12 General-Montana Facts and Figures 



MoiNTANA Agricultural Statistics Service 1998 



MONTANA FACTS AND FIGURES 



Montana's 1990 population, at 799,065, rose 1.6 percent from 1980. Population density, measured in people per square mile, was 5.5 in 1990--third 

 lowest in the United States. Montana's 59.7 million acres of land in farms and ranches ranks second in the Nation behind Texas. 



MONTANA LAND AREA: Ownership as a Percentage of Total 



State of Montana 



5.9 



18.0 



1/ Tribal lands only. 2/ Includes roads, railroads, airports, etc. 



SOURCE: BLM "Public Land Statistics, 1983." USFS, BIA. State of Montana, Department of State Lands. 



FARM COUNTS AND MEASUREMENTS, 1996 



LAND IN FARMS AND RANCHES: Utilization as Percentage of Total 1/ 



All Other 



1.5 



65.9 



[Harvested Cropland 



[Cult. Summerfallow 



Other Cropland I 



13.7 



8.2 



7.4 



1/ 1992 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



