Valley County, Montana

Valley County is a located in the  of. As of, the is 7,675. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 13,110 (5,062 ). 12,745 km² (4,921 sq mi) of it is land and 365 km² (141 sq mi) of it is. The total area is 2.79% water.

Adjacent Counties

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The Canadian province of borders Valley County on the north.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,675 people, 3,150 households, and 2,129 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 4,847 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.14%, 0.13% or , 9.42% , 0.25% , 0.01% , 0.26% from , and 1.79% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,150 households out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 6.00% from 18 to 24, 24.30% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 98.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,979, and the median income for a family was $39,044. Males had a median income of $27,233 versus $17,686 for females. The for the county was $16,246. About 9.50% of families and 13.50% of the population were below the, including 15.40% of those under age 18 and 14.40% of those age 65 or over.