Deer Lodge County, Montana

Deer Lodge County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 9,417. It forms a government with its  of.

Geography
Deer Lodge County is located at °N, °W (46.12062, -112.98746).

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,920 (741 ). 1,909 km² (737 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.57%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

 * - northwest
 * - north
 * - east
 * - southeast
 * - south
 * - west

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,417 people, 3,995 households, and 2,524 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (13/sq mi). There were 4,958 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.87%, 0.17% or , 1.77% , 0.36% , 0.01% , 0.18% from , and 1.64% from two or more races. 1.65% of the population were or  of any race. 21.3% were of, 21.2% , 7.1% , 6.5% and 6.4%  ancestry according to. 96.3% spoke, 1.4% and 1.2%  as their first language.

There were 3,995 households out of which 25.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.00% were living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.80% were non-families. 33.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.50% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 26.80% from 45 to 64, and 18.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,305, and the median income for a family was $36,158. Males had a median income of $27,230 versus $18,719 for females. The for the county was $15,580. About 11.60% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the, including 21.40% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over.

Trivia
Ironically, the town of Deer Lodge is in neighboring Powell County causing confusion for non-locals.

Notable residents

 * , later a from, was an attorney of the county from 1904 through 1906.