Just The Facts Ma’am; Where Does Great Falls Rank In Montana?

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.