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Montana has experienced a radical shake-up in economic growth in the past few years, with some of the state's easternmost and rural counties growing faster than its western and urban counties.
Traditionally, western and urban counties such as Ravalli, Flathead, Gallatin, and Missoula have been in the top 10 for economic growth, while more rural counties have ranked lower. But newly released information from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis paints a different picture.
New statistics show that the top three counties--in 2003-2004 percentage growth of nonfarm labor income--were Fallon (11.3 percent), Richland (10.7 percent), and Blaine (10.2 percent), all rural and eastern counties. Only Gallatin County--with the now-glitzy areas of Bozeman and Big Sky--squeaked into the top tier, at 6.8 percent, just barely making it No. 10. Other traditionally fast-growing counties were even lower than Gallatin. Flathead County ranked 14th at 5.5 percent; Ravalli County ranked 21st at 4.8 percent; and Missoula County was 40th at 2.3 percent.
The cause of this economic...
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