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AGRICULTURAL FACTS 



2003 



MONTANA 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS SERVICE 



low 1 5th Street, Suite 3100 

 Helena. MT 59626 

 Phone: 1-800-835-2612 



or (406) 441-1240 

 c mail; nass-mi@nass.us(la.gov 

 http://www.nass.usda.gov/ml/ 



Montana Facts and Figures 



Montana's 2000 population, at 902,195, was up 12.9 percent from 1990. Population density, measured in people 

 per square mile, was 6.2 in 2000--third lowest in the United States. Montana's 60.1 million acres of land in farms and 

 ranches ranks second in the nation behind Texas. 



Montana Population 



Total, 2000 Census 

 People Per Square Mile 

 Rural Farm Population (1990) 

 -£eQpJ,e Per Fatim 



Land and Land Utilization 1/ 



902, 195 Montana Total Land Area, Miles 145,388 Sq. Miles 



6.2 Montana Total Land Area, Acres 93,048,320 Acres 



45,718 All Land in Farms & Ranches 58,607,778 Acres 



1. 9 P ronort i on of Land in Farms & Ranches 63.0 Percent 



1/ 1997 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 

 ^FFarm Counts and Measurements, 2002 



Number of Farms & Ranches 1/ 

 Average Size of Farm or Ranch 

 Total Farm & Ranch Assets II 

 Average Value Per Farm or Ranch 



27,900 

 2,143 Acres 

 $25.8 Bil. 

 $924,236 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch 



Average Value Per Acre 3/ 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation 



$734,292 



$390 



$102,160 



1/ Places with annual sale of agricultural products of $1,000 or more. II Excludes farm operators' household assets and 

 debt. 3/ Per acre, land and buildings, January 1, 2003. 



LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES STATE documents collecti 



Utilization as a Percentage of Total .,,,, o v 



... - '2004 



MONTANA STATE LIBRA, ' 



1515 E. 6th AVE. 

 HEI.ENA, Mn^JTA^'^ S^f;'- 



Source: 1997 Census of Agriculture 



