People QuickFacts Montana USA Population, 2011 estimate 998,199 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 989,415 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 0.9% Population, 2010 989,415 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.2% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.2% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.8% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 89.9% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.4% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.1% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 87.5% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 83.2% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 2.0% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 4.6% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 91.0% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 27.9% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 100,874 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 17.7 25.2  Housing units, 2011 489,157 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 69.0% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 16.3% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $173,300 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 401,328 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.36 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $23,836 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $43,872 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 14.5% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts Montana USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 36,011 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 338,405 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 14.2 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 83,651 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 114,398 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 10,638,145 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,202,782 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,686,854 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,343 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,079,426 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 1,914 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Montana USA Land area in square miles, 2010 145,545.80 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 6.8 87.4 FIPS Code 30 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts