Blaine County, Montana

Blaine County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 7,009. Its is. It was named in honor of, former.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 10,979 (4,239 ). 10,946 km² (4,226 sq mi) of it is land and 33 km² (13 sq mi) of it (0.30%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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The Canadian province of borders Blaine County on the north

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,009 people, 2,501 households, and 1,793 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 2,947 housing units at an average density of <1/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 52.58%, 0.17% or , 45.37% , 0.09% , 0.03% , 0.23% from , and 1.54% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were or  of any race. 18.8% were of and 8.1%  ancestry according to. 91.7% spoke, 3.8% and 2.0%  as their first language.

There were 2,501 households out of which 36.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.30% were living together, 14.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the county the population was spread out with 32.60% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 12.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,247, and the median income for a family was $30,616. Males had a median income of $23,627 versus $20,469 for females. The for the county was $12,101. About 23.40% of families and 28.10% of the population were below the, including 36.50% of those under age 18 and 19.90% of those age 65 or over.