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Carter County, MT

1,361 Population
3,340.5 square miles 0.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,865 ±$2,636 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,171 ±$11,434 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.8% ±4.8% (184  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.4 minutes ±1.2 (7,135  ±1,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

599 ±71 Number of households
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.3 (1,333  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

11.5% ±6.3% (20  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

799 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$176,600 ±$66,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.4% ±3.3% (98  ±45.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.3% ±6.7% (952  ±108.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.3% ±4.7% (207  ±51.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.4% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.7% ±4.4% (98  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
98 Total veterans ±50 88 Male ±48 10 Female ±8

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