MONTANA MONTANA U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1889 ORDER OF ADMISSION 41ST DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1973 CAPITAL HELENA POPULATION 879000 1995 LAND AREA 145556 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 6.0 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME TREASURE STATE MOTTO ORO Y PLATT GOLD AND SILVER GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 50 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 100 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 1 MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURE TIMBER MINING TOURISM OIL AND GAS MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES COAL PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS COPPER GOLD LEAD PLATINUM SILVER ZINC
