Census Data for Carter

As far as we can tell, Carter has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Carter, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Fort Benton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <1>
• Great Falls
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Great Falls is located in Cascade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Falls <1>
• Belt
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Belt is located in Cascade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <1>

Chouteau County ...

Carter is located in Chouteau County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Chouteau County.

Miscellaneous Information for Carter ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Chouteau County or the community of Carter:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Carter:
  • GNIS ID for Carter: 769624
  • GNIS ID for Chouteau County: 1719619
  • GNIS ID for State of Montana: 767982

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 30 (Montana)
  • County Code: 015 (Chouteau County)
  • Place Code: 12625 (Carter)
  • State & County Code: 30/015 (Montana / Chouteau County)
  • State & Place Code: 30/12625 (Montana / Carter)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Carter is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

• The US Postal Service ZIP Code ...
  • While some people have used a ZIP code to identify a community, the purpose of the ZIP code was to make mail delivery more efficient by grouping addresses together. Although the ZIP Code doesn't specifically identify a community like Carter, it does identify addresses that are in (or near) Carter. It's important to remember that the boundaries of a ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned or overlapped with other ZIP Codes.
  • The ZIP code for Carter:59420<3>

• Census ZCTA Codes ...
  • The US Census Bureau created statistical entities that they call ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and these ZCTAs are frequently confused with the ZIP codes that come from the US Postal Service (USPS).
  • ZCTAs were first created for the 2000 Census and at that time, they were based upon the USPS ZIP codes. While largely covering the same areas, the boundaries of a ZCTA do not necessarily match the boundaries of a postal ZIP code with the same number. For example, while a postal ZIP code can cross a county or state line, a Census ZCTA can not. They should be treated as separate entities with no correlation between them.

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Carter.