Montana State Library This cover sheet created by Internet Archive for formatting. Montana Department of Labor and Industry Labor Market Information for s 331.12 ElOLmibh 1999 m. d;m uavm Z_ STATE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION MONTANA STATE LI 1515 E. 6th HELENA, MONTANA Cities and Towns in Big Horn County Busby Crow Agency Decker Fort Smith Garryowen Hardin Lodge Grass Pryor St. Xavier Wyola The most current county-by-county information can be found in our quarterly publication Employment andLabor Force Trends. And most ofour information is on the Internet at http://rad.dli.state.mt.us/. In addition, we'll do our best to provide information in accessible format, on request, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. & Provided by the Office of Research Analysis Job Service Division Montana Department ofLabor & Industry P. O. Box 1728, Helena, Montana 59624 Phone406-444-2430/FAX 406-444-2638 Toll free within Montana 800-633-0229 Toll free outside Montana 800-541-3904 TDD 406-444-0532 10/27/99 MONTANA STATE LIBRARY Big Horn County 3 0864 0016 2822 4 Located in southeastern Montana, Big Horn County is Montana's 1 6th most populous with 1,337 residents, according to the 1990 Census. 1 Hardin, the county seat, is the state's 23rd largest city with a population of 2,940. According to the Montana Almanac, by authors Andrea Merrill and Judy Jacobson, the county was established in 1913 and named for the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Big Horn County is home to the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana's largest. The Northern Cheyenne Reservation borders the Crow on the east. The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is southeast of Hardin and memorializes those who died when Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his troops were defeated by Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1 876. The county is rich in coal resources and coal mining was the fifth largest industry in 1998. According to the U.S. Bureau ofthe Census, median income for Big Horn County households in 1989 was $19,1 1 . The county is 5,014.7 square miles in area; 4,994.9 square miles in land area and 19.8 in inland water area. County residents experience the four distinct seasons. Average monthly temperatures range from a minimum of 13 degrees above in January to a maximum of 84 degrees above in July. According to the MontanaAlma- nac, the annual precipitation in 1995 was 13.37 inches and the length ofthe growing season 130 days. Big Horn County Population Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Area AnnualAverage Montana State Library