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Petroleum County, MT

447 Population
1,655.6 square miles 0.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,919 ±$8,205 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,208 ±$16,682 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±3.6% (36  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±3.3 (3,225  ±1,325) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

221 ±54 Number of households
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.7 (447  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.9% ±23.4% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

311 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,400 ±$49,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±7.7% (53  ±35.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±30.4% (353  ±71.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.8% ±8.6% (110  ±40) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.9% ±1.8% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.3% ±8.7% (62  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
62 Total veterans ±36 56 Male ±35 6 Female ±7

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