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.GEOGRAPHY OF MONTANA TOTAL AREA: 147,046 sq mi (380,849 sq km) LAND AREA: 145,388 sq mi (376,555 sq km) WATER AREA: 1,658 sq mi (4,294 sq km) HIGHEST POINT: Granite Peak, 12,799 feet LOWEST POINT: Kootenal River, 1800 feet AVERAGE ELEVATION: 3,400 feet HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 117@ Fahrenheit LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -70@ Fahrenheit NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum, coal, natural gas FEDERAL LANDS: 30.50% owned by federal government FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 1,900 million gallons per day SOIL EROSION: 170 million tons per year HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 10 sites on national priority list .PEOPLE OF MONTANA POPULATION: 806,000 PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 794,000 POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 2.30% POPULATION DENSITY: 5.5 persons per sq mi PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.6 METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 24.2% MARRIAGE RATE: 8.4 marriages per 1,000 population DIVORCE RATE: 5.1 divorces per 1,000 population BIRTH RATE: 15.1 births per 1,000 population BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 10.1% of total BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 19.4% of total POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 27.4% POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 12.8% LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 73.9 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 70.5 years LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 77.7 years DEATH RATE: 8.2 deaths per 1,000 population BLACK POPULATION: 0.2% JEWISH POPULATION: 0.1% PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 12.3% FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 9.2% CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 13.8% VIETNAM VETERANS: 36,000 .EDUCATION IN MONTANA EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $827 per resident PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,259 per pupil PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 16.1 pupils per teacher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $23,800 average SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,700 average COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 36,000 total COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 5,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 18,000 COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 11,000 SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $3,577 per student TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $803 per student .HEALTH IN MONTANA HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $275 average PHYSICIANS: 150 physicians per 100,000 population DENTISTS: 67 dentists per 100,000 population LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 5.7 per 100 live births LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: NA LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 5.7 per 100 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 10 deaths per 1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: NA INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.3 deaths per 1,000 live births LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 288 per 1,000 live births AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 34 total AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 8 total AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 1.5 per 100,000 population DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 16 DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 50.3 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM CANCER: 179.1 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 269.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 9.4 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 28.5 per 100,000 resident population DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 21.7 per 100,000 resident population .GOVERNMENT OF MONTANA OFFICIAL NAME: State of Montana ADMITTED TO UNION: Nov. 8, 1889 ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 41st CAPITAL: Helena MOTTO: Oro y Plata (gold and silver) SONG: Montana SYMBOLS: Animal--Grizzly bear; Bird--Western meadowlark; Flower--Bitterroot; Gem--Sapphire and Montana agate; Tree--Flowering dogwood FLAG: The state seal on a dark blue field with Montana above it. GOVERNOR: Stan Stephens (R) 1992 EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 62.5% casting votes ELECTORAL VOTES: 7 SENATORS: Max Baucus (D) 1990, Conrad Burns (R) 1994 NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 5 AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 18 AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18 AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21 AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 16 or 8th grade STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.9 per capita STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $1,767 per capita FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $962 per capita DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $3,643 per capita FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $265 (millions) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 11,000 SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 16.5% of population PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 4.6% of population FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 6.6% of population .CRIME IN MONTANA CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 4,267 offenses per 100,000 population VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 123 offenses per 100,000 population MURDERS: 2.6 per 100,000 population FORCIBLE RAPE: 17 per 100,000 population ROBBERY: 23 per 100,000 population AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 81 per 100,000 population PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 4,144 offenses per 100,000 population BURGLARY: 704 per 100,000 population LARCENY-THEFT: 3,224 per 100,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 216 per 100,000 population PRISON INMATES: 1,272 total PRISON INMATE RATE: 158 per 100,000 population PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed POLICE PROTECTION: 23.6 police per 10,000 population LAWYERS: 411 population per lawyer .ECONOMY OF MONTANA INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,866 DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $11,264 GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $12,163 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $1,009 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $888 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,022 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $881 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $1,488 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $663 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $1,046 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $2,008 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $1,607 (millions) GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $1,551 (millions) U.S. EXPORTS: $350 (millions) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $80 (millions) PATENTS GRANTED: 52 (1988) NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 83 failures per 10,000 concerns BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 59 total EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 62.9% employed of total population FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 58.9% of labor force UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 6.8% unemployed UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 25% unionized NEW HOUSING STARTS: 1,000 units NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $40 (millions) MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 1.8% VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $1,116 (millions) MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 0.0% EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 7.9% of total employment RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $14,970 CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 11.3% MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $368 (millions) MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $923 (millions) CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 25 million barrels NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 46 billion cubic feet marketed NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 24.8 billion kWh ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 4.9 million kW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0 .AGRICULTURE OF MONTANA PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, wheat, barley, hay (85% of total) PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, wheat, barley LAND IN FARMS: 61,000,000 acres CROPLAND HARVESTED: 9,475,000 acres harvested NUMBER OF FARMS: 25,000 SIZE OF FARMS: 2,453 acres per farm CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -0.6% VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $167 per acre NET FARM INCOME: $242 (millions) NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 8.3% BARLEY PRODUCTION: 68,800 bushels (thousands) BARLEY YIELD: 43 bushels per acre CORN PRODUCTION: 320 bushels (thousands) CORN YIELD: 80 bushels per acre COTTON PRODUCTION: 0 bales (thousands) COTTON YIELD: 0 pounds per acre HAY PRODUCTION: 4,470 tons (thousands) HAY YIELD: 1.90 tons per acre OATS PRODUCTION: 6,670 bushels (thousands) OATS YIELD: 46 bushels per acre POTATO PRODUCTION: 2,228 CWT (thousands) POTATO YIELD: 275 CWT per acre RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands) SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands) SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: 1,033 tons (thousands) SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands) TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre WHEAT PRODUCTION: 145,030 bushels (thousands) WHEAT YIELD: 27.7 bushels per acre CATTLE AND CALVES: 2,350 on farms (1,000 head) HOGS AND PIGS: 220 on farms (1,000 head) SHEEP AND LAMBS: 663 on farms (1,000 head) .COMMUNICATIONS IN MONTANA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 1,181 miles; 1,900 kilometers MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 113 thousands of miles traveled per road mile LICENSED DRIVERS: 599.5 per 1,000 population MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 27.6 deaths per 100,000 population REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 513 per 1,000 population REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 27 per 1,000 population DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 61.6% COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 49 COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 39 EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 6 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 13 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 0 DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 11 DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.23 papers per capita .TRAVEL IN MONTANA STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Montana State Board of Tourism, Department of Commerce, Helena, 59620, (406) 444-2654 TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Helena--State Capitol; Butte--World Museum of Mining and Mineral Museum; Great Falls--Charles M. Russell Museum; Bozeman--restored gold rush town; Billings--Indian caves; Moiese--Flathead Indian Reservation, National Bison Range, Custer Battlefield National Monument; Glacier National Park (adjoins Canada, more than 1600 sq mi of glaciers, mountains, wilderness, wildlife such as bighorn sheep, bear, wolves); dude ranches. DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $728 (millions) LAND IN NATIONAL PARKS: 1,220,900 acres LAND IN STATE PARKS: 52,000 acres VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 5,126,000 annually 
