Twelfth Census of the United States.

Twelfth Census of the United States.

CENSUS BULLETIN.

No. ?33.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

January 17, 1901.

POPULATION OF' MONTANA BY COUNTIES AND MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.

'I'his bulletin, prepared under the direction of Mr. WrLLIAJII 0. HuNT, chief statistician for population, gives the aggregate population of Montana by counties anc1 minor civil divisions, according to the official count of the returns of the 'l'welfth Census, taken as of June 1, 1000.

Montana was organized as a territory May 26, 1864, and admitted as a state November 8, 1880. 'l'able 1 shows the population of Montana at each census from 1870 to 1900, inclusive, together with the increase by number and per cent during each decade.

TABLE 1.--POPUI"ATION OF MONTANA: 1870 To moo.

OENSUS YEAl\8.

INC!\ EASE,

Populntion. 1---~---I Number. Per cent.

1900 ---------------------------------------1890 ---------------------------------------1880 ---------------------------------------1870 ----- - - - ---- - -------- - - - ----------------

2?13, 329 132, 159 30, 159 20, 595

111, 170 93, 000 18, 564

84.l 237.5 90.l

The population of the state in 1900 is 243,329 as compared with a population in 1890 of 132,159, showing an increase during the decade of 111, 170, or 84.1 per cent. A part of this increase is due to the fact that there were 10,346 Indians aucl 419 other persons, or a total of 10, 765 persons, on Indian reservations, etc., in Montana, who were specia.lly enumerated in 1890 under the provisions of the census act, but were not included in the general population of the state at that census. 'l'he population of the territory of Montana in 1~70 was 20,595, and in 1880, 39,159, showing an increase of 18,564, or 90.1 per cent. During the following decade, from 1880 to 1890, in the last year of which the territory became a state, the population increased from 39,150 to 132,159, or 237.5 per cent. Although the numerical increase has been greater during the last decade than for any preceding one, the percentage of increase has declinqcl.

'I'he population of Montana in 1900 is more than eleven times as large as the population given for 1870, the first census taken after its organization as a territory in 1864.

The total land surface of Montana is, approximately, 145,310 square miles, the average number of persons to the square mile at the censuses of 1890 and 1900 being as follows: 181JO, O. 9; 1900, 1. 7.

1~able 2 shows the population of Montana by counties at each census from 1870 to 1900, inclusive, while table 3, which immediately follows, shows, for each county, the increase (or decrease) by number and per cent during the ten years from 1890 to 1900.

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TABLE 2.-POPULATION OF MONTANA BY COUNTIES : 1870 TO 1900.

OOUNTrns.

moo 1800 1880 1870 1860 lSfiO

COUNTJF,S.

1000 1890 1880 1870

1850

- - - - - - - - 1 - - - - --------- - - - -------11--------- - - - -~---- - - - - - - ---??"?

= = = = = = The State-------- 243, 329 132, 159 39, 159 20, 595 ---------- ---------- Jefl'erson 12 ----------

