1. Set the geographic boundary before reading the numbers
The dashboard page describes city and case-type reporting, including questions about which cities produce calls. For a firm serving Laurel, the first measurement decision is whether “Laurel” means the city alone, Yellowstone County, a broader Montana service area or several separate targets. Those are not interchangeable reporting labels. Laurel is recorded as a municipality, and its recorded county relationship is Yellowstone County. The Census estimate is useful for identifying the place and its county relationship, but it cannot tell you how many people seek legal help, which practice areas they need or whether a marketing channel is working.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show exactly how geography is represented in rankings, lead records, source attribution and case-type views. Decide whether Laurel and Yellowstone County should be separate reporting dimensions. Keep statewide Montana observations distinct from place-level observations. A clean boundary prevents a county result from being described as a Laurel result or a Montana result from being treated as local proof.
