People QuickFacts	Helena Valley West Central CDP	Montana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	X	1,005,141
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	X	989,417
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	X	1.6%
 	Population, 2010    	7,883	989,415
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.3%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	25.8%	22.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.1%	14.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.7%	49.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	95.4%	89.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	6.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.0%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.0%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	94.1%	87.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.7%	83.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.1%	2.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.4%	4.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.1%	91.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	31.3%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	752	99,163
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.7	17.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,140	482,825
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	86.0%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	1.1%	16.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$210,800	$179,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,148	403,495
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.62	2.36
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,157	$24,640
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$58,082	$45,324
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.2%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Helena Valley West Central CDP	Montana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	434	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    	23.0%	24.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	10,638,145
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	8,202,782
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	12,136	14,686,854
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	NA	$15,343
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	2,079,426

   	Geography QuickFacts	Helena Valley West Central CDP	Montana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	26.50	145,545.80
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	297.5	6.8
 	FIPS Code    	35637	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