=~

LewisandClarkeJa_

Bea.verhead _________ _ Broadwater 1_________

Carbon 2 ------------Cascade?------------Choteau? ------------

5, 615 27?, 653431

ii: ili

4, 655 2, 712

722 ---------- ----------

---------- ---------- ---------- ---------? ----------

----~:~~r===i~6?i= ======ii~=========== ==========11

~adl~011 14----------

Mfs~~~la 15 ==========

~~~~~iii,-===========

C1L~ter 5 -------------- 7, 891

5, 308

2, 510

,,------- 38 ---------- ---------- ~~~~tbg~~::

Dawson'------------- 2, 443 2, OfiG

180

177 ---------- ---------- Teton'?

-------

Deerlodge 1 ---------FFleartghuesa'd--o-_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_

1i:i~r ---~~~~~~- =--=~~~~= ====~=~~~=::::::::::::::::::::

~~n~rv~~:~~;~,~;;;;;;

Gallatin 10____________ Granitell _...__________

9,553

4,328

6,246

3, 6'13

1,578 ---------- ---------- Cr~~ti.;g_dian rescr-

5, 330

19, 171 7, 695 2,526

13, 964

6,026 19, 14fi

?1, U~2 4 740 14:427

2,464 6,521

3, 915

2, 743 2,537

1, 531 5, 040 2, 684 1, 387 2, 554

-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------~----~

7,341 7,822 47, 6B5

3,086 5,080

6,881

4,355 6, 212

---Tiiiiii- ==:=:::::= :=:::::::: ::::===::= :::=::::::

2, 660 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

? 1 Organized from parts of Jefferson and Meagher in 1897. ?Organized from parts of Park and Yellowstone in 1895. ?Organized from pnrts of Choteau, Lewis and Clarke, anrl Meagher in 1887;

part of Meagher annexed since 1890. ?Parts taken to form Teton in 1893, and part of Cascade in 1887. b Name changed from Bighorn in 1877; part taken to form part of Yellow~

stone in 1881. ?Valley organized from part of Dawson in 1893. r Parts taken to form Silverbow in 1881 and Granite in 1893; parts annexed

to Flathead and Lewis and Clarke since 1890. ? Organized from part of Meagher in 1885. ?Organized from pf1rt ol Mi?soultt in 1893; part of Deerlodge subsequently

annexed. ?10 Parts taken to form Park in 1887 and part of Yellowstone !111881. 11 Organized from part of Deerlodge in 1898.

12 Part taken to form part of Broadwater in 1897.

rn Part taken to form part of Citscade iu 1887 ; parts of Deerlodge ancl

Meagher annexed since 1890.

11 fJ 14 Parts taken to form Fergus in 1885, part of Cascade i111887, pa.rt of Sweet

i~~~fsi~ ~8~'a~~~ sf~~~ r.ro11dwater in 1897; parts annexed to Casc1tde aud 9

rn Parm t1tken to form Flathead and Ravalli in 1893.

rn Organized from part of Gallatin in 1887 ; parts taken to form parts of Cnr-

hon and Sweet Gmss in 1895.

17 Organized from part of Missoula in 1893.

18 Organized from pa.rt of Deerloclge in 1881.

10 Organized from parts of Meugher, Park, and Yellowstone in 1895.

20 Organized from pal"t of Choteau in 1893.

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21 Organized from parts of Custer and Galla.tin in 1881 ; p11rts taken to form

parm of Carbon and Sweet Grass in 1895.

TABLE 3.-INCREASE IN POPULATION OF MONTANA BY COUNTIES: 1890 TO 1900,

COUNTIFB.

!NO REASE.

Number. Per cent,

OOUNT!ES,

INOllllABE.

Number. Per cent.

The State__________________ 111, 170

84.1 Jefferson ------------------------

====!====ell Lewis and Clarke ---------------

Beaverhead---------------------

960

20.6 Marlison----------?---------------

Broadwater--------------------Carbon--------------------------

Cascade ------------------------Choteau-------------------------

~r~~~r!:======================== 2, 641 ------------

7, 533 17, 022 6, 22.'i

-----------1rn94i..s4

Park-----------------------------

R1LVltlli ___________ ---------------

Custer --------------------------- 2, 583

48. 7 SHverbow ---------------------- _

Dawson -------------------------

387

18,8 Sweet Grass---------------------

~~;~~d.:"..~:===::::==========:::::

GFlaaltlhitetiand__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_ Granite--------------------------

2, 238

l4. 8 Tcto1L.--------------------------

3, 423

s9,,

375 307

4, 328

97. 4 --------?----

.....,.____5_2_.9___

VYe1ltllolweYst-o-n--e-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Crow Indian reservation_______ _

1696 26

3,003

12d~~

4GO 7,822 23,891 3 086 5:080 4,355 1, 1'17 2,660

111,5

0.1 6'!.0 146.8 13,2

-----1-0--06-.. -76--

------------

----------2----0--0--,8------

------------

1 Decrease.

The following territorial cLar1ges in t.he counties of Montana have been made since 1890: J:l'lathead organized from part of Missoula in 1893; Granite organized from part of Deerlodge in 1898; Ravalli organized from part of Missoula in 1893; Teton organized from part of Choteau in 1893; Valley organized from part of Dawson in 1893; Carbon organized fro:r? parts of Park and Yellowstone in 1895; Sweet Grass organized from parts of Meagher, Park, and Yellowstone in 1895; Broadwater organized from parts of Jefferson and Meagher .in 189'7; parts of Deerlodge annexed to Flathead and. Lewis and Clarke; and parts of Meagher annexed to Cascade and Lewis and Clarke.

From the foregoing it appears that 8 counties, namely, Broadwater, Carbon, Flathead, Granite, Ravalli, Sweet Grass, Teton, and Valley have been formed since 1890. Of the remaining 16 counties all but 3 have increased in population dming the decade. The 3 that show a decrease in population, namely, Jefferson, Meagher, and Missoula, have also suffered material losses in territory.

Table 4 shows the population of Montana by minor civil divisions, so far as it was separately returned at the censuses of 1890 and 1900.

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TABLE 4.-POPUI,ATION O.F MONTANA BY MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS: 1800 AND 1000.

MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS.

1900

1800

MINOR OIVIL DIVISIONS,

moo 1800

BEAVE!tHEAD COUN'rY 1 --------------------------------

5,615

4,655

i~!~~!k:!~~~~f~~~========================================= 106

418

2fl7

Birch Creek townshiP--------------------------------------

180

~j~~~la\Y~~~~i~1'iip-===============================:::::::::

118 106

Bowen township or Big Hole 15----------------------------

141

B~~~~~'[~~~1N81i]i=::::::=:=========:::==::::=:::::==::::::::

Dillon township, inclucling Dillon city___________________ _

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