About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Montana population over the last 20 plus years. It lists the population for each year, along with the year on year change in population, as well as the change in percentage terms for each year. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population change of Montana across the last two decades. For example, using this dataset, we can identify if the population is declining or increasing. If there is a change, when the population peaked, or if it is still growing and has not reached its peak. We can also compare the trend with the overall trend of United States population over the same period of time.

Key observations

In 2024, the population of Montana was 1.14 million, a 0.52% increase year-by-year from 2023. Previously, in 2023, Montana population was 1.13 million, an increase of 0.82% compared to a population of 1.12 million in 2022. Over the last 20 plus years, between 2000 and 2024, population of Montana increased by 233,928. In this period, the peak population was 1.14 million in the year 2024. The numbers suggest that the population has not reached its peak yet and is showing a trend of further growth. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Data Coverage:

• From 2000 to 2024

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column displays the data year (Measured annually and for years 2000 to 2024)
• Population: The population for the specific year for the Montana is shown in this column.
• Year on Year Change: This column displays the change in Montana population for each year compared to the previous year.
• Change in Percent: This column displays the year on year change as a percentage. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Recommended for further research

This dataset is a part of the main dataset for Montana Population by Year. You can refer the same here

In 2023, about **** percent of the population in Montana was between the ages of 35 and 44 years old. A further **** percent of the population was between the ages of 65 and 74 years old in that same year.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Montana population by age. The dataset can be utilized to understand the age distribution and demographics of Montana.

Content

The dataset constitues the following three datasets

• Montana Age Group Population Dataset: A complete breakdown of Montana age demographics from 0 to 85 years, distributed across 18 age groups
• Montana Age Cohorts Dataset: Children, Working Adults, and Seniors in Montana - Population and Percentage Analysis
• Montana Population Pyramid Dataset: Age Groups, Male and Female Population, and Total Population for Demographics Analysis

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

In 2023, *** percent of Montana residents were American Indian or Alaska Native. A further **** percent of the population were white, and *** percent of Montana residents were of two or more races in that same year.

A dataset listing Montana cities by population for 2024.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Montana population distribution across 18 age groups. It lists the population in each age group along with the percentage population relative of the total population for Montana. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population distribution of Montana by age. For example, using this dataset, we can identify the largest age group in Montana.

Key observations

The largest age group in Montana was for the group of age 60 to 64 years years with a population of 78,978 (7.15%), according to the ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates. At the same time, the smallest age group in Montana was the 85 years and over years with a population of 21,106 (1.91%). Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates

Age groups:

• Under 5 years
• 5 to 9 years
• 10 to 14 years
• 15 to 19 years
• 20 to 24 years
• 25 to 29 years
• 30 to 34 years
• 35 to 39 years
• 40 to 44 years
• 45 to 49 years
• 50 to 54 years
• 55 to 59 years
• 60 to 64 years
• 65 to 69 years
• 70 to 74 years
• 75 to 79 years
• 80 to 84 years
• 85 years and over

Variables / Data Columns

• Age Group: This column displays the age group in consideration
• Population: The population for the specific age group in the Montana is shown in this column.
• % of Total Population: This column displays the population of each age group as a proportion of Montana total population. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Recommended for further research

This dataset is a part of the main dataset for Montana Population by Age. You can refer the same here

Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in Montana (MTPOP) from 1900 to 2024 about MT, residents, population, and USA.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity, and were defined by local participants as part of the 2020 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program. The Census Bureau delineated the census tracts in situations where no local participant existed or where all the potential participants declined to participate. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of census data and comparison back to previous decennial censuses. Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. When first delineated, census tracts were designed to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Physical changes in street patterns caused by highway construction, new development, and so forth, may require boundary revisions. In addition, census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth, or combined as a result of substantial population decline. Census tract boundaries generally follow visible and identifiable features. They may follow legal boundaries such as minor civil division (MCD) or incorporated place boundaries in some States and situations to allow for census tract-to-governmental unit relationships where the governmental boundaries tend to remain unchanged between censuses. State and county boundaries always are census tract boundaries in the standard census geographic hierarchy. In a few rare instances, a census tract may consist of noncontiguous areas. These noncontiguous areas may occur where the census tracts are coextensive with all or parts of legal entities that are themselves noncontiguous. For the 2010 Census and beyond, the census tract code range of 9400 through 9499 was enforced for census tracts that include a majority American Indian population according to Census 2000 data and/or their area was primarily covered by federally recognized American Indian reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands; the code range 9800 through 9899 was enforced for those census tracts that contained little or no population and represented a relatively large special land use area such as a National Park, military installation, or a business/industrial park; and the code range 9900 through 9998 was enforced for those census tracts that contained only water area, no land area.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the state of Montana from 1900 to 2024.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Montana population by gender and age. The dataset can be utilized to understand the gender distribution and demographics of Montana.

Content

The dataset constitues the following two datasets across these two themes

• Montana Population Breakdown by Gender
• Montana Population Breakdown by Gender and Age

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census Blocks are statistical areas bounded on all sides by visible features, such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and/or by nonvisible boundaries such as city, town, township, and county limits, and short line-of-sight extensions of streets and roads. Census blocks are relatively small in area; for example, a block in a city bounded by streets. However, census blocks in remote areas are often large and irregular and may even be many square miles in area. A common misunderstanding is that data users think census blocks are used geographically to build all other census geographic areas, rather all other census geographic areas are updated and then used as the primary constraints, along with roads and water features, to delineate the tabulation blocks. As a result, all 2020 Census blocks nest within every other 2020 Census geographic area, so that Census Bureau statistical data can be tabulated at the block level and aggregated up to the appropriate geographic areas. Census blocks cover all territory in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Blocks are the smallest geographic areas for which the Census Bureau publishes data from the decennial census. A block may consist of one or more faces.

In 2022, about **** million people lived in Montana. This was the same as the previous year. In 1960, the resident population of Montana stood at about ******* people.

Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in Park County, MT (MTPARK7POP) from 1970 to 2024 about Park County, MT; MT; residents; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in Lake County, MT (MTLAKE7POP) from 1970 to 2024 about Lake County, MT; MT; residents; population; and USA.

Resident Population in Montana was 1137.23300 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Resident Population in Montana reached a record high of 1137.23300 in January of 2024 and a record low of 245.00000 in January of 1900. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Resident Population in Montana - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

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Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in Missoula County, MT (MTMISS0POP) from 1970 to 2024 about Missoula County, MT; Missoula; MT; residents; population; and USA.

This resource is a member of a series. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System (MTS). The MTS represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The TIGER/Line shapefiles include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place is usually a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs are often defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of most incorporated places in this shapefile are as of January 1, 2024, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2020 Census, but some CDPs were added or updated through the 2024 BAS as well.

Population and Housing data for Census Tracts within the State of Montana was compiled from the PL 94-171 Redistricting Summary files released by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2020 Decennial Census. This data set was created by the Montana Department of Commerce for use by the citizens of Montana and the general public. TIGER shapefiles were joined to the tabular summary file data to create this data set. A subset of variables from the release were selected for this dataset. A description of each variable and calculations are provided here.

VINTAGE - Decennial Census vintage year - Calculation

SUMLEV - Geography summary level - Calculation

GEOID - Geography ID - Calculation

NAME - Geography Name - Calculation

AREALAND - Area of land in square meters - Calculation

AREAWATR - Area of water in square meters - Calculation

INTPTLAT - Geography point latitude - Calculation

INTPTLON - Geography point longitude - Calculation

POPTOT - Population Total - Calculation P0010001

POPPCAP - Population per square mile - Calculation P0010001 / (AREALAND / 2589988.110336)

POPWH - Population White alone - Calculation P0010003

POPBL - Population Black alone - Calculation P0010004

POPAI - Population American Indian or Alaska Native alone - Calculation P0010005

POPAS - Population Asian alone - Calculation P0010006

POPNH - Population Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone - Calculation P0010007

