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Big Horn County

Population in July 2008: 3,487. Population change since 2000: +3.0%

Males: 1,640	(47.0%)
Females: 1,847	(53.0%)

Median resident age:	33.8 years
Montana median age:	37.5 years

Zip codes: 59034.

Estimated median household income in 2008: $36,585 (it was $28,018 in 2000)

Hardin:	$36,585
Montana:	$43,654

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $17,602

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $111,446 (it was $60,300 in 2000)

Hardin:	$111,446
Montana:	$180,300

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $101,234; Detached houses: $112,426; Townhouses or other attached units: $149,124; Mobile homes: $23,488

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Races in Hardin:

White Non-Hispanic (59.7%)
American Indian (35.6%)
Hispanic (5.5%)
Two or more races (4.6%)
Other race (1.0%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Hardin: 84.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (26.3%), English (10.1%), Irish (10.0%), Norwegian (3.8%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), United States (3.3%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Incorporated in 1911

Elevation: 2902 feet

Land area: 1.40 square miles.

Population density: 2489 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Hardin

High school or higher: 76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
Unemployed: 11.3%
Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hardin city

Never married: 22.7%
Now married: 54.0%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 9.7%
Divorced: 11.8%

55 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.6%
Montana:	1.8%

According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Hardin, Montana in May 2009.
The ratio of number of residents in Hardin to the number of sex offenders is 387 to 1.

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

Hardin:	1.3% ($774)
Montana:	1.3% ($1,212)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Billings, MT (44.8 miles , pop. 89,847).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (426.3 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (876.6 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Crow Agency, MT (3.4 miles ), St. Xavier, MT (4.4 miles) , Crow Reservation, MT (4.8 miles ), Huntley Project, MT (5.0 miles ), Custer, MT (5.3 miles) , Ballantine, MT (5.5 miles ), Worden, MT (5.6 miles ), Lodge Grass, MT (5.6 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 10 buildings, average cost: $71,500
1998: 1 building, cost: $72,000
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,000
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 1 building, cost: $76,000
2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $81,500
2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $81,500
2004: 6 buildings, average cost: $122,300
2005: 7 buildings, average cost: $86,100
2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $125,900
2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $116,400
2008: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 45.73 N, Longitude: 107.61 W

Area code: 406

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Historical population

Historical housing units

Population change in the 1990s: +374 (+12.4%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (15%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Public administration (9%)
Educational services (8%)
Health care (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (21%)
Educational services (19%)
Accommodation and food services (13%)
Public administration (12%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Social assistance (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Cashiers (8%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)

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Hardin-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Montana state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/25/1993 at 03:44:15, a magnitude 3.9 (3.5 ML, 3.9 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 93.5 miles away from Hardin center
On 12/23/1991 at 20:32:27, a magnitude 3.6 (3.3 ML, 3.6 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 43.7 miles away from the city center
On 2/13/1998 at 02:28:04, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 96.9 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: local magnitude (ML)

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Hospital/medical center in Hardin:

BIG HORN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (17 N MILES)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Hardin:

PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; BIGHORN, MT)
DEACONESS BILLINGS CLINIC (about 39 miles; BILLINGS, MT)
ST VINCENT HEALTHCARE (about 39 miles; BILLINGS, MT)

Political contributions by individuals in Hardin, MT

Airports located in Hardin:

Fairgrounds Airpark Airport (Runways: 1, Air Taxi Ops: 225, Itinerant Ops: 2,650, Local Ops: 3,725)

Local government website: WWW.HARDINMT.COM

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hardin:

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 38 miles; BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 160 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 202 miles; SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
CASPER COLLEGE (about 207 miles; CASPER, WY; FT enrollment: 2,564)
RICKS COLLEGE (about 242 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY (about 244 miles; RAPID CITY, SD; FT enrollment: 2,002)
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 293 miles; LARAMIE, WY; FT enrollment: 9,665)

Public high school in Hardin:

Hardin High School (Students: 485; Location: 702 N Terry Avenue; Grades: 9th Grade - 12th Grade)

Public elementary/middle schools in Hardin:

