People QuickFacts Cascade County Montana Population, 2012 estimate 81,723 1,005,141 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 81,327 989,417 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.5% 1.6% Population, 2010 81,327 989,415 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.7% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.7% 15.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 49.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 89.9% 89.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.5% 6.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 0.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.3% 2.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.6% 3.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 87.2% 87.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.1% 83.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.2% 2.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.3% 4.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.2% 91.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.8% 28.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 10,890 99,163 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.3 17.9  Housing units, 2011 37,470 489,157 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 67.0% 68.9% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 23.1% 16.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $151,200 $179,900 Households, 2007-2011 33,134 403,495 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.37 2.36 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,554 $24,640 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,074 $45,324 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.8% 14.6%     Business QuickFacts Cascade County Montana Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 2,429 35,687 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 29,151 336,110 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -3.8% -0.7% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,821 83,651  Total number of firms, 2007 7,266 114,398 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 2.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.1% 24.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 670,881 10,638,145 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 672,008 8,202,782 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,302,292 14,686,854 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,924 $15,343 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 174,295 2,079,426 Building permits, 2012 129 2,736     Geography QuickFacts Cascade County Montana Land area in square miles, 2010 2,698.16 145,545.80 Persons per square mile, 2010 30.1 6.8 FIPS Code 013 30 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Great Falls, MT Metro Area   (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