2024 population: 122,546 ( 4,618 from 2020)
Land area: 2593.0 square miles
Population density: 47.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	106,848	87.19%	3.7%
Black:	613	0.50%	12.5%
Indian:	2,783	2.27%	1.0%
Asian:	2,209	1.80%	4.1%
2+ races:	3,783	3.09%	13.5%
Hispanic:	6,310	5.15%	6.2%

Total non-White:	15,698	12.81%	5.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,685	9.9
Deaths:	4,289	9.1
Net Migration:	3,791	8.0
Net Immigration:	386	0.8

Change in White population:	3,798	3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	820	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
117,928
103,050	87.38%
545	0.46%
2,755	2.34%
2,303	1.95%
3,334	2.83%
5,941	5.04%
14,878	12.62%

2010
109,299
99,489	91.02%
412	0.38%
2,641	2.42%
1,323	1.21%
2,476	2.27%
2,861	2.62%
9,810	8.98%

2000
95,802
89,226	93.14%
255	0.27%
2,061	2.15%
1,040	1.09%
1,571	1.64%
1,543	1.61%
6,576	6.86%

1990
78,687
75,091	95.43%
157	0.20%
1,648	2.09%
777	0.99%
n/a
1,014	1.29%
3,596	4.57%

1980
76,016
73,033	96.08%
76	0.10%
1,330	1.75%
780	1.03%
n/a
689	0.91%
2,983	3.92%

1970
58,263
56,692	97.30%
78	0.13%
653	1.12%
115	0.20%
n/a
639	1.10%
1,571	2.70%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
11,126	10.2
7,914	7.2
5,838	5.3
1,271	1.2

3,561	3.3
5,068	4.6

Number	Rate
2000's
11,186	11.7
6,412	6.7
8,004	8.4
516	0.5

10,263	10.7
3,234	3.4

Number	Rate
1990's
10,687	13.6
5,965	7.6
5,893	7.5
629	0.8

14,135	18.0
2,980	3.8

Number	Rate
1980's
12,277	16.2
4,936	6.5
-4,902	-6.4
n/a

2,058	2.7
613	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
10,701	18.4
n/a

16,341	28.0
1,412	2.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.7
21,733	9.0%
100,813	82.3%
19,464	8.1%

50,446
2.29

27,804	55.1%
21,638	77.8%
2,298	8.3%
22,642	44.9%

2010
Number	Percent
34.3
21,828	20.0%
87,471	80.0%
12,457	11.4%

45,926
2.30

25,931	56.5%
19,722	76.1%
2,595	10.0%
19,995	43.5%

2000
Number	Percent
33.6
21,875	22.8%
73,927	77.2%
9,694	10.1%

38,493
2.39

23,267	60.4%
18,466	79.4%
2,306	9.9%
15,226	39.6%

1990
Number	Percent
31.6
20,416	25.9%
58,271	74.1%
8,098	10.3%

31,018
2.45

20,281	65.4%
16,348	80.6%
2,174	10.7%
10,737	34.6%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
20,164	26.5%
55,852	73.5%
6,135	8.1%

28,198
2.60

19,267	68.3%
16,251	84.3%
1,590	8.3%
8,931	31.7%

2022 Housing Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,370	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,297	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,721	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,849	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,144	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,188	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,816	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,250	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,303	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,102	8.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,168	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,103	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,365	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,128	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,692	7.3%
$200,000 or more	3,950	7.8%

Median Household Income	66,840
Per Capita Income	40,311

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,770	3.5%
Public Assistance	1,335	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,028	10.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	60,328	78.6%
Unemployed	2,932	3.8%
In Armed Forces	79	0.1%

Total Labor Force	63,339	82.5%
Not in Labor Force	13,433	17.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	21,949	19,283	53.2%
Non-Profit	2,463	4,150	37.2%
Self-Employed	5,179	3,502	59.7%

Local Government	1,496	2,102	41.6%
State Government	2,032	2,046	49.8%
Federal Government	1,102	823	57.2%

Total Private + Self	27,128	22,785	54.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,093	9,121	43.7%
Total	34,221	31,906	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	9,969	15.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,578	20.5%
Professional, Technical	16,774	25.3%
Service Occupations	13,652	20.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	537	0.8%
All others	12,234	18.5%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	10,387	15.7%
Retail trade	8,498	12.8%
Accommodation and food services	6,814	10.3%
Educational services	5,857	8.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,005	7.6%
Construction	3,920	5.9%
Other services	3,587	5.4%
Transportation and warehousing	3,528	5.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,994	4.5%
Manufacturing	2,821	4.3%
Public administration	2,554	3.9%
Finance and insurance	2,183	3.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,818	2.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,621	2.4%
Wholesale trade	1,451	2.2%
Information	1,309	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,217	1.8%
Utilities	454	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	168	0.3%
Management	21	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,685	2.27%
Puerto Rican	242	0.20%
Cuban	27	0.02%
Dominican	208	0.18%

