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Lewis and Clark & Cascade Counties--Great Falls & Helena City PUMA, MT

159,652 Population
6,156.6 square miles 25.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 41.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,996 ±$2,082 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $43,254 ±$1,178
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,857 ±$4,282 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $75,340 ±$1,635
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.9% ±1.8% (13,821  ±2,740) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 10.2% 113,684 (±0.7% / ±7,954)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.9 minutes ±1.8 (1,213,570  ±139,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.5 9,745,630 (±0.6 / ±349,401)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

68,640 ±1,224 Number of households
  • Montana: 468,981 ±3,571
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (155,167  ±92) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,107,898
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.1% (1,607  ±726) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 4.7% † 11,639 (±0.7% / ±1,765)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

74,616 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 539,622 ±174
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$382,200 ±$16,286 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $425,400 ±$10,246
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±1.8% (18,059  ±2,866.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 12.8% 143,795 (±0.8% / ±9,275.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.9% ±4.4% (108,670  ±5,068.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.6% 760,097 (±1.6% / ±13,210.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.4% ±2.7% (40,089  ±3,092.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 36.3% 292,044 (±1% / ±8,345.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.5% ±0.5% (5,202  ±684.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 4.2% 44,381 (±0.2% / ±2,081.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.2% (3,480  ±1,403) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 2.1% 24,386
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.2% ±1.5% (12,612  ±1,807) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 8.4% 76,266 (±0.5% / ±4,696)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,612 Total veterans ±1,807 11,438 Male ±1,691 1,174 Female ±496

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