.7%
Federal Government	234	354	39.8%

Total Private + Self	4,888	4,028	54.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,761	2,516	41.2%
Total	6,649	6,544	50.4%

Pct. Govt.	21.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,928	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,647	19.9%
Professional, Technical	3,132	23.5%
Service Occupations	2,883	21.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	236	1.8%
All others	2,726	20.5%

White Collar		57.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	2,035	15.3%
Retail trade	1,471	11.0%
Educational services	1,406	10.6%
Accommodation and food services	1,140	8.6%
Public administration	1,138	8.5%
Construction	969	7.3%
Manufacturing	848	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	682	5.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	602	4.5%
Other services	577	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	448	3.4%
Transportation and warehousing	349	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	339	2.5%
Information	332	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	320	2.4%
Finance and insurance	276	2.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	147	1.1%
Wholesale trade	140	1.1%
Utilities	91	0.7%
Management	6	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,103	3.50%
Puerto Rican	37	0.12%
Cuban	4	0.01%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	24	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	17	0.05%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	7	0.02%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	63	0.20%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	22	0.07%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	41	0.13%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	174	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	78	0.25%
Vietnamese	39	0.12%
Thai	17	0.05%
Chinese	15	0.05%
Japanese	14	0.04%
Indian	7	0.02%
Korean	4	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	27,793	93.2%
Other	794	2.7%
Spanish	636	2.1%
German, other Germanic	279	0.9%
French, Haitian, Cajun	115	0.4%
Tagalog	83	0.3%
Other Asian	41	0.1%
Vietnamese	39	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	26	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	5,461	17.3%
English	3,459	11.0%
Irish	3,372	10.7%
American	1,813	5.8%
Norwegian	1,767	5.6%
French	876	2.8%
Italian	870	2.8%
Scottish	763	2.4%
Swedish	740	2.3%
European	577	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	561	1.8%
Polish	528	1.7%
Dutch	386	1.2%
Danish	302	1.0%
Scandinavian	285	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	31,088	98.7%
Not a citizen	421	1.3%

Native	30,722	97.5%
Foreign-born	787	2.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
585	2.7%	1,115	5.1%	5,638	25.6%	7,678	34.8%	4,593	20.8%	2,455	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	585	2.7%
9-12 Years	1,115	5.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,638	25.6%
Some College	7,678	34.8%
Bach. Degree	4,593	20.8%
Grad Degree	2,455	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	9,706	8,896	810	8.3%	6.1%
1991	9,562	8,704	858	9.0%	6.9%
1992	10,141	9,245	896	8.8%	6.7%
1993	10,122	9,325	797	7.9%	6.1%
1994	10,299	9,537	762	7.4%	5.5%
1995	10,416	9,608	808	7.8%	5.7%
1996	10,742	9,941	801	7.5%	5.6%
1997	10,910	10,121	789	7.2%	5.5%
1998	11,225	10,393	832	7.4%	5.6%
1999	12,270	11,487	783	6.4%	5.3%

2000	12,358	11,671	687	5.6%	4.8%
2001	11,719	10,864	855	7.3%	4.6%
2002	11,496	10,715	781	6.8%	4.6%
2003	11,459	10,748	711	6.2%	4.7%
2004	11,584	10,895	689	5.9%	4.5%
2005	11,550	10,919	631	5.5%	4.1%
2006	11,538	11,001	537	4.7%	3.3%
2007	11,699	11,096	603	5.2%	3.4%
2008	11,727	10,907	820	7.0%	4.7%
2009	11,459	10,359	1,100	9.6%	7.1%

2010	12,658	11,532	1,126	8.9%	7.2%
2011	12,539	11,443	1,096	8.7%	6.6%
2012	12,430	11,501	929	7.5%	5.8%
2013	12,378	11,583	795	6.4%	5.4%
2014	12,487	11,797	690	5.5%	4.7%
2015	12,705	12,054	651	5.1%	4.3%
2016	13,078	12,435	643	4.9%	4.3%
2017	13,147	12,548	599	4.6%	4.1%
2018	13,139	12,570	569	4.3%	3.8%
2019	13,331	12,749	582	4.4%	3.6%

2020	13,659	12,815	844	6.2%	5.9%
2021	14,027	13,490	537	3.8%	3.4%
2022	14,381	13,945	436	3.0%	2.6%
2023	14,309	13,795	514	3.6%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	16,436
Median Value	$337,700

Occupied	12,050	73.3%
Vacant	4,386	26.7%

Owned	8,669	71.9%
Rented	3,381	28.1%
Median Rent	$851

Single-Family Units	13,074	79.5%
Detached	12,755	77.6%
Attached	319	1.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	587	3.6%
Mobile Homes	1,730	10.5%

Lake County, MT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lake County, MT

2022 Housing Data for Lake County, MT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lake County, MT

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lake County, MT

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lake County, MT

Historical Labor Force Data for Lake County, MT