People QuickFacts	Lincoln County	Montana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	19,491	1,005,141
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	19,687	989,417
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.0%	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	19,687	989,415
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.7%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.5%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.4%	15.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.3%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.0%	89.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	6.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.3%	2.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.4%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.9%	87.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.6%	83.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.2%	2.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.4%	4.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	86.8%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.2%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,568	99,163
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.7	17.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	11,663	489,157
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	76.7%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	5.2%	16.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$162,900	$179,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	8,998	403,495
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.14	2.36
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,526	$24,640
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$32,012	$45,324
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.4%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lincoln County	Montana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	639	36,011
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,843	338,405
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-1.0	14.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,695	83,651 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,394	114,398
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	24.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	10,638,145
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	12,120	8,202,782
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	170,563	14,686,854
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,102	$15,343
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	26,474	2,079,426
 	Building permits, 2011     	3	1,914

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lincoln County	Montana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3,612.92	145,545.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	5.4	6.8
 	FIPS Code    	053	30
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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