1992 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



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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 60.2 million acres of land 

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



MONTANA POPULATION 



Total, 1990 Census 

 People Per Square Mile 



Farm Population 

 People Per Farm 



LAND AND lAND UTIUZATION " 



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 



60,203,993 Acres 



64.7 Percent 



'^ 1987 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



MONTANA LAND AREA; Ownership as Percentage of Total 



Indian Reservations 2.4% 



Stale 01 Montana 5.9% 



Federal 29.5% 



National Parka 

 & Othera 2.B% 



Bureau of Land 

 Management 8.7% 



Foreal 

 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, 1990 



Number of Farms & Ranches '^ 

 Average Size of Farm or Ranch '^ 

 Total Farm & Ranch Assets ^ 

 Average Value Per Farm or Ranch ^ 



24,700 

 2,449 Acres 

 $20.3 Bil. 

 $822,385 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch ^ $600,644 



Average Value Per Acre ■" $243 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation ^ $107,170 



^' Places with annual sale of agricultural products of 51,000 or more. ^ Includes household, buildings, machinery, livestock, crops, savings 

 and investments. ^ Includes dwelling and other farm buildings. ^ Per acre, land and buildings, February 1, 1990. ^ Includes real estate, 

 non-real estate, and CCC loans. 



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



All other 1.7 



Woodland 3.1 



Cropland 

 29.6 



Other Cropland 

 S.O 



Cultivated 



Sumrner Fallow 



9.4 



Harveated 



Cropland 



15.2 



^ 1987 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



