2024 population: 327,460 ( 22,038 from 2020)
Land area: 14508.4 square miles
Population density: 22.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	285,292	87.12%	6.4%
Black:	1,391	0.42%	20.9%
Indian:	11,700	3.57%	2.2%
Asian:	4,250	1.30%	9.5%
2+ races:	9,909	3.03%	15.9%
Hispanic:	14,918	4.56%	22.0%

Total non-White:	42,168	12.88%	13.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	12,849	10.5
Deaths:	13,521	11.1
Net Migration:	22,035	18.0
Net Immigration:	763	0.6

Change in White population:	17,122	5.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,916	1.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
305,422
268,170	87.80%
1,151	0.38%
11,444	3.75%
3,881	1.27%
8,549	2.80%
12,227	4.00%
37,252	12.20%

2010
276,487
249,180	90.12%
764	0.28%
9,979	3.61%
2,282	0.83%
6,855	2.48%
7,248	2.62%
27,307	9.88%

2000
239,564
219,758	91.73%
446	0.19%
9,383	3.92%
1,660	0.69%
4,045	1.69%
4,047	1.69%
19,806	8.27%

1990
189,819
178,805	94.20%
241	0.13%
7,246	3.82%
1,187	0.63%
n/a
2,340	1.23%
11,014	5.80%

1980
175,906
167,537	95.24%
200	0.11%
5,299	3.01%
1,117	0.63%
n/a
1,609	0.91%
8,369	4.76%

1970
132,272
126,987	96.00%
229	0.17%
3,330	2.52%
213	0.16%
n/a
1,350	1.02%
5,285	4.00%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
28,795	10.4
23,400	8.5
22,128	8.0
1,437	0.5

18,990	6.9
9,945	3.6

Number	Rate
2000's
29,274	12.2
19,392	8.1
24,727	10.3
950	0.4

29,422	12.3
7,501	3.1

Number	Rate
1990's
26,649	14.0
17,585	9.3
34,122	18.0
1,156	0.6

40,953	21.6
8,792	4.6

Number	Rate
1980's
28,946	16.5
14,129	8.0
-1,550	-0.9
n/a

11,268	6.4
2,645	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
30,198	22.8
n/a

40,550	30.7
3,084	2.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Missoula, 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
42.1
63,948	10.1%
568,934	89.9%
66,413	10.5%

132,343
2.39

81,642	61.7%
65,632	80.4%
5,578	6.8%
50,701	38.3%

2010
Number	Percent
39.4
60,469	21.9%
216,018	78.1%
39,801	14.4%

115,123
2.35

72,038	62.6%
56,534	78.5%
6,191	8.6%
43,085	37.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.9
59,463	24.8%
180,101	75.2%
29,718	12.4%

95,472
2.45

63,217	66.2%
51,348	81.2%
5,668	9.0%
32,255	33.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
52,017	27.4%
137,802	72.6%
24,131	12.7%

73,737
2.51

50,974	69.1%
42,492	83.4%
4,461	8.8%
22,763	30.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.4
50,845	28.9%
125,061	71.1%
17,831	10.1%

64,072
2.68

46,615	72.8%
40,657	87.2%
3,129	6.7%
17,457	27.2%

2022 Housing Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,250	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,718	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,791	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,685	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,054	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,866	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,462	4.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,535	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,531	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,677	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	14,433	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	18,372	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,476	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,619	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,412	7.1%
$200,000 or more	9,462	7.1%

Median Household Income	65,387
Per Capita Income	37,871

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,763	3.6%
Public Assistance	3,222	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	13,024	9.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	141,675	74.0%
Unemployed	6,361	3.3%
In Armed Forces	178	0.1%

Total Labor Force	148,214	77.4%
Not in Labor Force	43,171	22.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	52,275	44,869	53.8%
Non-Profit	5,256	9,504	35.6%
Self-Employed	14,678	9,599	60.5%

Local Government	4,154	6,006	40.9%
State Government	3,499	3,451	50.3%
Federal Government	2,960	2,232	57.0%

Total Private + Self	66,953	54,468	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,869	21,193	42.8%
Total	82,822	75,661	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	14.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	25,178	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	32,782	20.6%
Professional, Technical	35,678	22.4%
Service Occupations	30,781	19.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,823	1.1%
All others	34,674	21.8%

