Editing Bozeman, Montana (section)

===21st century===
[[File:BozemanMainStreetEast2011.jpg|thumb|Main Street in Bozeman, 2011]]

From a rank of sixth in the early [19]80s, Bozeman has grown to become the fourth largest city in Montana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceic.mt.gov/Demog/historic/Censusplace18902000.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001813/http://ceic.mt.gov/Demog/historic/Censusplace18902000.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="census1">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30/3008950.html |title=Bozeman (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618101949/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30/3008950.html |archive-date=June 18, 2012 }}</ref>

Growth in the Gallatin Valley prompted the Gallatin Airport Authority in 2009 to expand the Gallatin Field Airport with two new gates, an expanded passenger screening area, and a third [[baggage carousel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_c6f36310-b9dd-54ce-9b0c-3bb6830c1888.html |title=Airport Expansion Ramping Up-October 28, 2009 |work=Bozeman Chronicle |date=August 9, 2009 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730024557/http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_c6f36310-b9dd-54ce-9b0c-3bb6830c1888.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Gallatin Field was renamed [[Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Bacaj, Jason |url=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/economy/article_b605c604-2224-11e1-8be9-0019bb2963f4.html |title=Gallatin Airport Authority approves airport name change |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108095251/http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/economy/article_b605c604-2224-11e1-8be9-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Bozeman has been one of Montana's fastest growing cities from 1990 into the new millennium,<!--While Bozeman is not quite urban, it is expected that Bozeman will become Montana's fourth metropolitan area by 2020.--> currently growing at a fluctuating rate of 2–3% annually.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts: Bozeman city, Montana |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bozemancitymontana/PST045223#PST045223 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511053304/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bozemancitymontana/PST045223#PST045223 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, a natural gas explosion on the 200 block of East Main Street destroyed five buildings housing several businesses including Boodles restaurant and the Montana Trails Gallery. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Beacon |date=2009-03-13 |title=Broken Natural Gas Line Caused Bozeman Explosion |url=https://flatheadbeacon.com/2009/03/13/broken-natural-gas-line-caused-bozeman-explosion/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Flathead Beacon |language=en}}</ref> The explosion, caused by a separation in a underground gas line, killed a 36-year-old gallery employee and the resulting fire burned for more than a day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broxton |first=Deion |date=2019-03-05 |title=Deadly Bozeman explosion remembered, 10 years later |url=https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/deadly-bozeman-explosion-remembered-10-years-later |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=KECI |language=en}}</ref>

That same year, city officials were criticized for requesting job applicants provide their user names and passwords to social networking sites.<ref name=Huffpost>{{cite news |last=Gouras |first=Matt |title=Montana City Asks Job Applicants For Facebook passwords |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/montana-city-asks-job-app_n_218152.html |access-date=February 26, 2013 |newspaper=HuffPost |date=June 19, 2009 |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217000053/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/montana-city-asks-job-app_n_218152.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, it was reported that median home price in Bozeman were about 75% above the national median, while the median household income was 25% below the national median.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bozeman Housing Market Gentrified by Remote Workers |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/977533022 |website=NPR |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=April 4, 2021 }}</ref>