Lodge Pole is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Blaine County,

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

, United States. The population was 265 at the 2010 census. It lies within the

Fort Belknap Indian Reservation The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation ( or ) is shared by two Native American tribes, the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and the Nakota, Nakoda (Assiniboine). The reservation covers , and is located in north-central Montana. The total area includes the ma ...

, near the reservation's southern end. The nearby community of Hays lies to its west-southwest.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 214 people, 59 households, and 48 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 69 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.34%

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, 96.73% Native American, and 0.93% from two or more races. While Lodge Pole is located on a reservation belonging to both

Assiniboine people The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nak ...

and

Gros Ventre people The Gros Ventre ( , ; meaning 'big belly'), also known as the A'aninin, Atsina, or White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana. Today, the Gros Ventre people are enrolled in the Fort ...

, the community itself is primarily inhabited by

, while nearby Hays is home to

Gros Ventre The Gros Ventre ( , ; meaning 'big belly'), also known as the A'aninin, Atsina, or White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana. Today, the Gros Ventre people are enrolled in the Fort ...

. There were 59 households, out of which 50.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were

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living together, 25.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.63 and the average family size was 3.90. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 45.3% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $21,607, and the median income for a family was $22,500. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $19,375 for females. The

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for the CDP was $6,276. About 44.0% of families and 40.9% of the population were below the

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, including 42.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 77.8% of those 65 or over.

Education

Lodge Pole has an elementary school. High school is at Hays-Lodgepole High School in nearby Hays.

References

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