Glacier County Demographics and Statistics

• Total Population

(2006 estimate): 13,578

• Land area in county: 2,994 square miles

• Population density (2006): 4.4 per square mile

• Housing units (2006): 5,238

• Births (2003): 276

• Deaths (2003): 100

• Average annual wage per job: $31,638

• Median family income: $28,782

• Personal income: $20,637

• Farm Land: 1,645,201 acres

• Average size of individual farms: 3,486 acres

• Major occupations (2000)

- Private business, agriculture, forestry 69.2%

- Mining, construction, manufacturing 18.9%

- Wholesale and retail trade 26.5%

- Insurance and real estate 4.5%

- Services 33%

- Government, local, state and federal 12.4%

• Unemployment rate (2008): 7.6%