

MAY 1, 1992 



MONTANA 



AGRICULTURAL FACTS 

 1991 



MONTANA 

 AGRJCULTURAL 

 STATISTICS SERVICE 



PO Bo» 4369 

 Helena. MT S9604 

 Phone: (800) 835-2612 

 or 449 5303 



Uontant SUIe Utrtry 



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MONTANA FACTS AND FIGURES 



MONTANA STATE LIBRARY 



1515 E 6<*^ AVE 

 HELENA. MONTANA 59620 



Montana's 1990 population, at 799.065, was up 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 

 Pei>ple Per Square Mile 



Rural Farm Population 

 People Per Farm 



LAND AND LANT) UTILIZATION ' 



799,065 Montana Total Land Area, Miles 145.388 Sq. Miles 

 5.5 Montana Total Land Area, Acres 93.0 Mil. Acres 



45,718 All Land in Farms & Ranches 60.203.993 Acres 

 1.9 Proportion of Land in Farms & Ranches 64.7 Percent 



' 1987 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



FARM COUNTS ANT) MEASUREMENTS, 1990 



|N'umber of Farms & Ranches ' 24.700 



'\verage Size of Farm or Ranch ' 2,449 Acres 



Total Farm & Ranch Assets - $20.3 Bil. 



Average Value Per Farm or Ranch - $822,385 



Places with annual sale of agncultural products of $1 .000 or more. - Includes household, buildings, machinery, livestock, 

 .rops. savings and investments. ' Includes dwelling and other farm buildings. * Per acre, land and buildings. February I. 1991. 

 Includes real estate, non-real estate, and CCC loans. 



Real Estate Value/Farm or Ranch ' S600.644 

 Average Value Per Acre ' $243 



Farm & Ranch Debt Per Operation ' $107,170 



Land in Farms & Ranches 



utilization as Percentage of Total 



■/ 1 J . . 



All Olhar 1.7 



Other Cropland 

 6.0 



Culllvalad 



SHMiMar Fallow 



9.4 



Harvaalad 



Cropland 

 16.2 



Sourc*: 1S67 U.S. Canaua of Agriculture 



