2022 population: 174,481 ( 4,295 from 2010 , 806 from 2020)
Land area: 42701.0 square miles
Population density: 4.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	135,201	77.49%	1.6%
Black:	1,633	0.94%	47.2%
Indian:	23,096	13.24%	4.7%
Asian:	1,607	0.92%	59.0%
2+ races:	5,462	3.13%	25.9%
Hispanic:	7,482	4.29%	76.9%

Total non-White:	39,280	22.51%	19.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,352	12.5
Deaths:	5,022	14.5
Net Migration:	1,293	3.7
Net Immigration:	132	0.4

Change in White population:	-2,164	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,459	3.8

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
170,186
137,365	80.71%
1,109	0.65%
22,068	12.97%
1,011	0.59%
4,340	2.55%
4,229	2.48%
32,821	19.29%

2000
171,980
143,464	83.42%
936	0.54%
20,554	11.95%
903	0.53%
3,175	1.85%
2,869	1.67%
28,516	16.58%

1990
169,277
147,760	87.29%
995	0.59%
17,386	10.27%
988	0.58%
n/a
2,148	1.27%
21,517	12.71%

1980
177,003
158,875	89.76%
962	0.54%
14,542	8.22%
598	0.34%
n/a
1,994	1.13%
18,128	10.24%

1970
178,327
163,626	91.76%
1,190	0.67%
11,286	6.33%
438	0.25%
n/a
1,547	0.87%
14,701	8.24%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
21,037	12.2
15,489	9.0
-10,969	-6.4
5	0.0

-6,099	-3.5
4,305	2.5

Number	Rate
1990's
24,713	14.6
16,716	9.9
-11,348	-6.7
346	0.2

-4,296	-2.5
6,999	4.1

Number	Rate
1980's
31,538	17.8
15,369	8.7
-24,907	-14.1
n/a

-11,115	-6.3
3,389	1.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-20,491	-11.5
n/a

-4,751	-2.7
3,427	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

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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
38.7
40,839	23.4%
133,642	76.6%
32,792	18.8%

67,216
2.47

42,016	62.5%
31,892	75.9%
3,691	8.8%
25,200	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
39.8
41,066	24.1%
129,120	75.9%
27,387	16.1%

68,514
2.38

44,096	64.4%
33,770	76.6%
4,209	9.5%
24,418	35.6%

2000
Number	Percent
37.1
46,982	27.3%
124,998	72.7%
25,388	14.8%

67,511
2.48

45,818	67.9%
36,966	80.7%
4,322	9.4%
21,693	32.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.2
49,349	29.2%
119,928	70.8%
23,618	14.0%

63,560
2.57

45,147	71.0%
37,974	84.1%
3,842	8.5%
18,413	29.0%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
53,523	30.2%
123,480	69.8%
19,720	11.1%

63,690
2.71

47,134	74.0%
41,061	87.1%
3,089	6.6%
16,556	26.0%

2022 Housing Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,473	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,610	5.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,679	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,145	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,510	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,001	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,409	5.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,863	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,062	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,512	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,175	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,313	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,834	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,751	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,863	5.7%
$200,000 or more	3,016	4.5%

Median Household Income	58,832
Per Capita Income	31,996

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,152	4.7%
Public Assistance	2,119	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,218	12.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	66,627	67.8%
Unemployed	2,988	3.0%
In Armed Forces	2,609	2.7%

Total Labor Force	72,224	73.5%
Not in Labor Force	26,039	26.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	22,567	18,183	55.4%
Non-Profit	2,641	5,443	32.7%
Self-Employed	7,987	3,862	67.4%

Local Government	3,384	4,475	43.1%
State Government	925	1,633	36.2%
Federal Government	2,581	2,064	55.6%

Total Private + Self	30,554	22,045	58.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,531	13,615	41.2%
Total	40,085	35,660	52.9%

Pct. Govt.	19.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,845	16.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	15,272	20.0%
Professional, Technical	15,554	20.4%
Service Occupations	14,445	18.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,353	3.1%
All others	18,143	23.8%

