Gallatin County, Montana

Infobox U.S. County
county= Gallatin County
state= Montana


map size= 225
founded=1864
seat= Bozeman
largest city= Bozeman
leader=
area_total_sq_mi=2632
area_land_sq_mi=2606
area_water_sq_mi=26
area percentage= 0.99%
census yr= 2000
pop= 67831
density_km2=10
web= www.gallatin.mt.gov|

Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. The prominent physical feature of the county is the Gallatin River, named by Meriwether Lewis in 1805 for Albert Gallatin, U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1801-14. As of 2000, the population of Gallatin County was 67,831, most residing in or near its county seat of BozemanGR|6, home of Montana State University. A small part of Yellowstone National Park lies in the southeastern portion of the county.The Big Sky Resort is about midway between West Yellowstone and Bozeman. The Gallatin River canyon is accessed by U.S. Highway 191.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,632 square miles (6,816 km²), of which, 2,606 square miles (6,749 km²) of it is land and 26 square miles (67 km²) of it (0.99%) is water. The county attained its present boundaries on November 7 1997, when the former Yellowstone National Park (part) county-equivalent was dissolved and apportioned between Gallatin County and Park County. Gallatin County received 99.155 square miles (256.81 km²) of land area and 0.119 square miles (0.309 km²) of water area, whereas Park County received 146.229 square miles (378.73 km²) of land area and 0.608 square miles (1.575 km²) of water area. The geographies transferred are known now as Census Tract 14 in Gallatin County, and as Census Tract 6 in Park County.

Adjacent counties

* Madison County, Montana - west
* Jefferson County, Montana - northwest
* Broadwater County, Montana - north
* Meagher County, Montana - northeast
* Park County, Montana - east
* Park County, Wyoming - southeast
* Teton County, Wyoming - southeast
* Fremont County, Idaho - southwest

National protected areas

* Gallatin National Forest (part)
* Yellowstone National Park (part)

Demographics

As of the GR|2 of 2000, there were 67,831 people, 26,323 households, and 16,188 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 29,489 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.20% White, 0.23% Black or African American, 0.88% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. 1.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.7% were of German, 11.2% Irish, 10.4% English, 9.0% Norwegian and 5.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 26,323 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.80% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.50% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.00% under the age of 18, 18.50% from 18 to 24, 30.40% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 8.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 108.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,120, and the median income for a family was $46,639. Males had a median income of $30,866 versus $21,330 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,074. About 6.30% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.50% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

*Belgrade
*Bozeman
*Three Forks

Towns

*Manhattan
*West Yellowstone

Census-designated places

*Amsterdam-Churchill
*Big Sky
*Four Corners
*Willow Creek

Other communities

*Logan
*Maudlow

National park

Yellowstone National Park - A small part (about 2.89%) of the park lies within the county, at its southeastern corner. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=false&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US1604393910&-geo_id=06000US5602993850&-geo_id=06000US5603993905&-geo_id=14000US30031001400&-geo_id=14000US30067000600&-search_results=06000US5602993850&-_showChild=Y&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Detailed Tables - American FactFinder ] ]

Notable residents

*Zales Ecton, United States Senator from Montana, lived in Gallatin County.

References

External links

* [http://www.gallatin.mt.gov Gallatin County, MT Official Website]
* [http://www.readygallatin.com Gallatin County Emergency Management]
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=true&-transpose=N&-_lang=en&-geo_id=05000US30031&-geo_id=05000US30067&-geo_id=14000US30031001400&-geo_id=14000US30067000600&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=14000US30067000600&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-fully_or_partially=N&-keyword=South%20Boston Census Tract 14, Gallatin County; Census Tract 6, Park County] United States Census Bureau