12 General-Montana Facts & Figures 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 1996 



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MONTANA FACTS AND FIGURES 



Montana's 1990 population, at 799,065, rose 1.6 percent from 1980. Population density, measured in people per 

 square mile, was 5.5 in 1990~third lowest in the United States. Montana's 59.7 million acres of land in farms and ranches 

 rajiks second in the nation behind Texas. 



MONTANA POPULATION 



Total, 1990 Census 

 People Per Square Mile 



Farm Population 

 People Per Farm 



LAND AND LAND UTILIZATION " 



799,065 Montana Total Land Area, Miles 



5.5 Montana Total Land Area, Acres 



45,718 All Land in Farms & Ranches 



1 .9 Proportion of Land in Farms & Ranches 



145,388 Sq. Miles 



93.0 Mil. Acres 

 59,642,536 Acres 



64.1 Percent 



" 1992 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



MONTANA LAND AREA: Ownership as Percentage of Total 



stats of Montana 



5.9 



-18.0 



62.2 



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" Tribal lands only. ^' Includes roads, railroads, airports, etc. 



SOURCE: BLM "Public Land Statistics, 1983," USPS, BIA, State of Montana, Department of State Lands. 



FARM COUNTS AJMD MEASUREMENTS, 1994 



Number of Farms & Ranches 1/ 

 Average Size of Farm or Ranch 

 Total Farm & Ranch Assets 2/ 

 Average Value Per Farm or Ranch 



1/ 



3/ 



22,500 

 2,653 Acres 

 $19.5 Bil. 

 $867,769 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch 



Average Value Per Acre 3/ 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation 



$662,844 



S277 



$114,836 



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

 Per acre, land and buildings, January 1, 1995. 



LAND EV FARMS AND RANCHES: UTILIZATION AS Percentage of Total ^' 



All Other 

 1.5 



65.9 



" 1992 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



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