Custer County, Montana
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Economy
The main source of income for Custer County has largely come from cattle ranching and dryland farmingDryland farming
Dryland farming is an agricultural technique for non-irrigated cultivation of drylands.-Locations:Dryland farming is used in the Great Plains, the Palouse plateau of Eastern Washington, and other arid regions of North America, the Middle East and in other grain growing regions such as the steppes...
. Miles City serves as the center of commerce in an area extending for 100 miles in every direction. As of 2009 the largest employers were Holy Rosary Healthcare, Sanjel USA
Sanjel Corporation
Sanjel Corporation is an oilfield service company based in Calgary, Alberta.Established in 1982, the company offers services in the fields of acidizing, cementing, coiled tubing, fracturing and nitrogen pumping...
, Stockman Bank and Walmart.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 11,696 people, 4,768 households, and 3,089 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 3 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 5,360 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.02% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.09% Black
Race (United States Census)
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or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 1.27% Native American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.26% Asian
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.05% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.34% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.97% from two or more races. 1.51% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)
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or Latino
Race (United States Census)
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of any race. 34.3% were of German, 12.0% Norwegian, 8.4% English
English people
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, 8.3% Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
and 5.4% American
United States
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ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.8% spoke English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, 1.5% Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and 1.2% German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as their first language.
There were 4,768 households out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.10% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.20% were non-families. 29.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.94.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 25.60% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 17.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $38,779. Males had a median income of $27,857 versus $18,343 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 county was $15,876. About 10.10% of families and 15.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.10% of those under age 18 and 9.10% of those age 65 or over.
City
- Miles CityMiles City, MontanaMiles City is a city in and the county seat of Custer County, Montana, United States. The population was 8,123 at the 2010 census.- History :...
See also
- List of cemeteries in Custer County, Montana
- List of lakes in Custer County, Montana
- List of mountains in Custer County, Montana
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Custer County, MontanaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Custer County, MontanaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Custer County, Montana. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Custer County, Montana, United States...