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Powder River County, MT

1,815 Population
3,298.2 square miles 0.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,845 ±$5,526 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,045 ±$14,071 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±2.7% (143  ±48) 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)

19.4 minutes ±1.7 (12,525  ±2,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

708 ±69 Number of households
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (1,757  ±135) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.9% ±7.4% (37  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 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

972 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,100 ±$44,516 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

18.5% ±6.7% (332  ±122) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±6.9% (1,227  ±130.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±4.8% (354  ±69.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.4% ±0.9% (25  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.4% (77  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±35 69 Male ±36 8 Female ±6

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