Citizens For A Better Flathead

Flathead County's population is 88,473, with a 2007 summer seasonal population of over 100,000

The City of Kalispell estimates that between 2000 and 2007, the city's population rose from 14,223 to 20,000--an increase of 40% in 7 years.

In March of 2007, consultants estimated that Flathead Valley's rate of farmland loss was 1.5 acres per day.

Flathead County's population grew at a rate of 6.7% between April 2000 and July 2003, far outstripping the rate of 1.7% for the state as a whole.

In the 1990s, Flathead County's population rose by about 25% and amount of farmland decreased by about 25%

In 2004, for the second year in a row, Flathead County was the top residential construction market in the state. In that year, the county registered 160 subdivisions, totaling 1,547 lots and 2,256 acres. New single-family home starts in 2004 totaled 1,136.

Between May and August 2005, 950 jobs were posted at the Flathead Job Service. Of those, 250 paid less than $8.00/hr. Of the remaining 700 jobs paying more than $8.00/hr, 450 were all posted by the same company, and all those were between $8.00 and $9.25/hr. Of all 950 posted, only 7 jobs paid wages that would allow an individual to afford the estimated median home value in Flathead County for 2003.