- Billings Metropolitan Area
The Billings Metropolitan Statistical Area is the largest metropolitan area in the
U.S. state of Montana. Located in south central portion of the state, its population was 138,904 at the 2000 census.GR|2 A July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 149,657. [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) | format = CSV | work = 2007 Population Estimates | publisher =United States Census Bureau , Population Division | date =2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-09-12]It is the largest metropolitan area between Denver,
Colorado and Calgary,Alberta (Canada ) and between Spokane,Washington and Minneapolis,Minnesota . It also has one of the largest trade, cultural, business and medical areas in the United States in a 500 mile radius; this includes all of Montana, northernWyoming and the western Dakotas.__TOC__Panorama simple
fullwidth = 2000
fullheight = 396
caption = Panoramic photograph of Billings.
height = 200Counties
Communities
Places with more than 80,000 inhabitants
*Billings (Principal city)
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
*Laurel
*Lockwood (census-designated place )
*Red LodgePlaces with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants
*Bridger
*Joliet
*Worden (census-designated place)Places with less than 500 inhabitants
*Ballantine (census-designated place)
*Bearcreek
*Belfry (census-designated place)
*Broadview
*Custer (census-designated place)
*Fromberg
*Huntley (census-designated place)
*Shepherd (census-designated place)Unincorporated places
*Boyd
*Edgar
*Fox
*Luther
*Pompey's Pillar
*Roberts
*Rockvale
*Roscoe
*Silesia
*Warren
*WashoeDemographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 138,904 people, 56,149 households, and 36,926 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.08% White, 0.43% African American, 2.89% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races, and 1.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.57% of the population.The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,433, and the median income for a family was $41,841. Males had a median income of $31,851 versus $20,756 for females. The
per capita income for the MSA was $18,254.ee also
*
Montana census statistical areas References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.