Fort Belknap Agency is a census-designated place (CDP) in Blaine County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,567. This is a significant increase from the 2010 census which reported 1,293 residents.
Fort Belknap Agency is the capital of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.
Geography
The Milk River forms the CDP's northern border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.56%, is covered by water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Fort Belknap Agency had a population of 1,567. The median age was 27.3 years. 36.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 9.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.6 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 444 households in Fort Belknap Agency, of which 55.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 24.5% were married-couple households, 25.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 41.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, 1,262 people, 345 households, and 287 families were residing in the CDP.
Notable people
- George Horse Capture, Native American anthropologist and writer, was born here.
- James Welch, Native American author, went to school here.