Boulder, Montana

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Boulder: Jefferson County Courhouse built in 1889

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Population (year 2000): 1,300. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,445 (+11.2% change)

Males: 660	(50.8%)
Females: 640	(49.2%)

Jefferson County

Median resident age:	38.4 years
Montana median age:	37.5 years

Zip codes: 59632.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,400 (it was $29,276 in 2000)

Boulder	$32,400
Montana:	$39,301

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $77,300 (it was $72,200 in 2000)

Boulder	$77,300
Montana:	$131,600

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Races in Boulder:

White Non-Hispanic (93.5%)
American Indian (4.3%)
Two or more races (2.2%)
Hispanic (1.2%)
Korean (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (24.1%), Irish (13.9%), English (12.1%), Norwegian (7.4%), Italian (6.3%), French (5.2%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 4904 feet

Land area: 1.14 square miles.

Population density: 1259 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Boulder

High school or higher: 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.4%
Unemployed: 5.0%
Mean travel time to work: 19.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Boulder town

Never married: 18.3%
Now married: 56.6%
Separated: 2.9%
Widowed: 7.5%
Divorced: 14.7%

24 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.8%
Montana:	1.8%

According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Boulder, Montana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Boulder to the number of sex offenders is 477 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Boulder:	1.2% ($890)
Montana:	1.2% ($1,212)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Great Falls, MT (104.8 miles , pop. 56,690).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (658.5 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (878.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Basin, MT (10.4 miles ), Jefferson City, MT (11.8 miles ), Clancy, MT (19.0 miles ), Montana City, MT (24.6 miles ), Whitehall, MT (25.4 miles ), Helena West Side, MT (25.5 miles ), Helena, MT (25.7 miles ), Cardwell, MT (28.0 miles) .

Latitude: 46.24 N, Longitude: 112.12 W

87 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
24 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Area code: 406

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Population change in the 1990s: -16 (-1.2%).

Most common industries for males:

Public administration (17%)
Construction (14%)
Health care (11%)
Mining (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (23%)
Public administration (19%)
Educational services (14%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Social assistance (7%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Carpenters (6%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
Extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)

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Crime in Boulder by Year
Type	2002	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	1	0	1	4
per 100,000	76.3	0.0	70.9	275.9
Robberies	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	4	8	9	1
per 100,000	305.1	581.0	637.8	69.0
Burglaries	0	3	2	2
per 100,000	0.0	217.9	141.7	137.9
Thefts	8	9	18	13
per 100,000	610.2	653.6	1275.7	896.6
Auto thefts	0	2	4	0
per 100,000	0.0	145.2	283.5	0.0
Arson	N/A	0	0	1
per 100,000	N/A	0.0	0.0	69.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 158.2)	146.5	169.2	267.9	280.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.40
US city average:	3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Boulder:

ST PETERS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; HELENA, MT)
SHODAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; HELENA, MT)
ST JAMES HEALTHCARE (about 32 miles; BUTTE, MT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Boulder:

HELENA REGIONAL (about 28 miles; HELENA, MT; ID: HLN)
BERT MOONEY (about 32 miles; BUTTE, MT; ID: BTM)
GALLATIN FIELD (about 75 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; ID: BZN)

Other public-use airports nearest to Boulder:

BOULDER (about 3 miles; BOULDER, MT; ID: 3U9)
BUTTE AERO (about 32 miles; BUTTE, MT; ID: 84U)
MOUNTAIN LAKES FIELD (about 35 miles; HELENA, MT; ID: 5M7)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Boulder:

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 95 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; Full-time enrollment: 10,380)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 147 miles; MISSOULA, MT; FT enrollment: 11,112)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 172 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 248 miles; POCATELLO, ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 262 miles; BILLINGS, MT; FT enrollment: 3,105)
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 314 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID; FT enrollment: 3,433)
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 317 miles; LOGAN, UT; FT enrollment: 16,384)

Public high schools in Boulder:

JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 269; Location: 312 SOUTH MAIN; Grades: 09 - 12)
RIVERSIDE YOUTH CORR FACIL HS (Students: 18; Location: 3700 HWY 69 BLDG 13; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Boulder:

BOULDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 135; Location: 205 SO WASHINGTON; Grades: PK - 06)
BOULDER 7-8 (Students: 69; Location: PO BOX 176; Grades: 07 - 08)
RIVERSIDE YOUTH CORR FACIL EL (Location: 3700 HWY 69 BLDG 13; Grades: 06 - 08)

Library in Boulder:

BOULDER COMMUNITY LIBRARY (Operating income: $269,493; Location: 202 S MAIN; 26,608 books; 937 audio materials; 1,528 video materials; 87 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Boulder: RCRV Park (A), Boulder Fire Department (B), Boulder Community Library (C), Jefferson County Sheriffs Office (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Boulder include: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A), Seventh Day Adventist Church (B), Saint Catherine Catholic Church (C), First Baptist Church (D), First Assembly of God Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Boulder Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotels: O-Z Motel (114 North Main), Castoria Inn (211 South Monroe).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Boulder and their reported violations in the past:

BOULDER CITY OF (Population served: 1316, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-29-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-29-2002), St Boil Water Order (OCT-29-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-29-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAR-11-2003), St Public Notif received (MAR-11-2003)

