Meagher County, Montana Demographics

Meagher County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Foreign born residents

Meagher County is 6th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - White

Meagher County is 7th in Montana out of 56 other counties in People per household

Meagher County is 7th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Meagher County is 8th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Meagher County is 12th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Income below poverty line

Meagher County is 19th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	1,924	46th	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,391.9	26th	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.8	48th	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	19th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.0%	34th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.0%	8th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.9%	47th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.7%	42nd	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	97.6%	6th	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	23rd	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	52nd	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	41st	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	27th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	50th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	50th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.4%	7th	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	48.5%	46th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	1st	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	1,439	43rd	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.8%	51st	16.3%	25.9%
Households	694	49th	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.3%	44th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$111,500	27th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.7	7th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	52nd	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$18,147	52nd	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$33,846	53rd	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.2%	12th	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Meagher County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	68	45th	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	267	47th	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	50th	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$16,374	46th	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,541	36th	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,072	44th	$2,079,426	$613,795,732