Profile for Missoula, Montana, MT

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Missoula is a city in Missoula County.

It is the county seat.

One tradition says the community name derives from Flathead word for "by very cold water"

The latitude of Missoula is 46.872N. The longitude is -113.993W.

It is in the Mountain Standard time zone. Elevation is 3,209 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 60,722.

INCOME SNAPSHOT

Median household income

Local

$30,366

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our Missoula demographic reports

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Missoula is on the Clark Fork River, in the Rocky Mountains

Former and merged names include:
· Missoula Mills

Public transportation: Missoula Urban Transportation District (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Ranked No. 1 in the state, June 2001, in the ePodunk Historic Small Towns Index

Ranked No. 5 among small cities in the ePodunk College Town Index, 2002

Rated No. 18 on Healthy Cities list, by Organic Style magazine, September/October 2003

Missoula received national attention for Red, a ring-necked pheasant who followed the mail carrier on her daily rounds. Red met an untimely death in January 2002 after flying into a window

Well-known residents have included:
· David Lynch, film and TV director
· Tommy Moe, skier, Olympic medallist
· James Crumley, mystery writer
· Dana Carvey, comedian

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

More info about local coffee quotients

Local festivals include:

May Fair Fling - May 25-29, 2007
Western Montana Fair and Rodeo - Aug. 7-12, 2007
Frost Fever/Winterfest - Jan. 27-28, 2007
Germanfest - Sept. 9, 2007
Montana CINE Cultural and Environmental Film Fest - Oct. 4-7, 2007
Montana Festival of the Book - Sept. 13-15, 2007
Jazz Festival - April 27-28, 2007
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Feb. 15-21, 2007
International Wildlife Film Festival - May 12-19, 2007
River City Roots Fest - Sept. 15, 2007
Montana CINE Cultural and Environmental Film Fest - Oct. 1-7, 2007

Dates often change. Check Missoula web sites and events links in the sections below.

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Performing arts: Missoula Symphony Orchestra

Nearby parks & recreation: Council Grove State Park

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Sports teams: Osprey (minor league baseball)

Historic sites and museums: Fort Missoula, Missoula Art Museum, Montana Natural History Center, Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Museum of Mountain Flying

Colleges and universities: University of Montana

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Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 87

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