Wheatland County, Montana Demographics

Wheatland County is 4th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Female residents

Wheatland County is 7th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Wheatland County is 10th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Wheatland County is 14th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wheatland County is 16th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wheatland County is 18th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wheatland County is 19th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - Two or More

Wheatland County is 20th in Montana out of 56 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Current population (2012)	2,104	44th	1,005,141	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,423.2	49th	145,545.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.5	43rd	6.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	7th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	10th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.2%	18th	15.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.7%	53rd	91.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.0%	40th	28.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Race - White	96.0%	22nd	89.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	20th	0.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	43rd	6.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	21st	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	19th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	44th	3.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.6%	16th	87.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Female residents	50.9%	4th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.0%	55th	2.0%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Housing units	1,199	45th	489,157	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.3%	34th	16.3%	25.9%
Households	847	44th	403,495	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	14th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,000	49th	$179,900	$186,200
People per household	2.3	35th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	47th	2,736	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Income per capita	$18,641	49th	$24,640	$27,915
Income per household	$32,331	54th	$45,324	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.3%	22nd	14.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wheatland County	Rank	Montana	US
Non-farm private establishments	55	48th	35,687	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	329	44th	336,110	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	316	41st	114,398	27,092,908
Retail sales	$18,254	44th	$14,686,854	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,127	29th	$15,343	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,574	45th	$2,079,426	$613,795,732