The Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS ) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors. FIPS standards establish requirements for ensuring computer security and interoperability, and are intended for cases in which suitable industry standards do not already exist. AIR FIPS specifications are modified versions of standards the technical communities use, such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
12-491: Yellowstone County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Montana . As of the 2020 census , the population was 164,731. Its county seat is Billings , the state's most populous city . Like the nearby park , Yellowstone County is named after the Yellowstone River which roughly bisects the county, flowing southwest to northeast. The river, in turn, was named for the yellow sandstone cliffs in what
24-463: A number of topics including: Some FIPS standards are related to the security of data processing systems. Some of these include the use of key escrow systems. Some examples of FIPS Codes for geographical areas include FIPS 10-4 for country codes or region codes and FIPS 5-2 for state codes . These codes were similar to or comparable with, but not the same as, ISO 3166 , or the NUTS standard of
36-470: Is MT and its FIPS state code is 30 . The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided for each county. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county. Federal Information Processing Standard The U.S. government has developed various FIPS specifications to standardize
48-568: Is a list of the counties in the U.S. state of Montana . There are 56 counties in the state. Montana has two consolidated city-counties— Anaconda with Deer Lodge County and Butte with Silver Bow County . The portion of Yellowstone National Park that lies within Montana was not part of any county until 1978, when part of it was nominally added to Gallatin County , and the rest of it to Park County . Montana's postal abbreviation
60-554: Is now Yellowstone County. Yellowstone County is included in the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area . According to the United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,649 square miles (6,860 km), of which 2,633 square miles (6,820 km) is land and 16 square miles (41 km) (0.6%) is water. As of the 2020 census there were 164,731 people living in the county. As of
72-733: Is the official geographic names repository database for the United States, and is designated the only source of geographic names and locative attributes for use by the agencies of the Federal Government. FIPS 8-6 "Metropolitan Areas" and 9-1 "Congressional Districts of the U.S." were also withdrawn in 2008, to be replaced with INCITS standards 454 and 455, respectively. The U.S. Census Bureau used FIPS place codes database to identify legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas, Alaska Native areas, or Hawaiian home lands when they needed to present census data for these areas. In response to
84-532: Is very conservative for an urban county. Its voters have been reliably Republican for the better part of a century. Lyndon B. Johnson 's 1964 landslide was the last time that the county voted for a Democratic candidate. School districts include: K-12 (unified): High school districts: Elementary school districts: 45°56′N 108°16′W / 45.94°N 108.27°W / 45.94; -108.27 List of counties in Montana This
96-512: The 2010 census , there were 147,972 people, 60,672 households, and 38,367 families residing in the county. The population density was 56.2 inhabitants per square mile (21.7/km). There were 63,943 housing units at an average density of 24.3 per square mile (9.4/km). The racial makeup of the county was 90.7% white, 4.0% American Indian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.7% of
108-566: The European Union . In 2002, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) withdrew several geographic FIPS code standards, including those for countries (FIPS 10-4), U.S. states (FIPS 5-2), and counties ( FIPS 6-4 ). These are to be replaced by ISO 3166 and INCITS standards 38 and 31, respectively. Some of the codes maintain the previous numerical system, particularly for states. In 2008, NIST withdrew
120-501: The FIPS 55-3 database. This database included 5-digit numeric place codes for cities, towns, and villages, or other centers of population in the United States. The codes were assigned alphabetically to places within each state, and as a result changed frequently in order to maintain the alphabetical sorting. NIST replaced these codes with the more permanent GNIS Feature ID, maintained by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names . The GNIS database
132-444: The population. In terms of ancestry, 32.4% were German , 14.0% were Irish , 11.3% were English , 10.0% were American , and 9.9% were Norwegian . Of the 60,672 households, 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.8% were non-families, and 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size
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#1732772872037144-477: Was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age was 38.3 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 48,641 and the median income for a family was $ 62,380. Males had a median income of $ 42,899 versus $ 30,403 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 26,152. About 7.9% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Yellowstone County
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