Editing Finley Point, Montana

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|official_name            = Finley Point, Montana
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Montana]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Lake County, Montana|Lake]]
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|area_total_km2           = 29.51
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 532
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|area_code                = [[Area code 406|406]]
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|blank_info               = 30-26226
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|blank1_info              = 2408212<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2408212}}</ref>
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'''Finley Point''' ([[Montana Salish|Salish]]: '''sčc̓méple''' <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, Montana]]
| page = 52
| year = 1998
}}</ref>) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lake County, Montana|Lake County]], [[Montana]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population was 480.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3026226&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Finley Point CDP, Montana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=April 17, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Finley Point CDP is located in north-central Lake County. It occupies a peninsula named Finley Point that extends into [[Flathead Lake]] from the southeast, separating Skidoo Bay to the north from East Bay to the south. The CDP is bordered to the east by [[Montana Highway 35]], which follows the eastern shore of Flathead Lake, leading north {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Bigfork, Montana|Bigfork]] and southwest {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Polson, Montana|Polson]], the Lake [[county seat]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|29.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|11.1|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|18.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 62.56%, 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 17, 2020}}</ref>

Near Finley Point is ''nccm̓esšn'', "place with small rocks."<ref name = "tachinipete1"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 532
|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 493 people, 213 households, and 142 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|115.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 637 housing units at an average density of {{convert|148.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 80.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 14.00% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.61% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.22% of the population.

There were 213 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,987, and the median income for a family was $49,063. Males had a median income of $40,714 versus $17,639 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,575. About 7.9% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==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]]