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Silver Bow County in figures

A profile of Silver Bow County from official statistics: 27 figures in 6 sections, each with its period, its change from a year earlier, its rank among similar places where a ranking exists, and its source.

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

People

Population in Silver Bow County was 36,118 in 2025, up 0.1% from 2024, and the 8th highest of 56 counties in Montana.

Population36,1182025Up 0.1% from 2024The 8th highest of 56 counties in Montana
Median age40.5 years2024Up 0.2 years from 2023The 15th lowest of 56 counties in Montana
Population aged 65 and over22.7%2025Up 0.5 percentage points from 2024The 15th lowest of 56 counties in Montana
Foreign-born population share1.2%2024Down 0.2 percentage points from 2023
Population density19.4 inhabitants per km²2025Up 0.1% from 2024
Net domestic migration, July to June1592025, estimatedCompared with 93 in 2024
35.2K35.4K35.6K35.8K36K36.2K2020202120222023202420252020: 35,208 persons2021: 35,498 persons2022: 35,822 persons2023: 36,122 persons2024: 36,091 persons2025: 36,118 persons
Population, 2020 to 2025. persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km²; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Population and demography statistics and rankings

Work and income

Unemployment rate in Silver Bow County was 3.5% (provisional) in August 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from August 2025, and the 15th highest of 56 counties in Montana.

Unemployment rate3.5%August 2026, provisionalDown 0.1 percentage points from August 2025The 15th highest of 56 counties in Montana
Median household income$61,7542024Up 7.4% from 2023The 24th lowest of 56 counties in Montana
Per capita personal income$62,2542024Up 4.2% from 2023The 19th highest of 56 counties in Montana
Poverty rate (US official measure)12.9%2024Down 2.9 percentage points from 2023
Gini index472024Down 1.4 points from 2023
234562021-072022-042023-012023-102024-072025-042026-082021-07: 3.6 %2021-08: 3.5 %2021-09: 2.6 %2021-10: 2.7 %2021-11: 2.6 %2021-12: 3 %2022-01: 4.1 %2022-02: 3.7 %2022-03: 3.6 %2022-04: 3.2 %2022-05: 2.8 %2022-06: 3.2 %2022-07: 2.9 %2022-08: 2.9 %2022-09: 2.3 %2022-10: 2.5 %2022-11: 2.3 %2022-12: 3 %2023-01: 3.6 %2023-02: 3.8 %2023-03: 3.7 %2023-04: 3.1 %2023-05: 2.9 %2023-06: 3.2 %2023-07: 2.8 %2023-08: 2.9 %2023-09: 2.8 %2023-10: 3 %2023-11: 3.1 %2023-12: 4 %2024-01: 4.2 %2024-02: 4.2 %2024-03: 4 %2024-04: 3.4 %2024-05: 3.2 %2024-06: 3.7 %2024-07: 3.4 %2024-08: 3.2 %2024-09: 2.8 %2024-10: 2.7 %2024-11: 2.8 %2024-12: 3.2 %2025-01: 3.9 %2025-02: 4 %2025-03: 3.8 %2025-04: 3.4 %2025-05: 3.5 %2025-06: 3.6 %2025-07: 3.5 %2025-08: 3.6 %2025-09: 3.5 %2025-11: 3.9 %2025-12: 4.2 %2026-01: 5.4 %2026-02: 4.7 %2026-03: 4.6 %2026-04: 3.3 %2026-05: 3.4 %2026-06: 3.9 %2026-07: 3.4 %2026-08: 3.5 %
Unemployment rate, July 2021 to August 2026. %. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents; U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Labor market statistics and rankings

Economy

GDP (US dollars) in Silver Bow County was $2.22 billion in 2024, up 3% from 2023, and the 7th highest of 56 counties in Montana.

Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars$2.22 billion2024Up 3% from 2023The 7th highest of 56 counties in Montana
GDP per capita, US dollars$61,3312024Up 3.2% from 2023The 27th highest of 56 counties in Montana
Real GDP growth0.6%2024Down 3.8 percentage points from 2023The 22nd lowest of 56 counties in Montana
5001,0001,5002,0002,50020012005200920132017202120242001: 792.2 USD million2002: 840.9 USD million2003: 875.2 USD million2004: 956.8 USD million2005: 1,066.8 USD million2006: 1,102.2 USD million2007: 1,160.3 USD million2008: 1,251.7 USD million2009: 1,253.6 USD million2010: 1,293.7 USD million2011: 1,388.4 USD million2012: 1,384 USD million2013: 1,396.2 USD million2014: 1,371.9 USD million2015: 1,413.4 USD million2016: 1,443.6 USD million2017: 1,481.8 USD million2018: 1,509.4 USD million2019: 1,584.7 USD million2020: 1,609.5 USD million2021: 1,824 USD million2022: 1,972.8 USD million2023: 2,151 USD million2024: 2,216.1 USD million
Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars, 2001 to 2024. USD million. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions).

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions); Invokely, GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. Economy statistics and rankings

Prices and housing

Median home value in Silver Bow County was $255,200 in 2024, up 14.2% from 2023, and the 25th highest of 56 counties in Montana.

Median home value$255,2002024Up 14.2% from 2023The 25th highest of 56 counties in Montana
County house price annual change, sales and refinances3.86%2025Down 1.18 percentage points from 2024The 12th highest of 39 counties in Montana in 2023
Median gross rent (monthly)$8632024Up 6.5% from 2023The 21st highest of 56 counties in Montana
Homeownership rate (US, housing units)70.8%2024Up 0.3 percentage points from 2023
Housing units authorized by building permits1302025, estimatedUp 19.3% from 2024
160K180K200K220K240K260K20212022202320242021: 164,600 USD2022: 195,800 USD2023: 223,500 USD2024: 255,200 USD
Median home value, 2021 to 2024. USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units; Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA developmental all-transactions county house prices, published annual percent change, nominal, not seasonally adjusted; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. Housing statistics and rankings

Business and tourism

Employer firms in Silver Bow County were 974 in 2023, up 3% from 2022, and the 8th highest of 56 counties in Montana.

Employer firms9742023Up 3% from 2022The 8th highest of 56 counties in Montana
Establishment entry rate10.816%2023Up 1.07 percentage points from 2022The 25th lowest of 54 counties in Montana
Establishment exit rate6.993%2023Down 1.7 percentage points from 2022The 7th lowest of 50 counties in Montana
Job creation rate12.741%2023Down less than 0.01 percentage points from 2022
Farms1562022No 2021 figure to compare
8809009209409609801,00019992003200720112015201920231999: 956 count2000: 935 count2001: 927 count2002: 911 count2003: 898 count2004: 922 count2005: 933 count2006: 961 count2007: 982 count2008: 992 count2009: 968 count2010: 963 count2011: 951 count2012: 970 count2013: 971 count2014: 954 count2015: 967 count2016: 956 count2017: 942 count2018: 959 count2019: 946 count2020: 944 count2021: 937 count2022: 946 count2023: 974 count
Employer firms, 1999 to 2023. count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties; U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010; U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010; U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010; U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Companies statistics and rankings

Energy and environment

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Silver Bow County was 28 in 2025, down 3 points from 2024, and the 9th highest of 23 counties in Montana.

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA)282025Down 3 points from 2024The 9th highest of 23 counties in Montana
Share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)84.9%2025Up 14.4 percentage points from 2024The 8th lowest of 23 counties in Montana
Average annual temperature41.4 °F2025Up 0.2 °F from 2024The 8th lowest of 56 counties in Montana
102030405020012005200920132017202120252001: 22 index2002: 19 index2003: 21 index2004: 20 index2005: 23 index2006: 24 index2007: 33 index2008: 38 index2009: 35 index2010: 39 index2011: 41 index2012: 39 index2013: 37 index2014: 40 index2015: 39 index2016: 29 index2017: 46 index2018: 25 index2019: 24 index2020: 22 index2021: 33 index2022: 27 index2023: 31 index2024: 31 index2025: 28 index
Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), 2001 to 2025. index. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Environment and emissions statistics and rankings

Sources and citations

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  1. U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km². https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  6. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  7. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  9. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  11. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  12. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions). https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  13. Invokely calculation from GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#gdp_per_capita_usd. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  14. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP11.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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  16. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA developmental all-transactions county house prices, published annual percent change, nominal, not seasonally adjusted. https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/annual/hpi_at_county.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  17. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  18. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  19. U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  20. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
  21. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  22. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  23. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  24. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Retrieved through Data Commons (https://datacommons.org).
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  26. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  27. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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