2022 population: 1,107 ( 72 from 2010 , 14 from 2020)
Land area: 1736.6 square miles
Population density: 0.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	979	88.44%	13.0%
Black:	5	0.45%	0.0%
Indian:	16	1.45%	700.0%
Asian:	9	0.81%	50.0%
2+ races:	48	4.34%	60.0%
Hispanic:	50	4.52%	212.5%

Total non-White:	128	11.56%	137.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	20	9.1
Deaths:	43	19.7
Net Migration:	38	17.4
Net Immigration:	0	0.0

Change in White population:	-146	-12.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	74	6.3

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
1,179
1,125	95.42%
0	0.00%
2	0.17%
6	0.51%
30	2.54%
16	1.36%
54	4.58%

2000
1,199
1,171	97.66%
0	0.00%
5	0.42%
2	0.17%
12	1.00%
8	0.67%
28	2.34%

1990
1,383
1,363	98.55%
0	0.00%
10	0.72%
2	0.14%
n/a
8	0.58%
20	1.45%

1980
1,836
1,772	96.51%
0	0.00%
25	1.36%
10	0.54%
n/a
29	1.58%
64	3.49%

1970
1,752
1,739	99.26%
0	0.00%
13	0.74%
0	0.00%
n/a
0	0.00%
13	0.74%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
69	5.8
148	12.3
-16	-1.3
6	0.5

-46	-3.8
26	2.2

Number	Rate
1990's
111	8.0
166	12.0
1	0.1
-4	-0.3

-192	-13.9
8	0.6

Number	Rate
1980's
179	9.7
196	10.7
-425	-23.1
n/a

-409	-22.3
-44	-2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-32	-1.8
n/a

33	1.9
51	2.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Prairie 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
47.2
290	26.2%
817	73.8%
411	37.1%

485
2.59

283	58.4%
249	88.0%
25	8.8%
202	41.6%

2010
Number	Percent
53.6
209	17.7%
970	82.3%
307	26.0%

551
2.10

342	62.1%
308	90.1%
13	3.8%
209	37.9%

2000
Number	Percent
48.4
230	19.2%
969	80.8%
290	24.2%

537
2.19

354	65.9%
328	92.7%
15	4.2%
183	34.1%

1990
Number	Percent
43.1
328	23.7%
1,055	76.3%
350	25.3%

565
2.42

410	72.6%
377	92.0%
6	1.5%
155	27.4%

1980
Number	Percent
34.6
524	28.5%
1,312	71.5%
328	17.9%

665
2.73

499	75.0%
454	91.0%
23	4.6%
166	25.0%

2022 Housing Data for Prairie County, MT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	38	7.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	31	6.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	60	12.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	21	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	16	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	19	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	30	6.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	30	6.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	37	7.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	9	1.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	37	7.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	73	15.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	37	7.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	2	0.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	20	4.1%
$200,000 or more	25	5.2%

Median Household Income	44,107
Per Capita Income	28,287

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	97
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	12	2.5%
Public Assistance	16	3.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	97	20.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	427	71.4%
Unemployed	17	2.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	444	74.2%
Not in Labor Force	154	25.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	201	120	62.6%
Non-Profit	0	0	?%
Self-Employed	114	51	69.1%

Local Government	21	25	45.7%
State Government	0	9	0.0%
Federal Government	0	11	0.0%

Total Private + Self	315	171	64.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21	45	31.8%
Total	336	216	60.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	197	35.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	86	15.4%
Professional, Technical	10	1.8%
Service Occupations	67	12.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	56	10.0%
All others	200	35.7%

White Collar		52.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	154	27.5%
Accommodation and food services	90	16.1%
Construction	42	7.5%
Other services	40	7.1%
Manufacturing	35	6.2%
Health care and social assistance	35	6.2%
Educational services	35	6.2%
Transportation and warehousing	29	5.2%
Retail trade	27	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	22	3.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	20	3.6%
Information	16	2.9%
Public administration	8	1.4%
Utilities	7	1.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7	0.55%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5	0.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	34	2.65%
Japanese	17	1.33%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,193	96.7%
German, other Germanic	17	1.4%
Other Indo-European	13	1.1%
Spanish	10	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	401	31.3%
Irish	153	11.9%
English	137	10.7%
American	76	5.9%
Norwegian	67	5.2%
Scotch-Irish	59	4.6%
Dutch	50	3.9%
Swedish	33	2.6%
Italian	25	1.9%
Russian	22	1.7%
Polish	20	1.6%
Austrian	17	1.3%
French Canadian	13	1.0%
Greek	12	0.9%
Croatian	8	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,223	95.3%
Not a citizen	60	4.7%

Native	1,179	91.9%
Foreign-born	104	8.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
40	4.2%	91	9.6%	282	29.7%	324	34.1%	129	13.6%	84	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	40	4.2%
9-12 Years	91	9.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	282	29.7%
Some College	324	34.1%
Bach. Degree	129	13.6%
Grad Degree	84	8.8%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	674	648	26	3.9%	6.1%
1991	654	629	25	3.8%	6.9%
1992	700	672	28	4.0%	6.7%
1993	655	628	27	4.1%	6.1%
1994	679	652	27	4.0%	5.5%
1995	657	628	29	4.4%	5.7%
1996	677	643	34	5.0%	5.6%
1997	657	620	37	5.6%	5.5%
1998	684	640	44	6.4%	5.6%
1999	679	651	28	4.1%	5.3%

2000	618	586	32	5.2%	4.8%
2001	593	561	32	5.4%	4.6%
2002	564	535	29	5.1%	4.6%
2003	538	512	26	4.8%	4.7%
2004	564	535	29	5.1%	4.5%
2005	552	526	26	4.7%	4.1%
2006	551	530	21	3.8%	3.3%
2007	548	530	18	3.3%	3.4%
2008	598	575	23	3.8%	4.7%
2009	590	565	25	4.2%	7.1%

2010	567	539	28	4.9%	7.2%
2011	531	504	27	5.1%	6.6%
2012	529	507	22	4.2%	5.8%
2013	521	498	23	4.4%	5.4%
2014	514	492	22	4.3%	4.7%
2015	529	507	22	4.2%	4.3%
2016	526	508	18	3.4%	4.3%
2017	486	468	18	3.7%	4.1%
2018	487	469	18	3.7%	3.8%
2019	476	458	18	3.8%	3.6%

2020	471	439	32	6.8%	5.9%
2021	492	474	18	3.7%	3.4%
2022	496	481	15	3.0%	2.6%
2023	674	657	17	2.5%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	650
Median Value	$140,600

Occupied	485	74.6%
Vacant	165	25.4%

Owned	364	75.1%
Rented	121	24.9%
Median Rent	$866

Single-Family Units	486	74.8%
Detached	486	74.8%
Attached	0	0.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6	0.9%
Mobile Homes	133	20.5%

Prairie County, MT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Prairie County, MT

2022 Housing Data for Prairie County, MT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Prairie County, MT

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Prairie County, MT

Historical Labor Force Data for Prairie County, MT