POPOT - Population Some other Race alone - Calculation P0010008

POP2MO - Population 2 or more races - Calculation P0010009

POPWHPCT - Population White alone percent - Calculation P0010003 / P0010001 * 100

POPBLPCT - Population Black alone percent - Calculation P0010004 / P0010001 * 100

POPAIPCT - Population American Indian or Alaska Native alone percent - Calculation P0010005 / P0010001 * 100

POPASPCT - Population Asian alone percent - Calculation P0010006 / P0010001 * 100

POPNHPCT - Population Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone percent - Calculation P0010007 / P0010001 * 100

POPOTPCT - Population Some other Race alone percent - Calculation P0010008 / P0010001 * 100

POP2MOPCT - Population 2 or more races percent - Calculation P0010009 / P0010001 * 100

POPWHC - Population White alone or in combination - Calculation P0010003+ P00100011+ P00100012+ P00100013+ P00100014+ P00100015+ P0010027+ P0010028+ P0010029+ P00100030+ P00100031+ P00100032+ P00100033+ P00100034+ P00100035+ P00100036+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100071

POPBLC - Population Black alone or in combination - Calculation P0010004+ P00100011+ P00100016+ P00100017+ P00100018+ P00100019+ P0010027+ P0010028+ P0010029+ P00100030+ P00100037+ P00100038+ P00100039+ P00100040+ P00100041+ P00100042+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100069+ P00100071

POPAIC - Population American Indian or Alaska Native alone or in combination - Calculation P0010005+ P00100012+ P00100016+ P0010020+ P0010021+ P0010022+ P0010027+ P00100031+ P00100032+ P00100033+ P00100037+ P00100038+ P00100039+ P00100043+ P00100044+ P00100045+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071

POPASC - Population Asian alone or in combination - Calculation P0010006+ P00100013+ P00100017+ P0010020+ P0010023+ P0010024+ P0010028+ P00100031+ P00100034+ P00100035+ P00100037+ P00100040+ P00100041+ P00100043+ P00100044+ P00100046+ P00100048+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100057+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071

POPNHC - Population Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone or in combination - Calculation P0010007+ P00100014+ P00100018+ P0010021+ P0010023+ P0010025+ P0010029+ P00100032+ P00100034+ P00100036+ P00100038+ P00100040+ P00100042+ P00100043+ P00100045+ P00100046+ P00100049+ P00100051+ P00100053+ P00100054+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100058+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071

POPOTC - Population Some Other Race alone or in combination - Calculation P0010008+ P00100015+ P00100019+ P0010022+ P0010024+ P0010025+ P00100030+ P00100033+ P00100035+ P00100036+ P00100039+ P00100041+ P00100042+ P00100044+ P00100045+ P00100046+ P00100050+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071

POPWHCPCT - Population White alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010003+ P00100011+ P00100012+ P00100013+ P00100014+ P00100015+ P0010027+ P0010028+ P0010029+ P00100030+ P00100031+ P00100032+ P00100033+ P00100034+ P00100035+ P00100036+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPBLCPCT - Population Black alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010004+ P00100011+ P00100016+ P00100017+ P00100018+ P00100019+ P0010027+ P0010028+ P0010029+ P00100030+ P00100037+ P00100038+ P00100039+ P00100040+ P00100041+ P00100042+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100069+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPAICPCT - Population American Indian or Alaska Native alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010005+ P00100012+ P00100016+ P0010020+ P0010021+ P0010022+ P0010027+ P00100031+ P00100032+ P00100033+ P00100037+ P00100038+ P00100039+ P00100043+ P00100044+ P00100045+ P00100048+ P00100049+ P00100050+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPASCPCT - Population Asian alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010006+ P00100013+ P00100017+ P0010020+ P0010023+ P0010024+ P0010028+ P00100031+ P00100034+ P00100035+ P00100037+ P00100040+ P00100041+ P00100043+ P00100044+ P00100046+ P00100048+ P00100051+ P00100052+ P00100054+ P00100055+ P00100057+ P00100058+ P00100059+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100065+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPNHCPCT - Population Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010007+ P00100014+ P00100018+ P0010021+ P0010023+ P0010025+ P0010029+ P00100032+ P00100034+ P00100036+ P00100038+ P00100040+ P00100042+ P00100043+ P00100045+ P00100046+ P00100049+ P00100051+ P00100053+ P00100054+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100058+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100064+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPOTCPCT - Population Some Other Race alone or in combination percent - Calculation (P0010008+ P00100015+ P00100019+ P0010022+ P0010024+ P0010025+ P00100030+ P00100033+ P00100035+ P00100036+ P00100039+ P00100041+ P00100042+ P00100044+ P00100045+ P00100046+ P00100050+ P00100052+ P00100053+ P00100055+ P00100056+ P00100057+ P00100059+ P00100060+ P00100061+ P00100062+ P00100065+ P00100066+ P00100067+ P00100068+ P00100069+ P00100071)/ P0010001 * 100