White Collar		57.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	11,481	330.8%
Retail trade	9,302	268.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,260	209.2%
Educational services	6,763	194.8%
Accommodation and food services	5,940	171.1%
Construction	5,729	165.1%
Public administration	5,387	155.2%
Other services	3,693	106.4%
Transportation and warehousing	3,363	96.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,781	80.1%
Finance and insurance	2,616	75.4%
Manufacturing	2,311	66.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,186	63.0%
Wholesale trade	2,173	62.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,440	41.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,219	35.1%
Information	1,139	32.8%
Utilities	780	22.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	645	18.6%
Management	51	1.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,621	2.69%
Puerto Rican	673	0.39%
Cuban	253	0.15%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	484	0.28%
Costa Rican	31	0.02%
Guatemalan	125	0.07%
Honduran	172	0.10%
Nicaraguan	79	0.05%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	77	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	132	0.08%
Argentinean	7	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	64	0.04%
Ecuadorian	5	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	47	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	9	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	794	0.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	344	0.20%
Chinese	299	0.17%
Indian	265	0.15%
Korean	138	0.08%
Vietnamese	58	0.03%
Japanese	56	0.03%
Thai	7	0.00%
Cambodian	5	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	154,026	95.8%
German, other Germanic	2,775	1.7%
Spanish	1,766	1.1%
Other	1,029	0.6%
Other Indo-European	371	0.2%
Chinese	187	0.1%
Other Asian	175	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	172	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	113	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	34,101	19.8%
Irish	17,876	10.4%
English	16,370	9.5%
Norwegian	14,980	8.7%
American	14,374	8.4%
European	4,748	2.8%
Italian	4,483	2.6%
Scottish	4,073	2.4%
French	3,374	2.0%
Swedish	3,366	2.0%
Polish	2,461	1.4%
Scandinavian	2,363	1.4%
Dutch	2,303	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	1,658	1.0%
Welsh	1,494	0.9%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	171,091	99.5%
Not a citizen	834	0.5%

Native	169,544	98.6%
Foreign-born	2,381	1.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,353	2.9%	6,153	5.3%	37,183	32.0%	40,031	34.4%	20,176	17.3%	9,470	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,353	2.9%
9-12 Years	6,153	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	37,183	32.0%
Some College	40,031	34.4%
Bach. Degree	20,176	17.3%
Grad Degree	9,470	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	78,751	74,381	4,370	5.5%
1991	77,865	73,085	4,780	6.1%
1992	79,565	74,545	5,020	6.3%
1993	78,196	73,548	4,648	5.9%
1994	80,549	76,096	4,453	5.5%
1995	81,345	76,540	4,805	5.9%
1996	81,919	77,178	4,741	5.8%
1997	81,817	76,995	4,822	5.9%
1998	83,751	78,580	5,171	6.2%
1999	82,518	77,569	4,949	6.0%

2000	80,986	76,844	4,142	5.1%
2001	79,642	75,914	3,728	4.7%
2002	78,127	74,591	3,536	4.5%
2003	78,900	75,205	3,695	4.7%
2004	79,652	76,002	3,650	4.6%
2005	79,765	76,313	3,452	4.3%
2006	80,449	77,599	2,850	3.5%
2007	80,947	77,971	2,976	3.7%
2008	82,661	78,884	3,777	4.6%
2009	82,081	77,285	4,796	5.8%

2010	80,611	75,571	5,040	6.3%
2011	79,718	74,769	4,949	6.2%
2012	80,257	75,818	4,439	5.5%
2013	80,171	75,830	4,341	5.4%
2014	79,236	75,408	3,828	4.8%
2015	79,017	75,470	3,547	4.5%
2016	78,220	74,717	3,503	4.5%
2017	77,557	74,355	3,202	4.1%
2018	77,296	74,274	3,022	3.9%
2019	77,829	74,894	2,935	3.8%

2020	76,918	72,593	4,325	5.6%
2021	76,896	74,200	2,696	3.5%
2022	78,579	76,381	2,198	2.8%
2023	78,631	76,234	2,397	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	79,980
Median Value	$198,620

Occupied	67,216	84.0%
Vacant	12,764	16.0%

Owned	45,837	68.2%
Rented	21,379	31.8%
Median Rent	$773

Single-Family Units	58,999	73.8%
Detached	56,237	70.3%
Attached	2,762	3.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,622	9.5%
Mobile Homes	7,884	9.9%

Great Falls, MT Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Great Falls, MT Market Area