Prairie County, Montana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Prairie County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Prairie County is 1st in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Prairie County is 2nd in Montana out of 56 other counties in Home ownership rate

Prairie County is 4th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - Asian

Prairie County is 6th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	1,157	52nd	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,736.7	39th	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.7	50th	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	29th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.6%	53rd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	29.0%	1st	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.4%	49th	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.5%	51st	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	95.7%	25th	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.0%	56th	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	54th	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	4th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	6th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	38th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.9%	23rd	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	49.2%	34th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	45th	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	666	52nd	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.1%	42nd	16.3%	25.9%
Households	491	51st	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.1%	2nd	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$64,000	55th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.2	48th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	49th	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$21,832	35th	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$34,440	51st	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.3%	26th	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Prairie County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	39	50th	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	163	49th	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	290	44th	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,425	51st	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,025	44th	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$883	49th	$2,079,426	$613,795,732