The Billings Metropolitan Statistical Area is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. Located in south central portion of the state, its population was 158,050 at the 2010 census.

Consisting of Carbon and Yellowstone counties, it is one of the largest metropolitan area between Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 and Calgary, Alberta Canada and between Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

 and Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

.It also has one of the largest trade, cultural, business and medical areas in the United States; this includes all of Montana, northern Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

 and the western Dakotas

The Dakotas

The Dakotas is a collective term that refers to the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota together. The term has been used historically to describe the Dakota Territory, and is continued to be used to describe the collective heritage, culture, geography, fauna, sociology, the economy, and...

.

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Laurel
  Laurel, Montana
  Laurel is a city in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located in the Yellowstone Valley, as an east-west terminal division point of the Burlington-Northern Railroad.. The population was 6,781 at the 2010 census.Both...
  
  
• Lockwood
  Lockwood, Montana
  Lockwood is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. Lockwood had the largest growth rate in the state of Montana with 57.8% growth since 2000. The 2010 census put Lockwood’s population at 6,797. Lockwood is a suburb of Billings and is the second largest community...
  
   (census-designated place
  Census-designated place
  A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
  
  )
• Red Lodge
  Red Lodge, Montana
  Red Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

• Bridger
  Bridger, Montana
  Bridger is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 745 at the 2000 census.The town of Bridger was named for the scout Jim Bridger...
  
  
• Joliet
  Joliet, Montana
  Joliet is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 575 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Joliet is located at .-Notable residents:...
  
  
• Worden
  Worden, Montana
  Worden is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 506 at the 2000 census. Worden, along with Ballantine, Huntley, and Pompey's Pillar, is part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district established by the United States Bureau of Reclamation...
  
   (census-designated place)

Places with less than 500 inhabitants

• Ballantine
  Ballantine, Montana
  Ballantine is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 346 at the 2000 census. Ballantine, along with the communities of Pompey's Pillar, Worden, and Huntley, is part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district created by the United States...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Bearcreek
  Bearcreek, Montana
  Bearcreek is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 83 at the 2000 census.The town of Bearcreek was named for Bear Creek, which runs through the middle of town...
  
  
• Belfry
  Belfry, Montana
  Belfry is a census-designated place in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 219 at the 2000 census. It is located approximately 11 miles from the Wyoming border, roughly halfway between Billings, Montana and...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Broadview
  Broadview, Montana
  Broadview is a town in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 150 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Broadview is located at ....
  
  
• Custer
  Custer, Montana
  Custer is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census.This community bears the name of U.S...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Fromberg
  Fromberg, Montana
  Fromberg is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 486 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fromberg is located at ....
  
  
• Huntley
  Huntley, Montana
  Huntley is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 411 at the 2000 census. Huntley lent its name to the Huntley Project, a federal irrigation project that began delivering water to the arid district in 1907...
  
   (census-designated place)
• Shepherd
  Shepherd, Montana
  Shepherd is a census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 193 at the 2000 census. Shepherd is a Billings suburb located to the northeast. The unincorporated town was named after R.E...
  
   (census-designated place)

Unincorporated places

• Boyd
  Boyd, Montana
  Boyd is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Boyd has a post office with a ZIP code of 59013. Boyd lies on U.S. Route 212 southwest of Joliet and northeast of Roberts.-References:...
  
  
• Edgar
  Edgar, Montana
  Edgar is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Edgar has a post office with a ZIP code of 59026. Edgar lies east of the intersection of U.S. Route 310 and Elwell Street. Edgar is south of Rockvale and northeast of Fromberg.-References:...
  
  
• Fox
  Fox, Montana
  Fox is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Fox has a post office with a ZIP code of 59070. Fox lies on U.S. Route 212 southwest of Roberts and northeast of Red Lodge.-References:...
  
  
• Luther
  Luther, Montana
  Luther is an unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Luther has a post office with a ZIP code of 59068. Luther lies on Montana Highway 78 southeast of Roscoe and northwest of Red Lodge.-References:...
  
  
• Pompey's Pillar
  Pompey's Pillar, Montana
  Pompey's Pillar is an unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.-History:Founded in 1907, Pompey's Pillar was built and named after the site of a famous natural landmark where William Clark inscribed his name on July 25, 1806 during his trip down the Yellowstone River...
  
  
• Roberts
• Rockvale
• Roscoe
• Silesia
• Warren
• Washoe

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 138,904 people, 56,149 households, and 36,926 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.08% White, 0.43% African American, 2.89% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.57% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,433, and the median income for a family was $41,841. Males had a median income of $31,851 versus $20,756 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

for the MSA was $18,254.