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

158,696 Population
6,156.6 square miles 25.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,270 ±$2,192 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $38,329 ±$971
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$66,838 ±$2,903 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Montana: $67,631 ±$1,496
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12% ±2.2% (18,626  ±3,357) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 12.1% 133,233 (±0.8% / ±8,663)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

16.1 minutes ±1.2 (1,126,990  ±97,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,186,390 (±0.5 / ±281,969)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

65,884 ±1,483 Number of households
  • Montana: 464,072 ±4,326
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (154,272  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,093,570
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

9.6% ±3.5% (3,159  ±1,159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 6.9% † 16,895 (±1% / ±2,419)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

73,498 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Montana: 529,167 ±167
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$321,000 ±$13,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $366,400 ±$6,114
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

14.4% ±2.7% (22,601  ±4,215.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 13.3% 147,486 (±0.8% / ±8,398.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.9% ±4.1% (104,430  ±4,650.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 94.1% 738,687 (±1.5% / ±12,014.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
35.4% ±2.7% (39,366  ±3,059.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 34.6% 271,742 (±0.9% / ±7,371.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

3.3% ±0.4% (4,770  ±,590.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 4.1% 42,580 (±0.2% / ±2,024.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

1.6% (2,481  ±815) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 2.3% 26,276
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

11% ±1.1% (13,181  ±1,365) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 8.9% 78,694 (±0.5% / ±4,336)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
13,181 Total veterans ±1,365 11,916 Male ±1,233 1,265 Female ±567

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