Demographics : Montana

56,068 American Indians resided in Montana according to the 2000 census of whom the Blackfeet and Crow are the most numerous. The Blackfeet and Crow reservations had populations of, respectively, 10,100 and 6,894 in 2000.

The foreign born, numbering 16,396, made up 1.8% of Montana's 2000 census population, a decrease of 24% since 1980. Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Mexico were the leading places of origin. As of 2000, the black and Asian populations were just 2,692 and 4,691, respectively. In 2000, 18,081 residents were Hispanic or Latino, representing 2% of the total population.
Nearly an equal number of Protestants and Catholics resided within the state according to statistics in the year 2000. With over 169,250 adherents the Catholic Church was the largest single Christian denomination. Leading Protestant denominations were the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 50,287; the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) had 32,726 adherents; the United Methodist Church had 17,993 adherents; Assemblies of God, 16,385; the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, 15,441 and the Southern Baptist Convention, 15,318. There were about 850 Jews and 614 Muslims in the state.