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Yellowstone County, MT

170,843 Population
2,633.3 square miles 64.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,118 ±$2,417 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $40,197 ±$882
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,914 ±$5,443 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $70,804 ±$1,475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.4% ±1.9% (15,682  ±3,153) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 11.7% 129,804 (±0.7% / ±7,386)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.3 minutes ±0.9 (1,435,505  ±90,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 20.2 9,947,235 (±0.6 / ±318,257)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

72,668 ±1,202 Number of households
  • Montana: 472,867 ±4,532
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (167,200  ±77) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 2.3 1,103,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.6% ±2.7% (2,959  ±1,053) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 5.4% † 13,370 (±0.8% / ±2,020)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

75,508 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 535,481 ±106
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$358,700 ±$10,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $392,300 ±$7,547
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.8% ±2.5% (25,051  ±4,212) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 13.1% 146,873 (±0.8% / ±8,415.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.3% ±4.5% (114,331  ±5,370.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.4% 751,495 (±1.6% / ±12,815)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.3% ±2.7% (37,198  ±3,180.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 34.6% 275,535 (±1% / ±8,167)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

1.7% (2,877  ±799) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 2.2% 24,623
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.6% ±1.4% (12,712  ±1,785) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 9% 79,897 (±0.4% / ±3,718)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,712 Total veterans ±1,785 11,379 Male ±1,491 1,333 Female ±750

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