Hardin Middle School (Students: 389; Location: 611 W 5th Street; Grades: 6th Grade - 8th Grade)
Hardin Intermediate (Students: 266; Location: 631 W 5th Street; Grades: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade)
Hardin Primary (Students: 251; Location: 314 W 3rd Street; Grades: Prekindergarten - 2nd Grade)

Private elementary/middle school in Hardin:

BIG HORN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 13; Location: PO BOX 409; Grades: 1 - 7)

See full list of schools located in Hardin, Map of school districts: HARDIN ELEMENTARY, HARDIN HIGH SCHOOL

Library in Hardin:

BIG HORN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $245,533; Location: 419 NORTH CUSTER AVENUE; 33,500 books; 450 audio materials; 950 video materials; 30 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Hardin: Bowman Grain and Seed Elevator (A), Sunset Village (B), Big Horn County Fairgrounds (C), Hardin (D), Grandview Campground (E), Hardin Fire Department (F), Big Horn County Courthouse (G), Big Horn County Library (H), Big Horn County Sheriffs Office (I), Hardin Police Department (J). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Hardin include: Harvestime Evangelistic Center (A), United Pentecostal Church (B), United Methodist Church (C), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (D), Faith Baptist Church (E), Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (F), Saint Joseph Church (G), Church of the Open Bible (H), Redeemer Lutheran Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Hardin include: South West Park (1), Big Horn County Softball Fields (2), Brennan Kiddie Park (3), Wilson Park (4), Westside Playground (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

Tourist attraction: Custer's Last Stand (Amusement & Theme Parks; 10 East Railroad).

Hotels: Western Motel (830 3rd Street West), Camp Custer Motel (303 4th Street East Ofc), Lariat Motel (709 North Center Avenue), Super 8 Motel (201 14th Street West), American Inn (1324 North Crawford Avenue).

Court: Big Horn County - Passport- District Court (121 3rd Street West).

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

HARDIN CITY OF (Address: 406 N CHEYENNE AVE, Population served: 3225, Surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-24-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-24-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-24-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-24-2005)

One minor monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

Drinking water stations with addresses in Hardin that have no violations reported:

WEGNER WATER SERVICE BOTTLING PLANT (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)

Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
Montana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	67.1%
Whole state:	66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.3%
Whole state:	5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This city:	23.9%
Whole state:	14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This city:	9.2%
Whole state:	5.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Hardin, MT

People in group quarters in Hardin

30 people in nursing homes
29 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
23 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Hardin 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.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Hardin (2009 data):

First Interstate Bank: Hardin Branch at 402 North Center Avenue, branch established on 1945-01-01; Hardin Drive-Up Branch at 4th Street And Cody Avenue, branch established on 1974-01-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $5,535.5 mil, Deposits: $4,421.7 mil, headquarters in Billings, MT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 56 total offices, Holding Company: First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc.
Little Horn State Bank: at 835 North Center Avenue, branch established on 1919-01-01. Info updated 2008-05-27: Bank assets: $67.3 mil, Deposits: $60.8 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Antler Land Company

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School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Big Horn County Montana:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (83%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Hardin

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.41%

Here		39.4%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.

Name	Catholic Church	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Lutheran Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Adherents	51.0%	10.2%	4.9%	4.4%	3.9%
Congregations	20.0%	14.3%	2.9%	8.6%	2.9%

Name	United Church of Christ	Assemblies of God	Southern Baptist Convention	LDS (Mormon) Church	Other
Adherents	3.6%	3.0%	2.9%	2.4%	13.8%
Congregations	2.9%	5.7%	8.6%	2.9%	31.4%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$3,277	$39,324	0	$0
Other Government Administration	0	$0		7	$4,477
Judicial and Legal	1	$4,811	$57,732	0	$0
Firefighters	0	$0		2	$350
Streets and Highways	9	$26,865	$35,820	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	3	$7,200	$28,800	0	$0
Sewerage	1	$3,188	$38,256	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	1	$2,601	$31,212	0	$0
Water Supply	3	$8,767	$35,068	0	$0
Totals for Government	19	$56,709	$35,816	9	$4,827

