10 General 



1989 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



MONTANA FACTS AND FIGURES 



Montana's 1980 population, at 786,690, was up 13 percent from 1970. Population density, measured in 

 people per square mile, was 5.3 in 1980--third lowest in the United States. Montana's 60.6 million acres of 

 land in farms and ranches ranks second in the nation behind Texas. 



MONTANA POPULATION 



Total, 1980 Census 

 People Per Square Mile 



Farm Population 

 People Per Farm 



LAND AND LAND UTIUZATION 



786,690 Montana Total Land Area, Miles 



5.3 Montana Total Land Area, Acres 



67,546 All Land in Farms & Ranches ' 



2.8 Proportion of Land in Farms & Ranches 



147,138 Sq. Miles 

 93.2 Mil. Acres 

 60.6 Mil. Acres 

 65 Percent 



1989 Preliminary. 



MONTANA LAND AREA: Ownership as Percentage of Total 



Indian Reservations 2.'4*^ 



State of Montana 5.9% 



Federal 29.5% 



National Parks 

 a others 2.8% 



Bureau of Land 

 Management 8.7% 



Forest Service 18.0% 



' 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 AND MEASUREMENTS, 1987 



Number of Farms & Ranches ' 24,500 



Average Size of Farm or Ranch ' 2,482 Acres 



Total Farm & Ranch Assets ^ $14.2 Bil. 



Average Value Per Farm or Ranch ^ $579,735 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch ^ $406,988 

 Average Value Per Acre ^ $164 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation ^ $123,824 



' Places with annual sale of agricultural products of $1,000 or more. ^ Includes household, buildings, machinery, livestock, crops, savings 

 and investments. 3 includes dwelling and other farm buildings. '• Per acre, land and buildings, February 1, 1988. ^ includes real estate, 

 non-real estate, and CCC loans. 



LAND IN FARMS AND RANCHES: Utilization as Percentage of Total ' 



Range 

 & Pasture 



All other 2.1% 



Cropland 27.2% 



other 5.0% 



Cultivated 

 Summer Fallow 9.4% 



Harvested 

 Cropland 15.2% 



' 1987 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



