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Montana Farm and Farm-Related Employment, 2002

This product includes data for 1981-2002 and revises estimates for 1998-2001.

Note: These data will no longer be updated or maintained because some of the necessary underlying data are no longer available to ERS.

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Montana farm and farm-related employment, 2002
Farm industries
[What is included?]		 Total* Metro Nonmetro
Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total
Farming:

Farm production 		32,453 5.64 4,330 1.99 28,123 7.86
....Farm proprietors 25,826 4.49 3,519 1.62 22,307 6.24
....Farm wage and salary workers 6,627 1.15 811 0.37 5,816 1.63
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		3,168 0.55 793 0.36 2,375 0.66
Agricultural input industries-- 1,730 0.30 611 0.28 1,119 0.31
....Agricultural chemicals 176 0.03 58 0.03 118 0.03
....Farm machinery and equipment 79 0.01 15 0.01 64 0.02
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 1,419 0.25 510 0.23 909 0.25
....Commodity contract brokers 56 0.01 28 0.01 28 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 3,935 0.68 1,615 0.74 2,320 0.65
....Meat products 378 0.07 103 0.05 275 0.08
....Dairy products 412 0.07 243 0.11 169 0.05
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 31 0.01 0 0.00 31 0.01
....Grain mill products 331 0.06 174 0.08 157 0.04
....Bakery products 599 0.10 490 0.23 109 0.03
....Sugar and confectionery products 415 0.07 205 0.09 210 0.06
....Fats and oils products 49 0.01 7 0.00 42 0.01
....Beverages 307 0.05 63 0.03 244 0.07
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 150 0.03 98 0.05 52 0.01
....Tobacco products 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 128 0.02 28 0.01 100 0.03
....Leather products and footwear 151 0.03 5 0.00 146 0.04
....Packaging 27 0.00 19 0.01 8 0.00
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 912 0.16 180 0.08 732 0.20
....Warehousing 45 0.01 0 0.00 45 0.01
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		60,811 10.57 25,187 11.58 35,624 9.96
Indirect agribusiness 679 0.12 447 0.21 232 0.06
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 102,776 17.87 32,983 15.17 69,793 19.51
All other employment 472,434 82.13 184,492 84.83 287,942 80.49
Total employment 575,210 100.00 217,475 100.00 357,735 100.00

*Metro and nonmetro detail may not add to total because of some employment not
classified by location. Metro and nonmetro estimates are based on the June 2003 metropolitan area definitions.

Data are based on the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Source: Most industry estimates were developed from an enhanced file of the County Business Patterns, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Farm proprietors and farm wage and salary workers are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

For more information, contact: Kathleen Kassel

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Updated date: March 1, 2005