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| RANKING | GRADUATE PHYSICS |
| 1 | Montana State University, Department of Physics Address: PO Box 173840, Bozeman, MT 59717-3840 Phone: (406) 994-3614 Email: physics@montana.edu Website: http://www.physics.montana.edu |
Population of Montana
About a million people live in the state of Montana (forty-fourth place among US states), while the average population density is about 2.5 people per km 2 (48th place in the USA, only Alaska and neighboring Wyoming are smaller).
The largest cities in Montana are Billings (more than 100,000 residents), Missoula (about 70,000 residents), Great Falls (about 60,000 residents), Bozeman (about 40,000 residents), Butte (about 35,000 residents). Nearly 30,000 people live in the state capital, Helena.
The largest urban agglomerations in Montana formed around the cities of Billings (about 160,000 people), Missoula (about 110,000 people), Kalispell and Bozeman (about 90,000 people each).
The racial composition of the population of the state of Montana:
- White – 89.4%
- Native Americans (Indians or Eskimos of Alaska) – 6.3%
- Asians – less than 1%
- Blacks (African Americans) – less than 1%
- Other races – less than 1%
- Two or more races – 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (of any race) – about 3%
There are seven Native American reservations in Montana. They are inhabited by the Indians of the Kutenai, Blackfoot, Crow (Absaroka), Groventry, Assiniboine, Cheyenne and others peoples. Montana has one of the highest percentages of Indians in the US in relation to the total population of the state.
The largest ethnic (national) groups among the population of the state of Montana:
- Germans – about 30%
- Irish – about 16%
- English – about 13%
- Norwegians – about 10%
Most of the descendants of people from the Scandinavian countries live on the plains of the eastern part of the state. To the west, in the mountainous regions of Montana, the population is more ethnically diverse. Here you can meet Chinese, Slavs, Finns, Scots and representatives of many other nationalities. The relatively few Mexicans of Montana live mainly in the Billings area, most African Americans live in Great Falls.
The largest Montana populations by religion are:
- Christians – about 82%, including:
- Protestants – about 55%, including:
- Lutherans – about 15%
- Methodists – about 8%
- Baptists – about 5%
- Catholics – about 24%
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) – about 5%
- Protestants – about 55%, including:
- Other religions – less than 1%
- Atheists – about 18%