Silver Bow County, Montana

Silver Bow County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 34,606. Its is. In, the city of Butte and county governments consolidated to form the single entity of Butte-Silver Bow.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,862 (719 ). 1,860 km² (718 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.09%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

 * - northwest & west
 * - east
 * - south
 * - southwest

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 34,606 people, 14,432 households, and 8,933 families residing in the county. The was 19/km² (48/sq mi). There were 16,176 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (22/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.35%, 0.16% or , 2.03% , 0.43% , 0.06% , 0.59% from , and 1.37% from two or more races. 2.75% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 14,432 households out of which 28.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.80% were living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.10% were non-families. 32.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,402, and the median income for a family was $40,018. Males had a median income of $31,295 versus $21,610 for females. The for the county was $17,009. About 10.70% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the, including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.

Notable officials

 * was county attorney here before becoming United States Senator from Montana.