People QuickFacts	Missoula	Montana
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	64,081	944,632
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	11.9%	4.7%
  	Population, 2000    	57,053	902,195
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.3%	6.1%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	19.7%	25.5%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.4%	13.4%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.3%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	93.6%	90.6%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.4%	6.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.2%	0.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.9%	1.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.8%	2.0% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	38.4%	53.6%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.5%	1.8%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.5%	5.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	91.5%	87.2%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	38.0%	24.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	14.3	17.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	25,225	412,633
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	50.2%	69.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$132,500	$99,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	24,141	358,667
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.23	2.45
  	Median household income, 1999    	$30,366	$33,024
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,166	$17,151
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	19.7%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Missoula	Montana
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	546,547	7,223,420
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,237,661	10,122,625
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$20,831	$11,119
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	180,431	1,537,986
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	7,307	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    	F	1.0%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	25.3%	24.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Missoula	Montana
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	23	145,552
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,397.2	6.2
  	FIPS Code    	50200	30
 	Counties    	Missoula 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