POPHSP - Population Hispanic - Calculation P0020002

POPNHSP - Population Non-Hispanic - Calculation P0020003

POPHSPPCT - Population Hispanic percent - Calculation P0020002 / P0010001 * 100

POPNHSPPCT - Population Non-Hispanic percent - Calculation P0020003 / P0010001 * 100

POP18OV - Population 18 years and over - Calculation P0030001

POP18OVPCT - Population 18 years and over percent - Calculation P0030001 / P0010001 * 100

HUTOT - Housing Units Total - Calculation H0010001

HUOCC - Housing Units Occupied - Calculation H0010002

HUVAC - Housing Units Vacant - Calculation H0010003

HUOCCPCT - Housing Units Occupied percent - Calculation H0010002 / H0010001 * 100

HUVACPCT - Housing Units Vacant percent - Calculation H0010003 / H0010001 * 100

POPGQ - Population Group Quarters - Calculation P0050001

POPGQIN - Population Group Quarters - Institutionalized - Calculation P0050002

POPGQNI - Population Group Quarters - Non-Institutionalized - Calculation P0050007

POPGQPCT - Population Group Quarters percent - Calculation P0050001 / P0010001 * 100

POPGQINPCT - Population Group Quarters - Institutionalized percent - Calculation P0050002 / P0010001 * 100

POPGQNIPCT - Population Group Quarters - Non-Institutionalized percent - Calculation P0050007 / P0010001 * 100

POPTOT2010 - Population Total 2010 - Calculation

POPCHG - Population Change from 2010 to 2020 - Calculation

POPCHGPCT - Population Percent Change from 2010 to 2020 - Calculation

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity, and were defined by local participants as part of the 2020 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program. The Census Bureau delineated the census tracts in situations where no local participant existed or where all the potential participants declined to participate. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of census data and comparison back to previous decennial censuses. Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. When first delineated, census tracts were designed to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Physical changes in street patterns caused by highway construction, new development, and so forth, may require boundary revisions. In addition, census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth, or combined as a result of substantial population decline. Census tract boundaries generally follow visible and identifiable features. They may follow legal boundaries such as minor civil division (MCD) or incorporated place boundaries in some States and situations to allow for census tract-to-governmental unit relationships where the governmental boundaries tend to remain unchanged between censuses. State and county boundaries always are census tract boundaries in the standard census geographic hierarchy. In a few rare instances, a census tract may consist of noncontiguous areas. These noncontiguous areas may occur where the census tracts are coextensive with all or parts of legal entities that are themselves noncontiguous. For the 2010 Census and beyond, the census tract code range of 9400 through 9499 was enforced for census tracts that include a majority American Indian population according to Census 2000 data and/or their area was primarily covered by federally recognized American Indian reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands; the code range 9800 through 9899 was enforced for those census tracts that contained little or no population and represented a relatively large special land use area such as a National Park, military installation, or a business/industrial park; and the code range 9900 through 9998 was enforced for those census tracts that contained only water area, no land area.