Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

HELENA - Montana is, in fact, a country for old men, and women too, according to demographic statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, which indicate that based on median age, Montana holds the distinction of grayest state in the west.

And certain stretches of the state - including many but not all rural counties - have considerably older residents than Montana as a whole. That state of demogra...