Total Central American	85	0.07%
Costa Rican	17	0.01%
Guatemalan	10	0.01%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	30	0.03%
Panamanian	11	0.01%
Salvadoran	17	0.01%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	479	0.40%
Argentinean	75	0.06%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	179	0.15%
Colombian	165	0.14%
Ecuadorian	10	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	19	0.02%
Uruguayan	26	0.02%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	5	0.00%

Other Hispanic	584	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	698	0.59%
Chinese	490	0.41%
Hmong	323	0.27%
Korean	144	0.12%
Japanese	143	0.12%
Vietnamese	77	0.06%
Thai	59	0.05%
Taiwanese	27	0.02%
Indian	22	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	107,192	94.9%
Spanish	1,389	1.2%
German, other Germanic	1,006	0.9%
Other	646	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	574	0.5%
Other Asian	570	0.5%
Tagalog	415	0.4%
Chinese	362	0.3%
Other Indo-European	334	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	24,670	20.8%
Irish	17,814	15.0%
English	14,174	12.0%
Norwegian	7,583	6.4%
Italian	5,092	4.3%
American	4,349	3.7%
French	4,053	3.4%
European	3,849	3.2%
Scottish	3,662	3.1%
Swedish	3,278	2.8%
Polish	2,283	1.9%
Dutch	1,874	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	1,782	1.5%
Scandinavian	1,460	1.2%
Danish	997	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	116,749	98.5%
Not a citizen	1,792	1.5%

Native	114,612	96.7%
Foreign-born	3,929	3.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,068	1.3%	1,863	2.3%	16,856	20.8%	25,202	31.1%	22,620	27.9%	13,441	16.6%
Average years of education: 14.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,068	1.3%
9-12 Years	1,863	2.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	16,856	20.8%
Some College	25,202	31.1%
Bach. Degree	22,620	27.9%
Grad Degree	13,441	16.6%
Average years of education: 14.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	85,860	80,706	5,154	6.0%
1991	85,992	79,590	6,402	7.4%
1992	90,940	85,022	5,918	6.5%
1993	93,386	87,978	5,408	5.8%
1994	94,550	89,816	4,734	5.0%
1995	97,196	92,336	4,860	5.0%
1996	100,218	95,970	4,248	4.2%
1997	102,126	97,666	4,460	4.4%
1998	103,660	99,244	4,416	4.3%
1999	106,080	102,164	3,916	3.7%

2000	108,682	104,270	4,412	4.1%
2001	109,478	105,096	4,382	4.0%
2002	111,776	107,322	4,454	4.0%
2003	112,766	108,126	4,640	4.1%
2004	113,834	109,284	4,550	4.0%
2005	115,708	111,430	4,278	3.7%
2006	117,714	114,148	3,566	3.0%
2007	119,036	115,190	3,846	3.2%
2008	118,930	113,416	5,514	4.6%
2009	117,798	110,042	7,756	6.6%

2010	117,132	108,678	8,454	7.2%
2011	117,552	109,960	7,592	6.5%
2012	118,276	111,544	6,732	5.7%
2013	118,894	112,794	6,100	5.1%
2014	119,940	114,622	5,318	4.4%
2015	121,084	116,204	4,880	4.0%
2016	122,722	117,944	4,778	3.9%
2017	124,742	120,150	4,592	3.7%
2018	126,512	122,246	4,266	3.4%
2019	128,474	124,206	4,268	3.3%

2020	128,246	120,212	8,034	6.3%
2021	130,112	125,718	4,394	3.4%
2022	133,820	130,294	3,526	2.6%
2023	138,370	134,426	3,944	2.9%
2024	144,056	139,972	4,084	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	55,084
Median Value	$382,400

Occupied	50,446	91.6%
Vacant	4,638	8.4%

Owned	29,672	58.8%
Rented	20,774	41.2%
Median Rent	$1,068

Single-Family Units	34,723	63.0%
Detached	32,198	58.5%
Attached	2,525	4.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,570	17.4%
Mobile Homes	5,042	9.2%

Missoula, MT Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Missoula, MT Metro Area