Yellowstone County, Montana Demographics

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Current population (2012)

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Households

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Housing units

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Retail sales

Yellowstone County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	151,882	1st	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,633.3	23rd	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	56.2	1st	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	13th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	14th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.7%	47th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.8%	16th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.3%	8th	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	91.4%	44th	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	3rd	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.3%	16th	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	5th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	14th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1st	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.6%	44th	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	51.0%	3rd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	24th	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	64,930	1st	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.3%	6th	16.3%	25.9%
Households	60,263	1st	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.2%	34th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$173,500	15th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	23rd	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	612	2nd	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$27,273	7th	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$50,185	8th	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	41st	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Yellowstone County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,384	1st	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	66,078	1st	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,726	1st	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,840,723	1st	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,284	3rd	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$361,729	1st	$2,079,426	$613,795,732