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Demographics
Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1870 20,595 –
1880 39,159 90.1%
1890 142,924 265.0%
1900 243,329 70.3%
1910 376,053 54.5%
1920 548,889 46.0%
1930 537,606 -2.1%
1940 559,456 4.1%
1950 591,024 5.6%
1960 674,767 14.2%
1970 694,409 2.9%
1980 786,690 13.3%
1990 799,065 1.6%
2000 902,195 12.9%
Montana Population Density MapAs of 2005, Montana has an estimated population of
935,670, which is an increase of 8,750, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an
increase of 33,475, or 3.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural
increase since the last census of 13,674 people (that is 58,001 births minus
44,327 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 21,074 people into the
state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of
2,141 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 18,933
people. 16,500 of state residents are foreign-born, accounting for 1.8% of the
total population.
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 1.52% of the population aged 5 and over speak
Spanish at home, while 1.11% speak German .
The center of population of Montana is located in Meagher County, in the city of
White Sulphur Springs .
Demographics of Montana (csv)
By race White Black AIAN Asian NHPI
AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native - NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander
2000 (total population) 92.79% 0.50% 7.36% 0.79% 0.12%
2000 (Hispanic only) 1.74% 0.05% 0.28% 0.04% 0.01%
2005 (total population) 92.52% 0.62% 7.47% 0.82% 0.11%
2005 (Hispanic only) 2.22% 0.07% 0.23% 0.03% 0.01%
Growth 2000-2005 (total population) 3.42% 28.09% 5.19% 7.11% -4.46%
Growth 2000-2005 (non-Hispanic only) 2.87% 25.58% 5.91% 8.07% -0.82%
Growth 2000-2005 (Hispanic only) 31.85% 52.36% -13.46% -13.52% -39.22%
While German ancestry is the largest reported European-American ancestry in most
of Montana, residents of Scandinavian ancestry are prevalent in some of the
farming-dominated northern and eastern prairie regions. There are also several
predominantly Native American counties, mostly around each of the seven Indian
reservations. The historically mining-oriented communities of western Montana
such as Butte have a wider range of ethnic groups, particularly people of
Eastern European and Irish-American ancestry, as well as people who originally
emigrated from British mining regions such as Cornwall. Montana is second only
to South Dakota in U.S. Hutterite population with several colonies spread across
the state. Many of Montana's historic logging communities originally attracted
people of Scandinavian and Scots-Irish descent. Montana's Hispanic population is
particularly concentrated around the Billings area in south-central Montana, and
the highest density of African-Americans is located in Great Falls.
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