People QuickFacts	Billings	Montana
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	100,148	944,632
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	9.2%	4.7%
  	Population, 2000    	89,847	902,195
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.5%	6.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	24.0%	25.5%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.8%	13.4%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.9%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	91.9%	90.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.6%	0.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.4%	6.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.6%	0.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.1%	1.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	4.2%	2.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	50.1%	53.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.5%	1.8%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.2%	5.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	88.7%	87.2%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	28.5%	24.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	16.0	17.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	39,293	412,633
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	64.0%	69.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$99,900	$99,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	37,525	358,667
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.32	2.45
  	Median household income, 1999    	$35,147	$33,024
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,207	$17,151
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	12.0%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Billings	Montana
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,979,101	7,223,420
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,714,236	10,122,625
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$18,226	$11,119
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	252,144	1,537,986
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	10,345	100,402
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.0%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.0%	1.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	32.7%	24.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Billings	Montana
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	33	145,552
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,665.3	6.2
  	FIPS Code    	06550	30
 	Counties    	Yellowstone County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts