State Race* Breakdown
2010 Census: Montana Profile
Black or African American
(0.4%)
American Indian and
Alaska Native (6.3%)
Asian (0.6%)
White
(89.4%)
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander (0.1%)
Population Density by Census Tract
Some other race (0.6%)
Two or more races
(2.5%)
*One race
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
makes up 2.9% of the state population.
Population by Sex and Age
Total Population: 989,415
85+ Years
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
45,000
22,500
0
Male
22,500
45,000
Female
Housing Tenure
Total Occupied Housing Units:
409,607
32.0% Renter
Occupied
68.0% Owner Occupied
Average Household Size
of Owner-Occupied Units:
2.42
Average Household Size
of Renter-Occupied Units:
people
2.18
People per Square Mile
by Census Tract
Montana Population
1970 to 2010
2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
989,415
902,195
799,065
786,690
694,409
U.S. density is
88.4
0
0
U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
25
50
25
75
50
100 Kilometers
75
100 Miles
1,000.0 to 6,589.6
200.0 to 999.9
88.4 to 199.9
20.0 to 88.3
5.0 to 19.9
1.0 to 4.9
Less than 1.0
County Boundary
Montana Mean Center
of Population
people
Montana
2010 Census Population:
Land Area:
Density:
Capital:
989,415 (44th)
145,545.8 square miles (4th)
6.8 persons per square mile (48th)
Helena
BASIC INFORMATION
Became a State:
Bordering States:
Abbreviation:
ANSI/FIPS Code:
HISTORY
METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND RELATED
STATISTICAL AREAS
The United States acquired the area of Montana from France as part of the
Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and by a treaty with Great Britain in 1846. Montana
Territory was organized from the northeastern part of Idaho Territory on May 26,
1864, with generally the same boundary as the present state.
Montana has three metropolitan statistical areas and five micropolitan statistical
areas.
COUNTIES
Census data for Montana are available beginning with the 1870 census. The 1860
census population in present-day Montana was included in unorganized Dakota,
although legally the area was within Nebraska and Washington territories. The
portion of Yellowstone National Park in Montana was probably enumerated as part
of Wyoming from 1880 to 1910.
Data for the legally established state of Montana are available beginning with the
1890 census.
Montana has eight federally recognized American Indian areas. There are seven
reservations, six with off-reservation trust lands. There is also one off-reservation
trust land associated with an American Indian reservation in a neighboring state.
Geographic Entities
American Indian Tribal Subdivisions
Block Groups
Census Blocks
Census Tracts
Congressional Districts (108th - 112th)
Counties and Equivalents
County Subdivisions
Elementary School Districts
8
23
842
8
18
874
1
1
271
56
194
267
100
Voting Districts
Montana has 364 places; 129 incorporated places and 235 census designated
places (CDPs). The incorporated places consist of 52 cities, 75 towns, 1 city with
no description - Anconda-Deer Lodge County - and 1 balance of county for the
area of the Butte-Silver Bow consolidated city outside of the incorporated place of
Walkerville city.
99,018
State Legislative Districts (Lower)
Unified School Districts
There are 194 county subdivisions in Montana. They are all census county
divisions (CCDs), which are delineated for statistical purposes, have no legal
function, and are not governmental units.
132,288
364
State Legislative Districts (Upper)
COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS
2010 Census Census 2000
Places
Secondary School Districts
There are 56 counties in Montana. Two counties are not considered to be
functioning governmental units because each has consolidated its functions with
an incorporated place.
PLACES
AMERICAN INDIAN AREAS
American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Areas
November 8, 1889 (41st)
Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
MT
30
108
270
56
191
291
275
110
N/A
50
N/A
581
N/A
52
56
Features
Address Range-Feature Names
Address Ranges
Area Landmarks
Area Water
Edges
Feature Names
Linear Water
Point Landmarks
Primary and Secondary Roads
Roads
Topological Faces
Topological Faces-Area Hydrography
Topological Faces-Area Landmark
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Call: (301) 763-1128
2010 Census
283,763
252,289
717
24,694
1,167,029
1,030,154
136,220
7,313
2,257
264,993
346,159
38,531
4,729