St. Pierre or Saint Pierre is a

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(CDP) in

Hill County Hill County is the name of two counties in the United States: * Hill County, Montana Hill County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 16, ...

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, United States, within the

Rocky Boy Indian Reservation Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (also known as Rocky Boy Reservation) is one of seven Native American reservations in the U.S. state of Montana. Established by an act of Congress on September 7, 1916, it was named after ''Ahsiniiwin'' ( Stone C ...

. The population of St. Pierre was 350 at the 2010 census, up from 289 in

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Geography

St. Pierre is located in southeastern Hill County on the northwestern edge of the

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. It is bordered to the south and west by Chouteau County, to the north by Sangrey, and to the east by Rocky Boy's Agency. It is south of Havre, the Hill County seat, and southeast of

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. According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 289 people, 76 households, and 69 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 80 housing units at an average density of 9.9/sq mi (3.8/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 1.73%

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, 0.35%

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, 97.58% Native American, and 0.35% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population. There were 76 households, out of which 52.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were

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living together, 25.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.2% were non-families. 9.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.80 and the average family size was 3.91. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 38.8% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,750, and the median income for a family was $26,875. Males had a median income of $27,083 versus $26,917 for females. The

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for the CDP was $9,437. About 28.4% of families and 28.9% of the population were below the

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, including 36.8% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

References

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