Jefferson County, Montana Demographics

Jefferson County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jefferson County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Income per household

Jefferson County is 3rd in Montana out of 56 other counties in Income per capita

Jefferson County is 4th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Jefferson County is 6th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Home median value

Jefferson County is 6th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Jefferson County is 11th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jefferson County is 16th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Households

Jefferson County is 16th in Montana out of 56 other counties in People per household

Jefferson County is 18th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	11,401	18th	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,656.3	42nd	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	6.9	11th	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	45th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	23rd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	40th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.6%	6th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.5%	4th	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	95.3%	33rd	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	25th	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	31st	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	29th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	18th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	35th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.6%	25th	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	49.2%	36th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	28th	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	5,162	20th	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.5%	52nd	16.3%	25.9%
Households	4,517	16th	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.1%	1st	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$234,700	6th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	16th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	35th	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$28,865	3rd	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$59,284	1st	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.9%	55th	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	254	24th	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,488	28th	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	757	24th	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$39,880	36th	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,584	52nd	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$7,268	30th	$2,079,426	$613,795,732