MCL, Acute (TCR) - In OCT-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (DEC-16-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-16-2000), St Public Notif requested (DEC-16-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUN-06-2001)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (JUN-21-2000), St Public Notif requested (JUN-21-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-21-2000), St Public Notif received (JUL-14-2000), St Boil Water Order (DEC-16-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-16-2000), St Public Notif requested (DEC-16-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUN-06-2001)

Past monitoring violations:

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between OCT-01-2005 and JUN-02-2006, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-22-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-22-2006), St Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2006)

Initial Water Quality Parameter WQP M&R - Between JAN-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-19-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-19-2005), St Civil Case filed (MAY-15-2006)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between OCT-01-2004 and JUN-02-2006, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005), St Civil Case filed (MAY-15-2006), St Compliance achieved (JUN-02-2006)

Initial Water Quality Parameter WQP M&R - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-03-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-03-2005), St Civil Case filed (MAY-15-2006)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-2004 and JUN-01-2006, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Other (MAR-18-2004), St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005), St Civil Case filed (MAY-15-2006), St Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2006)

2 routine major monitoring violations

17 other older monitoring violations

SUNSHINE HEALTH MINE INC (Address: 130 GALENA GULCH, Population served: 112, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (JUN-18-1999), St Public Notif requested (JUN-18-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-18-1999), St Compliance achieved (JUN-23-2001)

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:

This town:	2.3 people
Montana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	62.4%
Whole state:	66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.3%
Whole state:	5.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	15.6%
Whole state:	14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	4.3%
Whole state:	5.8%

Boulder compared to Montana state average:

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Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
House age below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Boulder (2007 data):

First Boulder Valley Bank: at 109 West 2nd Street, branch established on 1967-01-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $29.3 mil, Deposits: $26.9 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Jackass Creek Land & Livestock Company

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Boulder mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Jefferson County Montana:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$2,754	$33,048	1	$151
Police Protection - Officers	2	$4,320	$25,920	4	$1,382
Streets and Highways	2	$4,426	$26,556	0	$0
Water Supply	1	$3,126	$37,512	0	$0
Totals for Government	6	$14,626	$29,252	5	$1,532

Boulder government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $101,000
Sewerage: $38,000

Parks & Recreation: $6,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $136,000
Water Utilities: $131,000

General - Other: $105,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $50,000

Sewerage: $40,000

Regular Highways: $38,000

Parks & Recreation: $38,000

Health Services - Other: $34,000

Financial Administration: $27,000

Central Staff Services: $8,000

Fire Protection: $4,000

General Public Buildings: $1,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,183,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,160,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $23,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $46,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $146,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $229,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $112,000
Gas Utilities: $37,000
Tax - Property: $150,000
NEC: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $137,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $72,000

10.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,731 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.18%
Montana average:	8.25%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Lewis and Clark County, MT	2.97% ($53,228 average AGI)
from Gallatin County, MT	0.78% ($32,633)
from Silver Bow County, MT	0.63% ($28,417)

10.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,716 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.02%
Montana average:	7.69%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Lewis and Clark County, MT	2.92% ($39,982 average AGI)
to Gallatin County, MT	0.94% ($29,944)
to Silver Bow County, MT	0.89% ($29,412)

Strongest AM radio stations in Boulder:

KKGR (680 AM; daytime; 5 kW; EAST HELENA, MT; Owner: KKGR, INC.)
KBOW (550 AM; 5 kW; BUTTE, MT; Owner: BUTTE BROADCASTING INCORPORATED)
KMTX (950 AM; 5 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
KGVW (640 AM; 10 kW; BELGRADE, MT; Owner: GALLATIN VALLEY WITNESS, INC.)
KXTL (1370 AM; 5 kW; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
KBLL (1240 AM; 1 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: HOLTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KCAP (1340 AM; 1 kW; HELENA, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
KMON (560 AM; 5 kW; GREAT FALLS, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
KBOZ (1090 AM; 5 kW; BOZEMAN, MT; Owner: REIER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KANA (580 AM; 1 kW; ANACONDA, MT; Owner: JIMMY RAY CARROLL)

Strongest FM radio stations in Boulder:

K210BF (89.9 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
KVCM (103.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: HI-LINE RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
KAPC (91.3 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA)
KOPR (94.1 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: BUTTE BROADCASTING INCORPORATED)
KMBR (95.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
K213CJ (90.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: MONTANA CHRISTIAN RADIO ASSOCIATION)
KAAR (92.5 FM; BUTTE, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
KMTX-FM (105.3 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: CAPRI, INC)
KZMT (101.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: COMMONWEALTH LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
K246AC (97.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: LAST CHANCE PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION)
K251AC (98.1 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS-MT UNIV. SYSTEM)
KBLL-FM (99.5 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: HOLTER BROASDCASTING CORPORATION)
KUHM (91.7 FM; HELENA, MT; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA)
K296AN (107.1 FM; BOULDER, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV ASSN.)

TV broadcast stations around Boulder:

K08KT (Channel 8; BOULDER, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV ASSN.)
K27CD (Channel 27; BOULDER, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV TRANSLATOR ASSOCIATION)
K10HD (Channel 10; BOULDER, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV ASSN.)
K13KP (Channel 13; BOULDER, MT; Owner: BOULDER TV ASSOCIATION)

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