Evaro is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States, and part of the Missoula metropolitan area. It is located on the southernmost part of the

Flathead Indian Reservation The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish (tribe), Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai (tribe), Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles (tribe), Pend d'Oreilles tribes – also known as the ...

, approximately north of downtown Missoula via US Highway 93. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 373, up from 322 in

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Geography

The Evaro CDP is located in north-central Missoula County. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, are water. The community is drained to the north by Finley Creek and its tributary, Schley Creek. Finley Creek is a tributary of the Jocko River, which runs northwest to the

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near Sčilíp. Evaro Hill, south of Evaro, is known as ''snɫp̓upƛ̓m'' or ''snɫp̓u'' ("small clearing on the hilltop") in Salish.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 329 people, 110 households, and 84 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 117 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 47.72%

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, 44.68% Native American, 0.30%

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, and 7.29% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 10.03% of the population. There were 110 households, out of which 42.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.43. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.8% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $39,583. Males had a median income of $41,458 versus $21,875 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,465. About 4.3% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 33.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Almost all of Evaro is in the Arlee Elementary School District and the Arlee High School District. A small portion is in a unified K-12 school district, Frenchtown K-12 Schools.

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