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By Job Gal | March 17, 2009
Montana
Montana is located in the Northwestern United States. Helena serves as the capital city, while Billings is the largest city. Montana is bordered by Canada to the north, Idaho to the west, Wyoming to the south and South Dakota and North Dakota to the east. The state is home to many mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains.
The name Montana comes from the Spanish word for mountain. Native Americans were the first to inhabit Montana. The part of the state east of the Continental Divide was included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Montana was part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and gold and copper were discovered there in the 1850s. Montana became a United States Territory in 1864 and became the 41st state in 1889. The state’s population was greatly affected by the Homestead Act and the Nez Perce War.
Cattle ranching has long been a part of Montana’s economy, as seen by the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. Today, the state’s economy in the east is based on ranching, wheat farming oil and coal, while the western economy is based on lumber, tourism and hard rock mining.
Montana’s Job Market
In 2003, Montana had a total state product of $26 billion. The state’s economy is mainly based on agriculture, with major crops including wheat, barley, sugar beets, oats, rye, seed potatoes, honey, cherries and cattle and sheep ranching. The state also has strong lumber and mineral extraction and tourism industries. Montana also is known for its beer microbrewing.
Montana’s fastest-growing industries include: healthcare and social services, professional and business services, engineering and management, real estate and construction.
Work Trends
Montana’s unemployment rate: 5.6 percent
National unemployment rate: 8.1 percent
Mean travel time to work: 17.7 minutes
Montana’s Largest Employers
Billings Clinic
2800 10th Ave. North, P.O. Box 37000
Billings, MT 59107
Billings Health and Rehabilitation Center
2115 Central Ave.
Billings, MT 59102
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
915 Highland Blvd.
Bozeman, MT 59715
Cordillera Communications
1128 East Main St.
Bozeman, MT 59715
First National Bank of Montana
504 Mineral Ave.
Libby, MT 59923
Glacier Bank
202 Main St.
Kalispell, MT 59901
Kalispell Regional Medical Center
310 Sunnyview Lane
Kalispell, MT 59901
Missoula Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1700 West Broadway
Missoula, MT 59808
St. Peter’s Hospital
2475 Broadway
Helena, MT 59601
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Six CityPlace Drive
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
MontanaJobs
State of Montana
CareerBuilder
Surrounding Area Job Search
Helena, MT
Missoula, MT
Great Falls, MT
Bozeman, MT
Billings, MT
Kalispell, MT
Continuing Education
University of Montana-Missoula
Montana State University-Bozeman
Montana State University-Billings
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Carroll College
Discovering Montana
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center
The Moss Mansion Museum
International Choral Festival
Western Montana Fair
Glacier National Park
Flathead Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Montana Statistics
Population
Total population: 957,861
Persons under five-years old: 6.2 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 22.9 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.9 percent
Female: 49.9 percent
White: 90.6 percent
Black: .6 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 6.3 percent
Asian: .7 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.7 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 2.8 percent
Non-Hispanic White: 88.2 percent
Education
High school graduates: 87.2 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 24.4 percent
Housing
Housing units: 435,533
Homeownership rate: 69.1 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 15.7 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $99,500
Households: 358,667
Persons per household: 2.45
Income
Median household income: $43,000
Per capita income: $17,151
Persons below poverty: 14.1 percent
Transportation
Airports: Bozeman, Billings, Missoula, Great Falls International Airport Kalispell, Helena, Butte
Railroads: Amtrak (Empire Builder), BNSF Railway, Montana RailLink
Public mass transit: Montana Department of Transportation
Weather (Billings)
Average annual precipitation: 14.77 inches
Average low temp. in January: 15.1 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 85.8 degrees
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