Yellowstone County, Montana

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2649 sqmi, of which 2633 sqmi is land and 16 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

Major highways

Transit

• Billings Metropolitan Transit
• Express Arrow
• Jefferson Lines

Adjacent counties

• Musselshell County – north
• Rosebud County – northeast
• Treasure County – east
• Big Horn County – southeast
• Carbon County – southwest
• Stillwater County – west
• Golden Valley County – northwest

National protected areas

• Nez Perce National Historical Park (part)
• Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Demographics

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 164,731. Of the residents, 23.2% were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.9 males. 83.5% of residents lived in urban areas and 16.5% lived in rural areas.

The racial makeup of the county was 85.0% White, 0.8% Black or African American, 4.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8% Asian, 1.7% from some other race, and 7.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 6.1% of the population.

There were 67,578 households in the county, of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 26.7% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 71,804 housing units, of which 5.9% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 66.3% were owner-occupied and 33.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 147,972 people, 60,672 households, and 38,367 families residing in the county. The population density was 56.2 PD/sqmi. There were 63,943 housing units at an average density of 24.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the county was 90.7% white, 4.0% American Indian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 32.4% were German, 14.0% were Irish, 11.3% were English, 10.0% were American, and 9.9% were Norwegian.

Of the 60,672 households, 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.8% were non-families, and 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age was 38.3 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,641 and the median income for a family was $62,380. Males had a median income of $42,899 versus $30,403 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,152. About 7.9% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Yellowstone County is very conservative for an urban county. Its voters have been reliably Republican for the better part of a century. Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide was the last time that the county voted for a Democratic candidate.

Communities

Cities

• Billings (county seat)
• Laurel

Town

• Broadview

Census-designated places

• Acton
• Ballantine
• Custer
• Huntley
• Lockwood
• Mountain View Colony
• Nibbe
• Pompeys Pillar
• Shepherd
• Worden

Other unincorporated communities

• Anita
• Billings Heights
• Bull Mountain
• Comanche
• Hesper
• Homewood Park
• Indian Arrow
• Newton
• Osborn
• Yegen

Ghost towns

• Coulson
• Mossmain
• Rimrock
• Waco

Education

School districts include:

K-12 (unified):

• Custer K-12 Schools
• Huntley Project K-12 Schools
• Lockwood K-12 Schools

High school districts:

• Billings High School District
• Broadview High School District
• Laurel High School District
• Shepherd High School District

Elementary school districts:

• Billings Elementary School District
• Blue Creek Elementary School District
• Broadview Elementary School District
• Canyon Creek Elementary School District
• Elder Grove Elementary School District
• Elysian Elementary School District
• Independent Elementary School District
• Laurel Elementary School District
• Molt Elementary School District
• Morin Elementary School District
• Pioneer Elementary School District
• Shepherd Elementary School District
• Yellowstone Academy Elementary School District

References

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