Montana

2022 population: 1,122,867 ( 133,452 from 2010 , 38,670 from 2020)
Land area: 145549.7 square miles
Population density: 7.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	957,643	85.29%	10.2%
Black:	6,205	0.55%	65.8%
Indian:	65,967	5.87%	10.1%
Asian:	12,473	1.11%	84.9%
2+ races:	29,860	2.66%	40.3%
Hispanic:	50,719	4.52%	77.6%

Total non-White:	165,224	14.71%	36.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	24,791	11.4
Deaths:	27,501	12.7
Net Migration:	39,041	18.0
Net Immigration:	2,557	1.2

Change in White population:	89,015	9.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	44,437	4.5

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
989,415
868,628	87.79%
3,743	0.38%
59,902	6.05%
6,747	0.68%
21,290	2.15%
28,565	2.89%
120,787	12.21%

2000
902,195
807,823	89.54%
2,534	0.28%
54,426	6.03%
4,994	0.55%
13,768	1.53%
18,081	2.00%
94,372	10.46%

1990
799,065
734,056	91.86%
1,924	0.24%
46,636	5.84%
4,282	0.54%
n/a
12,167	1.52%
65,009	8.14%

1980
786,690
734,490	93.36%
1,699	0.22%
36,862	4.69%
3,097	0.39%
n/a
10,103	1.28%
52,200	6.64%

1970
694,409
655,613	94.41%
1,973	0.28%
26,826	3.86%
1,287	0.19%
n/a
7,771	1.12%
38,796	5.59%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
108,579	12.0
77,395	8.6
39,938	4.4
3,042	0.3

60,805	6.7
26,415	2.9

Number	Rate
1990's
111,025	13.9
75,866	9.5
50,902	6.4
2,983	0.4

73,767	9.2
29,363	3.7

Number	Rate
1980's
132,553	16.8
67,094	8.5
-55,435	-7.0
n/a

-434	-0.1
12,809	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
22,999	3.3
n/a

78,877	11.4
13,404	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Montana

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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
40.1
231,347	20.6%
891,520	79.4%
211,501	18.8%

443,917
2.39

270,427	60.9%
216,250	80.0%
19,313	7.1%
173,490	39.1%

2010
Number	Percent
40.0
223,563	22.6%
765,852	77.4%
146,742	14.8%

409,607
2.35

257,087	62.8%
201,611	78.4%
22,286	8.7%
152,520	37.2%

2000
Number	Percent
37.3
229,944	25.5%
672,251	74.5%
120,931	13.4%

359,070
2.44

238,733	66.5%
194,207	81.3%
20,808	8.7%
120,337	33.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.7
222,787	27.9%
576,278	72.1%
106,419	13.3%

306,919
2.53

213,625	69.6%
179,099	83.8%
17,595	8.2%
93,294	30.4%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
231,803	29.5%
554,887	70.5%
84,556	10.7%

285,034
2.69

207,525	72.8%
181,368	87.4%
13,121	6.3%
77,509	27.2%

2022 Housing Data for Montana

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	20,487	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	19,026	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	16,222	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	18,180	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	19,919	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	18,930	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	18,558	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	18,288	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	18,413	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	34,516	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	46,742	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	60,791	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	42,551	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	28,071	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	31,293	7.0%
$200,000 or more	31,930	7.2%

Median Household Income	66,341
Per Capita Income	37,837

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,609	3.7%
Public Assistance	11,620	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	42,766	9.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	473,416	73.2%
Unemployed	19,393	3.0%
In Armed Forces	3,288	0.5%

Total Labor Force	496,097	76.7%
Not in Labor Force	151,046	23.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	175,550	136,110	56.3%
Non-Profit	17,617	35,277	33.3%
Self-Employed	50,258	29,928	62.7%

Local Government	15,580	23,858	39.5%
State Government	13,584	15,328	47.0%
Federal Government	10,065	9,044	52.7%

Total Private + Self	225,808	166,038	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	56,846	83,507	40.5%
Total	282,654	249,545	53.1%

Pct. Govt.	16.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	89,326	16.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	105,643	19.8%
Professional, Technical	120,451	22.6%
Service Occupations	97,170	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,879	1.7%
All others	121,517	22.8%

White Collar		59.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	77,199	14.5%
Retail trade	65,143	12.2%
Construction	45,936	8.6%
Educational services	45,763	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	44,160	8.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	32,568	6.1%
Public administration	30,392	5.7%
Other services	26,568	5.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	26,341	4.9%
Manufacturing	25,547	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	22,725	4.3%
Finance and insurance	18,811	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,444	3.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	13,353	2.5%
Wholesale trade	11,468	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	9,794	1.8%
Information	8,377	1.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	7,347	1.4%
Utilities	4,868	0.9%
Management	303	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	30,824	2.82%
Puerto Rican	2,078	0.19%
Cuban	972	0.09%
Dominican	349	0.03%

