STATISTICAL ST^MMARY 7 



STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF MONTANA 



MONTANA— Population (1!)20), .j47,5!)3. Population per square mile (1920), 

 3.8 persons. Area, iH.OTS.OSO acres. Acres unreserved public land (11)22), 5,659,87^ 

 Acres national forests (1922), 15,93o.SS9. Acres national parks, Indian, military 

 and other reservations (1922), 4.727.S94. Average elevation above sea level of 

 state, 3.-400 feet; maximum elevation, 12,850 feet; minimum, 1,800 feet. Mean 

 annual temperature of state, 42.3°. Mean annual precipitation, 15.81 inches. 

 Average numl)er of clear days. 163 ; of partly cloudy, 107.4 ; of cloudy, 94 ; of 

 days with .01 of an inch or more of precipitation, 77. Niunber of counties, 55 

 Number of incorporated cities. 107; of cities with population of 25,000 or more, 1 

 of cities of 10.000 to 2.5,000 population. 5 ; of cities of 5,000 to 10,(X)0 population, 6 

 Principal crops (1922) in order of value; wheat, hay, oats, corn, potatoes, flax. 

 Principal livestock (1922) in order of value; sheep, cattle, horses, swine. Principal 

 minerals in order of value (1920) : copper, zinc, coal, silver. 



RANKS FIRST AMONG STATP^S— In spring bread wheat production 

 (39,210,000 bushels, October, 1923, estimate) ; in percentage of total spring wheat 

 pi-oduction grading No. 1 (74 per cent, graded No. 1, 1920-1922 inclusive) ; in lowest 

 average value of good plow hinds (.$31.00 an acre, 1923) in freedom from cattle 

 tuberculosis (January. 1923). less than nine-tenths of one per cent, of the 205,650 

 cattle tested reacting to the disease ; in production of honey per hive ( average of 

 88 pounds per hive, 1913-1919 inclusive) ; in use of electricity per capita; in pro- 

 duction of manganese and precious stones; in area and variety of National Parks; 

 in acreage of public lands patented (1921). 



RANKS SECOND AMONG STATES— In production of copper, silver and 

 zinc (1920) ; in lowest death rate per 1.000 population (8.2 persons in 1922). 



RANKS THIRD AMONG STATES— In area (94.078,080 acres) ; in extent and 

 size of its coal measures (39,532 square miles containing estimated available supply 

 of 381,000,000,000 tons) ; in number of cattle tested for tuberculosis. 



RANKS FOURTH AMONG STATES— In water power electricity (1923) 

 (average monthly production of 82,000,000 kilowatt hours). 



RANKS AMONG STATES— Sixth (1923) in percentage of people owning 

 their own homes (60.5); nineteenth (1922) in value of all livestock, ,$95,024,000; 

 twenty-fourth (1922) in value of all animal products, .$61,300,000; thirty-first 

 (1922) in total crop value; thirty-second (1920) in number of farms; thirty- 

 second (July 1, 1923) in persons per motor vehicle (9.5) ; thirty-sixth (1920) in 

 population (.547,593). 



WEALTH— Estimated 1922 crop value. ,$92.932,090 ; estimated value of all ani- 

 mal products for 1922, .$61,. 300. 000 ; estimated mineral production 1922, $59,500,000; 

 1922 lumber cut, 304,377,000 feet ; total bank deposits, June 30, 1923, $140,396,521. 



TAXATION 1922— Total assessed valuation, $1,471.232..574 ; total taxable value. 

 $465,200,282; total outstanding county boud indebtedness, $27,866,533; total out- 

 standing county warrant indebtedness $3,.308,1.36 ; total outstanding school bond 

 indebtedness, $13.092,120 ; other school debts, $1,021,471 ; total general and special 

 county taxes, ,$9.776,328 ; total general and district school taxes $10,789,777 ; total 

 municipal taxes, .$3,.32L006 ; total state taxes, .$2,201,604; total tax (inclusive 

 municipal) per capita, $56.80. 



EDUCATIONAL — Number of elementary schools, 3,375; enrollment, 102,4^4. 

 Number of high schools, 218 ; enrollment, 18.514. 



TRANSPORTATION— Number of railroads, 12; railway mileage, 7,0.35; main 

 line mileage, 5.072 ; electric street railways. 7 ; street railway mileage, 846 ; 

 total road mileage, 64,7.32 ; total improved roads, 29,279 miles ; total surfaced and 

 paved, 1,772 miles; total number automobiles (November, 1923), 65,1.50; total 

 number trucks (November. 1923), 8..300; total number motorcycles (November. 

 1923), 372. Rural free mail delivery routes, 193; total mileage rural routes, 5,560. 



BUSINESS — Number federal personal income tax returns (1921), 36,907, or 

 over 12 per cent, of state's total population engaged in gainful occupations. Total 

 net personal incomes in Montana (1921), $81,527,662; total tax collected, $1,051,863. 

 Number of manufactures (census, 1920), 1,290; average number wage earners, 

 17,100; value of products, $166.644,.518 ; value added by manufacture, .$44,512,594. 

 Number of banks, September 15, 1922, .391 — 131 national, 260 state, 7 private. 

 Building and loan associations, 181. Moving picture houses, 173. Mercantile 

 census, R. G. Dun & Co., 1922; General stores, 919; groceries and meats, 1,295; 



