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Big Horn County, MT

12,963 Population
4,997.8 square miles 2.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,453 ±$1,640 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,680 ±$2,608 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

23.6% ±3.5% (2,984  ±446) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±2.2 (86,510  ±11,119) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,691 ±123 Number of households
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3.5 ±0.1 (12,764  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.5% ±1.9% (162  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,533 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$148,200 ±$14,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.1% ±3% (1,047  ±391) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

88.5% ±5.6% (6,618  ±,425.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
20.9% ±2.9% (1,562  ±,217.8) 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

0.5% (69  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5% ±1% (435  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
435 Total veterans ±90 406 Male ±84 29 Female ±28

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