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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS 



Family and Hired Workers, 1970-1980 



Year January 



1970 27,000 



1971 26,000 



1972 27.000 



1973 26,000 



1974 22,000 



1975 26,000 



1976 28,000 



1977 22,600 



1978 24,500 



1979 30,200 



1980' 25,000 



1970 23,000 



1971 22,000 



1972 23,000 



1973 22,000 



1974 16,000 



1975 18,000 



1976 21,000 



1977 18,000 



1978 20.000 



1979 23,300 



1980' 16,000 



1970 4.000 



1971 4,000 



1972 4,000 



1973 4,000 



1974 6.000 



1975 8.000 



1976 7,000 



1977 4.600 



1978 4.500 



1979 6.900 



1980' 9.000 



April 



37.000 

 46,000 

 45.000 

 42.000 

 37.000 



29.000 

 34.000 

 36.000 

 34.100 

 34.000 

 35.000 



29,000 

 35.000 

 33,000 

 31,000 

 26,000 



20,000 

 25,000 

 28,000 

 27,000 

 23,000 

 25,000 



8,000 

 11,000 

 12,000 

 11.000 

 11,000 



9.000 

 9.000 

 8,000 

 7,100 

 11.000 

 10.000 



luly 



Oaober 



Annual 

 Average 



39,000 

 41.000 

 40,000 

 40.000 

 37.000 



32.000 

 33,300 

 31.900 

 32,800 

 33,500 



28.000 

 29.000 

 29.000 

 28.000 

 25,000 



22,000 

 24,000 

 24,000 

 25,000 

 24,000 



11,000 

 12.000 

 11,000 

 13.000 

 13.000 



11.000 

 9.300 

 7,700 

 7.800 

 9.500 



FARM WAGE RATES 



Paid to all Hired Workers Per Hour, 1970-1980 



Year January 



1970 1-68 



1971 1.73 



1972 1-80 



1973 1-95 



1974 2.22 



1975 2.38 



1976 2.53 



1977 2.58 



1978 2.50 



1979 2.84 



1980' 3.25 



April 



1.60 

 1.69 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 1.84 



1.94 

 2.20 

 2.30 

 2.72 

 2.80 

 3.14 



Annual 

 Average 



1.63 

 1.72 

 1.83 

 2.02 

 2.10 



2.19 

 2.31 

 2.34 

 2.53 

 2.77 



'Some data not available in time for publication. 



