2022 population: 169,852 ( 21,880 from 2010 , 5,130 from 2020)
Land area: 2633.5 square miles
Population density: 64.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	144,111	84.85%	10.5%
Black:	1,031	0.61%	21.0%
Indian:	7,164	4.22%	33.2%
Asian:	1,535	0.90%	50.6%
2+ races:	4,867	2.87%	51.1%
Hispanic:	11,144	6.56%	60.2%

Total non-White:	25,741	15.15%	47.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,184	12.7
Deaths:	4,359	13.2
Net Migration:	4,866	14.8
Net Immigration:	381	1.2

Change in White population:	13,648	9.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	8,232	5.6

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
147,972
130,463	88.17%
852	0.58%
5,377	3.63%
1,019	0.69%
3,222	2.18%
6,955	4.70%
17,509	11.83%

2000
129,352
117,698	90.99%
542	0.42%
3,676	2.84%
720	0.56%
1,862	1.44%
4,788	3.70%
11,654	9.01%

1990
113,419
106,293	93.72%
373	0.33%
3,229	2.85%
479	0.42%
n/a
3,045	2.68%
7,126	6.28%

1980
108,035
102,100	94.51%
200	0.19%
2,129	1.97%
429	0.40%
n/a
3,080	2.85%
5,935	5.49%

1970
87,367
83,824	95.94%
222	0.25%
1,039	1.19%
165	0.19%
n/a
1,975	2.26%
3,543	4.06%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
17,296	13.4
11,154	8.6
9,584	7.4
442	0.3

12,765	9.9
5,855	4.5

Number	Rate
1990's
16,684	14.7
10,095	8.9
7,840	6.9
345	0.3

11,405	10.1
4,528	4.0

Number	Rate
1980's
18,458	17.1
7,879	7.3
-5,354	-5.0
n/a

4,193	3.9
1,191	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
10,117	11.6
n/a

18,276	20.9
2,392	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Yellowstone 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
38.4
38,303	22.6%
131,549	77.4%
29,043	17.1%

67,897
2.39

41,672	61.4%
32,239	77.4%
3,478	8.3%
26,225	38.6%

2010
Number	Percent
38.3
35,040	23.7%
112,932	76.3%
20,868	14.1%

60,672
2.38

38,367	63.2%
29,124	75.9%
3,924	10.2%
22,305	36.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
33,136	25.6%
96,216	74.4%
17,223	13.3%

52,113
2.43

34,488	66.2%
27,362	79.3%
3,454	10.0%
17,625	33.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
30,918	27.3%
82,501	72.7%
13,999	12.3%

44,877
2.48

31,007	69.1%
25,500	82.2%
2,864	9.2%
13,870	30.9%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
31,779	29.4%
76,256	70.6%
9,819	9.1%

39,838
2.67

28,735	72.1%
24,907	86.7%
2,122	7.4%
11,103	27.9%

2022 Housing Data for Yellowstone County, MT

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,621	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,282	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,428	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,430	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,582	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,897	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,597	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,863	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,386	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,699	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,243	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,066	14.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,328	9.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,256	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,143	7.6%
$200,000 or more	6,076	8.9%

Median Household Income	72,300
Per Capita Income	40,978

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	100
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,707	4.0%
Public Assistance	2,051	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,762	10.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	74,363	76.8%
Unemployed	2,571	2.7%
In Armed Forces	38	0.0%

Total Labor Force	76,972	79.5%
Not in Labor Force	19,806	20.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	30,816	23,385	56.9%
Non-Profit	2,651	7,105	27.2%
Self-Employed	5,960	3,770	61.3%

Local Government	2,124	3,486	37.9%
State Government	1,018	1,670	37.9%
Federal Government	1,078	972	52.6%

Total Private + Self	36,776	27,155	57.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,871	13,233	34.2%
Total	43,647	40,388	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,577	15.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,367	21.8%
Professional, Technical	20,459	24.3%
Service Occupations	14,616	17.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	354	0.4%
All others	18,103	21.5%

White Collar		61.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	14,819	17.6%
Retail trade	11,033	13.1%
Construction	6,626	7.9%
Accommodation and food services	6,548	7.8%
Educational services	5,967	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,463	6.5%
Transportation and warehousing	4,867	5.8%
Other services	4,634	5.5%
Manufacturing	3,801	4.5%
Public administration	3,585	4.3%
Finance and insurance	3,357	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,827	3.4%
Wholesale trade	2,614	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,132	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,629	1.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,192	1.4%
Information	1,163	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,129	1.3%
Utilities	677	0.8%
Management	59	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,641	4.62%
Puerto Rican	288	0.17%
Cuban	128	0.08%
Dominican	72	0.04%

