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MONTANA 



MONTANA 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS 

 SERVICE 



US Bo<4369 



Helena UT 59604 



PliDni 4M-449 5303 



Agricultural Facts 



5/89 



1988 



MONTANA FACTS & FIGURES 



Montana's 1980 population, at 

 786,690, was up 13 percent from 1970. 

 Population density, measured in people 

 per square mile, was 5.3 in 1980--third 

 lowest in the United States. Montana's 

 60.7 million acres of land in farms and 

 ranches ranks second in the nation 

 behind Texas. 



MONTANA POPOLATION 



Total, 1980 Census 786,690 

 Farm 67,546 



People per Farm 2.9 



FARM COUNTS & MEASUREMENTS 



LAND & LAND DTILIZATION 



147,138 Sq. Miles 



Montana Total 

 Land Area 



OR 



93.2 Mil. Acres 

 5.3 



People Per 



Square Mile: 

 All Land in Farms 



and Ranches: 60,700,000 Acres 1/ 

 Proportion of Land 



in Farms & Ranches: 65 Percent 



Number of Farms 



& Ranches 

 Average Size 



of Farm or Ranch 

 Total Farm and 



Ranch Assets 

 Average Value per 



Farm or Ranch 

 Average Value per 



Acre 

 Real Estate Value 



per Farm or Ranch 

 Farm and Ranch Debt 



per Operation 



23,300 1/ 



2,605 Acres 1/ 



S14.2 Bil. 2/ 



$609,592 2/ 



$167 3/ 



$427,876 4/ 



$130,202 5/ 



1/ Places with annual sale of 



agricultural products of $1,000 or 



more, 1988 preliminary. 

 2/ Includes household, buildings, 



machinery, livestock, crops, savings, 



and investments (1987) . 

 3/ Per acre, land and buildings, 



February 1, 1989. 

 4/ Includes dwelling and other farm 



buildings (1987). 

 5/ Includes real estate, non-real 



estate, and CCC loans (1987). 



Land in Farms & Ranches 



utilization as Percentage of Total 



Rangeland 



^ Pasture 



67.4 



All Other 2 1 



Woodland 3.3 



Cropland 

 27.2 



STATE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION 



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MONTANA STATE LIBRARY 



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 HELENA, MOrJTANA G9S20 



Other Cropland 

 1.8 



Cult. Summer Fallow 

 9.9 



Harv. Cropland 

 15.5 



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I "L * h \Jl U a 8 ^ Source: 1982 U.S. Ceneua ol ABr(culturi 



