People QuickFacts	Helena	Montana
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	28,592	997,667
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	28,194	989,417
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.4%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	28,190	989,415
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.1%	22.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.6%	14.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	93.3%	89.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.3%	6.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	0.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.6%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.8%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	91.6%	87.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	76.5%	83.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.6%	2.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.0%	4.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	95.5%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	46.2%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,914	99,163
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	13.6	17.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	13,457	482,825
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	56.9%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	37.9%	16.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$192,500	$179,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	13,083	403,495
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.01	2.36
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,856	$24,640
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,749	$45,324
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.9%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Helena	Montana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,769	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    	S	1.0%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.0%	24.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	10,638,145
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	167,268	8,202,782
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	775,528	14,686,854
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$26,887	$15,343
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	106,944	2,079,426

   	Geography QuickFacts	Helena	Montana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	16.35	145,545.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,724.3	6.8
 	FIPS Code    	35600	30
 	Counties    	Lewis and Clark County
 	

(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