Montana

**Montana** is a state in the United States. Its capital is Helena, and the largest city is Billings. Montana has many mountains in the western half of the state. Most of the eastern part of the state is prairie.

Montana is the fourth largest state by area, the seventh least populous, and the third least densely populated of the 50 states.

Montana and Canada share a 545-mile (877-km) part of the world's longest undefended (which means there are no soldiers or armies on either side) border. The state borders the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, more provinces than any other U.S. state.

To the east of Montana is North Dakota; to the southeast is a short border with South Dakota. In the south is Wyoming, and on the west and southwest is Idaho.

The first people to settle in Montana were the Native Americans.

In 2018, The top countries of origin for immigrants were Canada (15 percent of immigrants), Mexico (15 percent), Germany (7 percent), China (5 percent), and Vietnam (5 percent).

## Famous Montana people

- Former Senate Majority Leader and Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield
- Jeannette Rankin, first female member of US Congress
- Burton K. Wheeler, a progressive senator who was Robert LaFollette´<nowiki/>s running mate in the 1924 presidential election
- Film director David Lynch, four-time Academy Award nominee
- Lones Wigger, three-time Olympic medal winner and who at one point held 29 world records
- Phil Jackson, born in Deer Lodge, Montana, won NBA titles eleven times
- Katie Blair, model, actress and winner of multiple beauty pageants
- Jerry Kramer of the Green Bay Packers
- Charles Lindbergh, political activist

## Politics

At one point, Montana was liberal in federal elections and conservative in state elections. Today, the opposite is true. Although Montana is very conservative in presidential elections (it has not voted for a Democrat since 1964), it is more liberal than most states in the upper Rocky Mountains region. There are no Democratic senators from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota or South Dakota. The Montana House of Representatives, which has 100 members, includes 58 Republicans and 42 Democrats, making it more liberal than any state legislature in Wyoming or Idaho.

## Related pages

- Colleges and universities in Montana
- List of counties in Montana

## Infobox (u.s. state)

- **name**: Montana
- **official name**: State of Montana
- **image flag**: Flag of Montana.svg
- **flag link**: Flag of Montana
- **image seal**: Montana-StateSeal.svg
- **seal link**: Seal of Montana
- **anthem**: Montana (state song), Montana
- **image map**: Montana in United States.svg
- **nickname**: Big Sky Country, The Treasure State
- **motto**:

- **former**: Montana Territory
- **population demonym**: Montanan
- **seat**: Helena, Montana, Helena
- **officiallang**: English
- **largestcity**: Billings, Montana, Billings
- **largestmetro**: Billings metropolitan area
- **legislature**: Montana Legislature
- **upperhouse**: Montana Senate, Senate
- **lowerhouse**: Montana House of Representatives, House of Representatives
- **senators**:

- **representative**: Ryan Zinke (R)
Troy Downing (R)
- **area rank**: 4th
- **area total sq mi**: 147,040
- **area total km2**: 380,800
- **area land sq mi**: 145,552
- **area water sq mi**: 1,491
- **area water km2**: 3,862
- **area water percent**: 1
- **population rank**: 43rd
- **2010pop**: 1,068,778
- **population as of**: 2019
- **population density rank**: 48th
- **2010densityus**: 7.09
- **2000density**: 2.73
- **medianhouseholdincome**: $53,386
- **incomerank**: 38th
- **admittanceorder**: 41st
- **admittancedate**: November 8, 1889
- **latitude**: 44° 21′ N to 49° N
- **longitude**: 104° 2′ W to 116° 3′ W
- **length mi**: 255
- **length km**: 410
- **width mi**: 630
- **width km**: 1,015
- **elevation max point**: Granite Peak (Montana), Granite Peak
- **elevation max ft**: 12,807
- **elevation max m**: 3903.5
- **elevation ft**: 3,400
- **elevation m**: 1040
- **elevation min point**: Kootenai River at
- **elevation min ft**: 1,804
- **elevation min m**: 557
- **timezone1**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain
- **utc offset1**: −07:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Mountain Daylight Time, MDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: −06:00
- **area code**: Area code 406, 406 Entire State
- **postal code**: MT
- **tradabbreviation**: Mont.
- **iso code**: US-MT
- **website**: www.mt.gov


## Infobox (u.s. state symbols)

- **name**: Montana
- **flag**: Flag of Montana.svg
- **seal**: Seal of Montana.svg
- **bird**: Western meadowlark
- **butterfly**: Mourning cloak
- **fish**: Westslope cutthroat trout
- **flower**: Bitterroot
- **mammal**: Grizzly bear
- **tree**: Ponderosa pine
- **fossil**: Maiasaura peeblesorum
- **gemstone**: Sapphire, Agate
- **slogan**: _Big Sky Country_
- **route marker**: MT-1.svg
- **quarterreleasedate**: 2007