MONTANA FACTS ft FIGURES 



Montana's 1980 population, at 786,690, »as up 13 percent from 1970. Pop- 

 ulation density, measured In people per square mile, »os 5.4 In 1980--thlrd lo»est 

 In the United States. Montana's 61.0 million acres of land In farms and ranches 

 ranks second In the nation behind Texas. 



MONTANA POPULATION 



Tota I , 1 980 Census 

 Farm 



Peop I e per Farm 



786,690 

 67,546 



2.8 



LAND » LAND UTILIZATION 



Montana Tota I 

 Land Area: 



People Per 

 Square Mile: 



Al i Land I n Farms 

 and Ranches: 



Proportion of Land 

 In Farms 4 Ranches: 



147,138 Sq. Mi ies 

 93.2 Mi I . Acres 



5.4 



61 ,000,000 



65 



Acres 1/ 



Percent 



»/ 1 986 pre I 1 mi nary . 



MONTANA LAND AREA 



OWNERSHIP AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 



Souioi: BLM 'Public: Land SlslUllca.l9a3'. USFS. BIA. 

 State of Montana, Dapartmant of Landa 



LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES 



UTILIZATION AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 1/ 



1/ Tribal landa only. 



I 



FARM COUNTS * MEASUREMENTS, 198S-«« 



Number of Farms and 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/Farm or Ranch 

 Farm and Ranch Debt per Operation 



23,600 >/■ 



2,585 Acres »' 



$18.1 Bl I . 1/ 



S757,326 t/ 



t204 s/ 



$567,540 «/ 



$179,979 S/ 



"places with annual sale of agricultural products 

 of $1,000 or more, 1986 preliminary. 

 Includes household, buildings, machinery, I I ve- 

 stoclt, crops, savings, and Investments (1984). 

 Per acre, land and buildings, February 1, 1986. 

 includes dwelling and other farm buildings. 

 Includes real estate, non-real estate, and CCC 

 loans ( 1984) . 



1/ 1982 U.S. Canaui of Asricuiturc. 



