Carbon County, Montana

Carbon County is a located in the  of. It is part of the. As of, the population is 9,552. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,341 (2,062 ). 5,304 km² (2,048 sq mi) of it is land and 37 km² (14 sq mi) of it (0.69%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,552 people, 4,065 households, and 2,707 families residing in the county. The was 2/km² (5/sq mi). There were 5,494 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (3/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.07%, 0.25% or , 0.68% , 0.36% , 0.65% from , and 0.99% from two or more races. 1.77% of the population were or  of any race. 28.8% were of, 11.5% , 9.2% , 8.9% , 5.9% and 5.2%  ancestry according to.

There were 4,065 households out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% 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 2.86.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.00% under the age of 18, 5.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 27.30% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,139, and the median income for a family was $38,405. Males had a median income of $30,226 versus $19,945 for females. The for the county was $17,204. About 8.20% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 14.30% of those under age 18 and 8.80% of those age 65 or over.