12 General 



Montana Agfucultdral Statistics 199^ 



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 



'^ 1992 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



LAND AND LAND UTIUZATION ^' 



799,065 Montana Total Land Area, Miles 145,388 Sq. MUes 



5.5 Montana Total Land Area, Acres 92.9 Mil. Acres 



45,718 All Land in Farms & Ranches 59,642,536 Acres 



1.9 Proportion of Land in Farms & Ranches 64.1 Percent 



MONTANA LAND AREA: Ownership as Percentage of Total 



Indian Raservatlont 1/ 

 2.4 



Others/ 

 62.2 



Naf I Paries & Others 



2.8 



Bureau o( Land Mgmt 



8.7 



Forest Service 

 18.0 



State o( Montana 

 6.9 



'^ 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, 1992 



Number of Farms & Ranches '^ 

 Average Size of Farm or Ranch 

 Total Farm & Ranch Assets ^ 

 Average Value Per Farm or Ranch 



24,600 

 2,439 Acres 

 $19.4 Bil. 

 $786,805 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch $603,878 



Average Value Per Acre '^' $270 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation $99,512 



^' 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, 1993. 



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



other Cropland 

 5.0 



Cult Summerfallow 

 9.4 



Haivestsd Cropland 

 15.2 



'/ 1987 U.S. Census of Agriculture 



