POPULATION	1980	1990	1996
City Population	33,388	42,918	48,883
Primary Trade Area	76,016	78,687	88,523
Secondary*	63,557	67,203	82,066
Tertiary**	25,275	134,472	153,524
Total Trade Area Population 1996			324,113

* Includes Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli and Sanders Counties. ** Includes Deer Lodge, Flathead, Lincoln and Lewis & Clark Counties.

EMPLOYMENT March 1997
Labor Force Area*	71,960
Employed	67,593
Unemployed	4,367
Unemployment Rate	4%
Missoula	6.1%
Montana	5.8%
National	5.5%

* Includes Missoula, Mineral, Sanders and
Ravalli Counties.