Total Central American	1,155	0.11%
Costa Rican	108	0.01%
Guatemalan	304	0.03%
Honduran	254	0.02%
Nicaraguan	149	0.01%
Panamanian	219	0.02%
Salvadoran	121	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,447	0.22%
Argentinean	314	0.03%
Bolivian	55	0.01%
Chilean	321	0.03%
Colombian	747	0.07%
Ecuadorian	156	0.01%
Paraguayan	66	0.01%
Peruvian	430	0.04%
Uruguayan	58	0.01%
Venezuelan	248	0.02%
Other South American	52	0.00%

Other Hispanic	8,056	0.74%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,274	0.21%
Chinese	2,150	0.20%
Indian	965	0.09%
Korean	902	0.08%
Japanese	868	0.08%
Vietnamese	675	0.06%
Hmong	333	0.03%
Thai	208	0.02%
Taiwanese	138	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	990,257	95.9%
Spanish	14,140	1.4%
German, other Germanic	7,674	0.7%
Other	7,629	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,891	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,027	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,970	0.2%
Other Asian	1,915	0.2%
Chinese	1,659	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	255,085	23.4%
Irish	148,897	13.6%
English	133,788	12.3%
Norwegian	86,187	7.9%
American	55,959	5.1%
Italian	38,441	3.5%
French	30,959	2.8%
Scottish	30,068	2.8%
Swedish	29,644	2.7%
European	28,020	2.6%
Dutch	19,069	1.7%
Polish	18,767	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	14,123	1.3%
Scandinavian	13,831	1.3%
Danish	11,805	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,080,730	99.0%
Not a citizen	11,110	1.0%

Native	1,067,127	97.7%
Foreign-born	24,713	2.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
12,441	1.6%	29,440	3.9%	210,938	27.8%	247,754	32.7%	170,549	22.5%	87,078	11.5%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	12,441	1.6%
9-12 Years	29,440	3.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	210,938	27.8%
Some College	247,754	32.7%
Bach. Degree	170,549	22.5%
Grad Degree	87,078	11.5%
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	403,231	378,833	24,398	6.1%
1991	402,864	374,898	27,966	6.9%
1992	419,074	391,005	28,069	6.7%
1993	425,282	399,352	25,930	6.1%
1994	436,531	412,512	24,019	5.5%
1995	442,623	417,365	25,258	5.7%
1996	448,338	423,438	24,900	5.6%
1997	452,644	427,822	24,822	5.5%
1998	462,551	436,501	26,050	5.6%
1999	466,726	441,984	24,742	5.3%

2000	470,076	447,387	22,689	4.8%
2001	465,356	443,866	21,490	4.6%
2002	466,414	445,125	21,289	4.6%
2003	470,511	448,255	22,256	4.7%
2004	478,221	456,672	21,549	4.5%
2005	485,553	465,732	19,821	4.1%
2006	495,175	478,729	16,446	3.3%
2007	505,098	488,132	16,966	3.4%
2008	512,278	488,256	24,022	4.7%
2009	502,602	466,780	35,822	7.1%

2010	500,901	464,814	36,087	7.2%
2011	501,064	467,785	33,279	6.6%
2012	506,446	477,061	29,385	5.8%
2013	511,203	483,801	27,402	5.4%
2014	512,621	488,741	23,880	4.7%
2015	517,904	495,728	22,176	4.3%
2016	521,742	499,269	22,473	4.3%
2017	525,396	503,886	21,510	4.1%
2018	529,814	509,858	19,956	3.8%
2019	537,159	517,803	19,356	3.6%

2020	539,886	508,097	31,789	5.9%
2021	550,557	531,928	18,629	3.4%
2022	567,792	552,846	14,946	2.6%
2023	574,101	557,513	16,588	2.9%

Migration Data for Montana

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
California	37,353
Washington	35,409
Colorado	20,179
Idaho	17,410
Texas	16,630
Oregon	15,180
Wyoming	14,894
Arizona	14,565
North Dakota	13,364
Utah	10,318
Florida	9,637
Nevada	8,631
Minnesota	7,716
Alaska	6,194
Illinois	5,188

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Washington	34,011
California	24,286
Idaho	19,139
Arizona	16,840
Colorado	16,581
Oregon	16,420
Texas	16,036
North Dakota	14,464
Wyoming	12,251
Utah	10,127
Florida	9,945
Nevada	8,109
Minnesota	6,641
Alaska	4,816
South Dakota	4,462

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	517,430
Median Value	$305,700

Occupied	443,917	85.8%
Vacant	73,513	14.2%

Owned	306,432	69.0%
Rented	137,485	31.0%
Median Rent	$974

Single-Family Units	380,083	73.5%
Detached	358,555	69.3%
Attached	21,528	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	48,734	9.4%
Mobile Homes	50,349	9.7%

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Montana

2022 Housing Data for Montana

2022 Income & Employment Data for Montana

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Montana

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Montana

Historical Labor Force Data for Montana

Migration Data for Montana

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