White Collar		58.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	23,896	15.0%
Retail trade	20,135	12.7%
Accommodation and food services	14,698	9.2%
Construction	13,289	8.4%
Educational services	12,788	8.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	10,495	6.6%
Manufacturing	8,952	5.6%
Other services	7,549	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	6,963	4.4%
Public administration	6,731	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,539	4.1%
Finance and insurance	5,626	3.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,278	3.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,006	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,437	2.2%
Information	3,361	2.1%
Wholesale trade	3,097	1.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,100	0.7%
Utilities	1,091	0.7%
Management	62	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,297	2.27%
Puerto Rican	433	0.13%
Cuban	129	0.04%
Dominican	218	0.07%

Total Central American	274	0.09%
Costa Rican	23	0.01%
Guatemalan	79	0.02%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	54	0.02%
Panamanian	83	0.03%
Salvadoran	35	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	858	0.27%
Argentinean	96	0.03%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	228	0.07%
Colombian	247	0.08%
Ecuadorian	91	0.03%
Paraguayan	32	0.01%
Peruvian	133	0.04%
Uruguayan	26	0.01%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	5	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,379	0.74%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	1,119	0.35%
Chinese	717	0.22%
Hmong	333	0.10%
Korean	325	0.10%
Japanese	241	0.07%
Indian	176	0.05%
Vietnamese	175	0.05%
Thai	79	0.02%
Taiwanese	78	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	292,527	95.7%
Spanish	4,215	1.4%
German, other Germanic	2,158	0.7%
Other	1,740	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,031	0.3%
Other Indo-European	814	0.3%
Other Asian	750	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	735	0.2%
Tagalog	728	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	69,616	21.7%
Irish	43,625	13.6%
English	43,465	13.5%
Norwegian	21,955	6.8%
American	14,258	4.4%
Italian	12,940	4.0%
French	10,697	3.3%
Swedish	10,486	3.3%
Scottish	9,802	3.0%
European	8,124	2.5%
Dutch	5,456	1.7%
Polish	5,435	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	4,733	1.5%
Scandinavian	4,131	1.3%
Danish	3,077	1.0%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	317,645	98.8%
Not a citizen	3,866	1.2%

Native	312,587	97.2%
Foreign-born	8,924	2.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,280	1.4%	8,439	3.7%	59,247	25.9%	74,648	32.7%	53,299	23.3%	29,417	12.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,280	1.4%
9-12 Years	8,439	3.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	59,247	25.9%
Some College	74,648	32.7%
Bach. Degree	53,299	23.3%
Grad Degree	29,417	12.9%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	101,599	94,196	7,403	7.3%
1991	102,056	93,100	8,956	8.8%
1992	107,915	99,472	8,443	7.8%
1993	111,918	104,013	7,905	7.1%
1994	114,542	107,177	7,365	6.4%
1995	117,534	109,645	7,889	6.7%
1996	120,679	113,114	7,565	6.3%
1997	122,683	115,075	7,608	6.2%
1998	124,939	116,967	7,972	6.4%
1999	127,440	120,283	7,157	5.6%

2000	130,957	124,527	6,430	4.9%
2001	131,161	124,568	6,593	5.0%
2002	132,344	125,782	6,562	5.0%
2003	133,825	126,808	7,017	5.2%
2004	135,998	129,216	6,782	5.0%
2005	138,303	132,178	6,125	4.4%
2006	141,328	136,231	5,097	3.6%
2007	143,942	138,464	5,478	3.8%
2008	144,536	136,238	8,298	5.7%
2009	141,328	128,007	13,321	9.4%

2010	142,204	128,822	13,382	9.4%
2011	141,546	129,523	12,023	8.5%
2012	141,581	131,271	10,310	7.3%
2013	142,467	133,254	9,213	6.5%
2014	142,933	134,938	7,995	5.6%
2015	145,346	137,943	7,403	5.1%
2016	148,046	140,764	7,282	4.9%
2017	150,222	143,315	6,907	4.6%
2018	152,443	146,030	6,413	4.2%
2019	154,772	148,349	6,423	4.1%

2020	156,293	145,676	10,617	6.8%
2021	160,266	154,272	5,994	3.7%
2022	164,794	159,965	4,829	2.9%
2023	168,646	163,183	5,463	3.2%
2024	177,102	171,438	5,664	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	154,772
Median Value	$379,702

Occupied	132,343	85.5%
Vacant	22,429	14.5%

Owned	91,189	68.9%
Rented	41,154	31.1%
Median Rent	$989

Single-Family Units	112,805	72.9%
Detached	106,931	69.1%
Attached	5,874	3.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	15,298	9.9%
Mobile Homes	15,028	9.7%

Missoula, MT Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Missoula, MT Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Missoula, MT Market Area