Editing Dayton, Montana

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Dayton, Montana
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Dayton, Montana
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Montana]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Montana|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Lake County, Montana|Lake]]
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|area_total_km2           = 1.44
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 104
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|population_density_sq_mi = 189.44
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
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|utc_offset_DST           = -6
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|elevation_ft             = 2920
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|postal_code              = 59914
|area_code                = [[Area code 406|406]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 30-19525
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2408645<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2408645}}</ref>
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'''Dayton''' ({{langx|fla|iʔɫixʷ}},<ref name = "tachinipete1">{{Cite book
| publisher = Bilingual Education Department, Salish Kootenai College
| isbn = 
| last = Tachini
| first = Pete
| author2 = Louie Adams, Sophie Mays, Mary Lucy Parker, Johnny Arlee, Frances Vanderburg, Lucy Vanderburg, Diana Christopher-Cote
| title = nyoʻnuntn q̓éymin, Flathead Nation Salish dictionary
| location = Pablo, MT
| page = 36
| year = 1998
}}</ref> {{langx|kut|aki¢qa}}) is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lake County, Montana|Lake County]], [[Montana]], United States. The population was 84 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3019525&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Dayton CDP, Montana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
Dayton is located in northwestern Lake County on the northwest shore of [[Flathead Lake]], north of its Big Arm. [[U.S. Route 93 in Montana|U.S. Route 93]] runs along the northern and western edges of the community, leading north {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Kalispell, Montana|Kalispell]] and south {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Polson, Montana|Polson]], the Lake [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 1.23%, are water.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_30.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Montana| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 104
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 95 people, 48 households, and 28 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|177.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 100 housing units at an average density of {{convert|186.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.68% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 3.16% from two or more races.

There were 48 households, out of which 8.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, and 39.6% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.45.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 8.4% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 45.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,125, and the median income for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $15,833 versus $15,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $18,501. None of the population and none of the families were below the [[poverty line]].

==References==
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{{Lake County, Montana}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Lake County, Montana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Montana]]