Hardin government finances in 2006:

Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $60,000
Charges - All Other: $1,205,000
Sewerage: $424,000

Solid Waste Management: $416,000

Regular Highways: $7,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $769,000
Regular Highways: $522,000

Solid Waste Management: $378,000

Water Utilities: $327,000

Police Protection: $315,000

Sewerage: $237,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $93,000

Parks and Recreation: $78,000

Central Staff Services: $74,000

Local Fire Protection: $70,000

Financial Administration: $69,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $50,000

Housing and Community Development: $14,000

General Public Buildings: $7,000

Health - Other: $2,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $27,000
General - Interest on Debt: $41,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General - Other: $315,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $114,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $127,000
Special Assessments: $120,000

Fines and Forfeits: $69,000

General Revenue, NEC: $7,000
NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,364,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,169,000

Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $309,000
Other Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $275,000
Sewerage: $267,000

Parks and Recreation: $15,000

Water Utilities: $8,000

Local Fire Protection: $8,000

Regular Highways: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $4,868,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $523,000
Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $23,000
State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $610,000
All Other: $135,000

Highways: $76,000
Tax - Property: $591,000
Other License: $26,000

Occupation and Business License, NEC: $15,000

Alcoholic Beverage License: $8,000
Total Salaries and Wages: $1,026,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $11,000

5.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,034 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.67%
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 Yellowstone County, MT	1.67% ($26,984 average AGI)
from Rosebud County, MT	0.36% ($24,538)
from Sheridan County, WY	0.36% ($43,308)

7.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,250 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.52%
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 Yellowstone County, MT	2.45% ($27,077 average AGI)
to Rosebud County, MT	0.43% ($33,188)
to Sheridan County, WY	0.43% ($27,938)

Strongest AM radio stations in Hardin:

KHDN (1230 AM; 1 kW; HARDIN, MT; Owner: SUN MOUNTAIN, INC.)
KURL (730 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: ELENBAAS MEDIA, INC.)
KGHL (790 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
KBUL (970 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KATL (770 AM; 10 kW; MILES CITY, MT; Owner: STAR PRINTING COMPANY)
KIKC (1250 AM; 5 kW; FORSYTH, MT; Owner: MILES CITY, FORSYTH B/DCSTG, INC.)
KTWO (1030 AM; 50 kW; CASPER, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KZMQ (1140 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
KROE (930 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: LOVCOM, INC.)
KMTA (1050 AM; 10 kW; MILES CITY, MT; Owner: SENGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KUYO (830 AM; daytime; 25 kW; EVANSVILLE, WY; Owner: WYOMING CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KWYO (1410 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: KWYO AM, LLC)
KBHB (810 AM; 25 kW; STURGIS, SD; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hardin:

KMHK (95.5 FM; HARDIN, MT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
K283AF (104.5 FM; HARDIN, MT; Owner: RANDALL D. ROCKS)
K244CK (96.7 FM; COWLEY, ETC., WY; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
KZMQ-FM (100.3 FM; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
KRKX (94.1 FM; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: FISHER RADIO REGIONAL GROUP, INC.)
KZRV (107.5 FM; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Hardin:

K24GD (Channel 24; HARDIN, MT; Owner: KTVQ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KHMT (Channel 4; HARDIN, MT; Owner: VHR BROADCASTING OF BILLINGS, LLC)
K16DZ (Channel 16; HARDIN, MT; Owner: QUORUM OF MONTANA LICENSE, LLC)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

Hardin, Montana:

Fatal accident count: 2
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
Fatalities: 2
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 8
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0

Montana average:

Fatal accident count: 68
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 97
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 30
Fatalities: 72
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 174
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12

Hardin fatal accident list:
Apr 19, 1980 04:00 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 2
Aug 14, 1977 08:08 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Hardin)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 20 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Hardin, MT)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 12 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Hardin)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 18 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Hardin)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 69
Hazardous Condition: 2
Service Call: 3
Good Intent Call: 1

Incident types - Hardin

See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Hardin, MT

Hardin on our top lists:

#59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
#81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
#96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"

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