Prairie County Facts

Census Statistics

	Prairie County	Montana
Population, 2003 estimate	1,154	917,621
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-3.8%	1.7%
Population, 2000	1,199	902,195
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-13.3%	12.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.2%	6.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	18.7%	25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	24.1%	13.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.4%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.0%	90.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	6.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.0%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	2.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.7%	89.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	67.2%	53.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.2%	5.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	78.8%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.8%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	182	145,732
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	13.6	17.7?
Housing units, 2002	712	417,106
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.5%	69.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.1%	15.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$36,500	$99,500?
Households, 2000	537	358,667
Persons per household, 2000	2.19	2.45
Median household income, 1999	$25,451	$33,024
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,422	$17,151
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.2%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	34	32,294
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	180	301,460
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.9%	1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	76	70,243
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	4,866,279
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	5,214	7,779,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$3,917	$8,853
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	3.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	23.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1	3,574
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	11,611	6,973,894
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,737	145,552
Persons per square mile, 2000	0.7	6.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	079	30

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