s Montana 331.12 ElOLmira 2002 xnent of Labor and Industry Labor Market Information for MONTANA STATE LIBRARY 3 0864 1001 5311 6 Ravalli County JTA7E DOCUMEI $&- iZ2 Hamilton !i!/ MONTANA STATE Lll 1515 E. 6th AVE. HELENA, MONTANA 596i Cities and Towns in Ravalli County Conner Corvallis Darby Florence Grantsdale Hamilton Pinesdale Stevensville Sula Victor 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 Research Analysis Bureau Workforce Services Division & Montana DepartmentofLabor Industry P. O. Box 1728 (840 HelenaAve.) Helena, Montana 59624 Phone 406-444-2430/FAX 406-444-2638 Toll free within Montana 800-633-0229 Toll freeoutside Montana 800-541-3904 TDD 406-444-0532 5/15/02 Ravalli County Located in western Montana, Ravalli County is Montana's seventh most populous with 37,304 residents, according to the 2001 estimates produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Hamilton, the county seat, was the state's 20th largest city with a popula- tion of 3,705 in 2000. According to the 1990 Census, more than 16 percent ofworkers living in Ravalli County commute to Missoula County to work. The county is home to the Bitterroot Valley, a passageway for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. It was also a former home to the Flathead Indians who invited missionaries to build St. Mary's Mission in 1841. Hamilton was settled around 1887 when Marcus Daly, a mining tycoon, established a lumber mill in the area. According to the Montana Almanac, by authors Andrea Merrill and Judy Jacobson, the county was established in 1893 and named for Jesuit Mission- ary Father Anthony Ravalli who located to the region in 1845. Hamilton replaced Stevensville as the county seat in 1898, according to the authors, and most likely is named after early pioneer J. W. Hamilton. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, median income for Ravalli County households in 1998 was $30,003. The county is 2,400.4 square miles in area; 2,394.3 square miles in land area and 6.1 in inland water area. County residents experience the four distinct seasons. According to the Western Regional Climate Center, the average daily low in Hamilton in January between 1971 and 2000 was 16.8 degrees above zero. The average daily high in July was 82.8 degrees above. The annual precipitation during the same period was 13.54 inches. The growing season was from May 23 to Sept. 19 (last and first frost). Ravalli County Population Source: U.S. Bureau ofthe Census Area County data is available on our website at: http://rad.dli.state.mt.us/ Check Out: County Profiles - Includes listings ofcities, Top Private Employers, Employment by Industry, Employment & Unemployment, Population, Per Capita Income, Local Resources and more for our most populous counties. (This is the same information you're currently viewing available electronically.) Employment & Labor Force Trends - Our quarterly labor force publication contains write-ups on statewide employment trends by industry, specific industry developments around Montana, research articles, etc. Tables present statewide and county employment and unemployment. ES-202 Program Data - Industry Employment & Wages reported through the unemployment insurance program. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) -Annual Average Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Rates. Monthly Press Release Tables and Statistics in Brief publications - Current Monthly Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Rates. Also check out the Montana StatewideArea & Research Analysis System (MtSaras) at: http://saras.dli.state.mt.us/mtsaras/ Look At: Industry Button - Industry Employment & Wages Population Button - Population Income Button - Per Capita, Median Household, Median Family & HUD Median Family Labor Button - Labor Force Data Employers' Button - Look up local employers from the Employer Database Top 10 Private Employers In Ravalli County ListedInAlphabeticalOrder Albertson's Kmart SelwayCorporation CorixaCorporation MarcusDalyMemorialHospital Super 1 Foods DiscoveryCare Centre PioneerLogHomes ValleyViewEstatesHealthCareCenter FarmersState Bank Source: Montana DepartmentofLabor&Industry,Research&AnalysisBureau. FourthQuarter2001 UnemploymentInsurance Information. ThislistincludesONLYprivate industryemployerssubjecttoUnemploymentInsurance. Railroads,tribalentitiesandcity, county,state andfederalgovernmentagencies(includingpublicschooldistrictsanduniversities)are excluded. County data is available on our website at: http://rad.dli.state.mt.us/ Check Out: County Profiles - Includes listings ofcities, Top Private Employers, & Employment by Industry, Employment Unemployment, Population, Per Capita Income, Local Resources and more for our most populous counties. (This is the same information you're currently viewing available electronically.) Employment & Labor Force Trends - Our quarterly labor force publication contains write-ups on statewide employment trends by industry, specific industry developments around Montana, research articles, etc. Tables present statewide and county employment and unemployment. ES-202 Program Data - Industry Employment & Wages reported through the unemployment insurance program. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) -Annual Average Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Rates. Monthly Press Release Tables and Statistics in Brief publications - Current Monthly Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Rates. Also check out the Montana StatewideArea & Research Analysis System (MtSaras) at: http://saras.dli.state.mt.us/mtsaras/ Look At: Industry Button - Industry Employment & Wages Population Button - Population Income Button - Per Capita, Median Household, Median Family & HUD Median Family Labor Button - Labor Force Data Employers' Button - Look up local employers from the Employer Database Top 10 Private Employers In Ravalli County ListedInAlphabeticalOrder Albertson's Kmart SelwayCorporation CorixaCorporation MarcusDalyMemorialHospital Super 1 Foods DiscoveryCare Centre PioneerLogHomes ValleyViewEstatesHealthCareCenter FarmersState Bank Source: Montana DepartmentofLabor&Industry,Research&AnalysisBureau. FourthQuarter2001 UnemploymentInsurance Information. ThislistincludesONLYprivate industryemployerssubjecttoUnemploymentInsurance. Railroads,tribalentitiesandcity, county,state andfederalgovernmentagencies(includingpublicschooldistrictsanduniversities)are excluded