Custer County, Montana Demographics

Custer County is 5th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Custer County is 10th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Custer County is 11th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Size in square miles

Custer County is 12th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Retail sales

Custer County is 13th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Households

Custer County is 13th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Custer County is 14th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Custer County is 14th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Custer County is 15th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Current population (2012)

Custer County is 15th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	11,888	15th	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,783.4	11th	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.1	25th	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	15th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	18th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	36th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	14th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.4%	31st	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	95.4%	32nd	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	18th	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.9%	24th	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	32nd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	40th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	27th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.5%	28th	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	50.1%	17th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	31st	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	5,577	17th	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.2%	18th	16.3%	25.9%
Households	5,122	13th	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.6%	39th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$97,700	37th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.2	47th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	41	10th	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$22,858	27th	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$41,373	25th	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.3%	27th	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Custer County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	415	15th	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,172	13th	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,005	21st	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$199,923	12th	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,987	5th	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$22,098	14th	$2,079,426	$613,795,732