Total Central American	77	0.05%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	17	0.01%
Honduran	9	0.01%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	46	0.03%
Salvadoran	5	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	442	0.27%
Argentinean	138	0.08%
Bolivian	7	0.00%
Chilean	71	0.04%
Colombian	94	0.06%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	34	0.02%
Peruvian	98	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,620	0.98%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	395	0.24%
Chinese	246	0.15%
Japanese	222	0.13%
Filipino	158	0.10%
Korean	115	0.07%
Indian	10	0.01%
Cambodian	3	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	150,064	96.2%
Spanish	2,249	1.4%
Other	980	0.6%
German, other Germanic	564	0.4%
Vietnamese	401	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	384	0.2%
Other Asian	331	0.2%
Other Indo-European	315	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	228	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	47,804	28.9%
Irish	22,270	13.5%
English	18,684	11.3%
Norwegian	15,360	9.3%
American	7,453	4.5%
Italian	5,321	3.2%
French	4,303	2.6%
Swedish	3,888	2.3%
Scottish	3,703	2.2%
European	3,471	2.1%
Polish	3,075	1.9%
Danish	2,532	1.5%
Russian	2,486	1.5%
Scandinavian	2,315	1.4%
Dutch	2,158	1.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	164,114	99.1%
Not a citizen	1,410	0.9%

Native	162,420	98.1%
Foreign-born	3,104	1.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,532	1.3%	3,800	3.3%	32,439	28.6%	36,847	32.5%	27,169	23.9%	11,720	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,532	1.3%
9-12 Years	3,800	3.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	32,439	28.6%
Some College	36,847	32.5%
Bach. Degree	27,169	23.9%
Grad Degree	11,720	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	61,970	58,817	3,153	5.1%	6.1%
1991	61,972	58,668	3,304	5.3%	6.9%
1992	64,811	61,268	3,543	5.5%	6.7%
1993	65,555	62,364	3,191	4.9%	6.1%
1994	67,494	64,567	2,927	4.3%	5.5%
1995	67,699	64,547	3,152	4.7%	5.7%
1996	67,575	64,401	3,174	4.7%	5.6%
1997	68,232	65,063	3,169	4.6%	5.5%
1998	69,550	66,479	3,071	4.4%	5.6%
1999	70,757	67,844	2,913	4.1%	5.3%

2000	71,661	68,698	2,963	4.1%	4.8%
2001	71,695	69,047	2,648	3.7%	4.6%
2002	74,402	71,672	2,730	3.7%	4.6%
2003	75,101	72,322	2,779	3.7%	4.7%
2004	76,346	73,596	2,750	3.6%	4.5%
2005	78,536	75,934	2,602	3.3%	4.1%
2006	79,839	77,659	2,180	2.7%	3.3%
2007	81,995	79,907	2,088	2.5%	3.4%
2008	83,121	80,215	2,906	3.5%	4.7%
2009	82,065	77,833	4,232	5.2%	7.1%

2010	76,468	72,045	4,423	5.8%	7.2%
2011	77,170	73,155	4,015	5.2%	6.6%
2012	78,709	75,206	3,503	4.5%	5.8%
2013	79,347	75,946	3,401	4.3%	5.4%
2014	79,477	76,525	2,952	3.7%	4.7%
2015	80,797	78,046	2,751	3.4%	4.3%
2016	81,129	78,099	3,030	3.7%	4.3%
2017	81,346	78,447	2,899	3.6%	4.1%
2018	81,674	78,923	2,751	3.4%	3.8%
2019	82,301	79,581	2,720	3.3%	3.6%

2020	83,203	78,676	4,527	5.4%	5.9%
2021	84,284	81,608	2,676	3.2%	3.4%
2022	86,774	84,667	2,107	2.4%	2.6%
2023	88,210	85,913	2,297	2.6%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	72,252
Median Value	$289,300

Occupied	67,897	94.0%
Vacant	4,355	6.0%

Owned	47,210	69.5%
Rented	20,687	30.5%
Median Rent	$1,055

Single-Family Units	51,620	71.4%
Detached	47,374	65.6%
Attached	4,246	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,974	11.0%
Mobile Homes	7,330	10.1%

Yellowstone County, MT

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Yellowstone County, MT

2022 Housing Data for Yellowstone County, MT

2022 Income & Employment Data for Yellowstone County, MT

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Yellowstone County, MT

Historical Labor Force Data for Yellowstone County, MT