I love looking at data, and the United States Census Bureau has it in spades. I decided to check out the Montana Census and Economic Information Center website to see some of the data for both Montana & Great Falls.

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As of the 2020 Census Montana topped 1 million people.  We now have a population of 1,084,225. That's an increase of 94,810 or 2% growth from the last census done in 2010.

Here are some of the other stats I looked at:

Population & Sex

  • Great Falls population was 60,442 in 2020 up from 58,505 in 2010
  • Females in Great Falls make up 50.6% of the population with males at 49.6%
  • In Montana it's flipped, males are 50.6% of the population with females at 49.6%.
  • For males in Montana, the biggest age demographic is 20-24 with 37,918.
  • For females in Montana, the biggest age demographic is 60-24 with 39,656.
  • The median age for Montana residents 40.1

Education

  • 93.3% of Great Falls residents have a HS diploma.
  • 27.2% have a Bachelor's degree or higher.
  • 94.4% have a HS diploma in Montana.
  • 33.7% have a Bachelor's degree or higher.

Employment, Income & Poverty

  • 61.2% residents 16+ have a job in Great Falls.
  • 62.9% in Montana.
  • 63.1% in America.
  • Median Income in Great Falls is $53,126.
  • Montana is $60,560.
  • America is $69,021.
  • 14.5% of Great Falls residents are living in poverty.
  • 11.9% in Montana.
  • 11.6% in America.

Healthcare

  • 9.1% of Great Falls residents under 65 are without health care.
  • 10.1% for Montana.
  • 9.8% for America.

Home Prices

  • $190,300 is the Median Value of homes in Great Falls.
  • $263,700 for Montana.
  • $244,900 for America.

Race & Ancestry

  • 85.4% of Great Falls residents are White.
  • 4.7% are Native American.
  • 1.1% are African American.
  • 88.7% of Montana residents are White.
  • 6.6% are Native American.
  • 0.6% are African American.
  • Our biggest Ancestry in Montana is German with 23.2%.
  • Irish comes in second with 14.0%.
  • English is third with 13.0%.

There is plenty more you can check out for yourself both here and here if you'd like to look or to see where I got the statistics from.

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