Prairie County, Montana

Prairie County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 1,199. Its is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 4,513 (1,743 ). 4,498 km² (1,737 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.34%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 1,199 people, 537 households, and 354 families residing in the county. The was <1/km² (<1/sq mi). There were 718 housing units at an average density of <1/km² (<1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.00%, 0.50% , 0.17% , 0.17% from , and 1.17% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population were or  of any race. 97.8% spoke and 2.2%  as their first language.

There were 537 households out of which 22.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.10% were living together, 2.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 31.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the county the population was spread out with 18.70% under the age of 18, 4.30% from 18 to 24, 20.00% from 25 to 44, 32.90% from 45 to 64, and 24.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 106.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,451, and the median income for a family was $32,292. Males had a median income of $22,424 versus $18,833 for females. The for the county was $14,422. About 13.30% of families and 17.20% of the population were below the, including 23.60% of those under age 18 and 15.50% of those age 65 or over.