Montana's "Regional Communities"
and Associated
Subregional Economics
Sub-state entities referred to as “READ regions” are not simply collections of counties centered around major population centers. They also can be thought of as “regionally-based communities.” Local economies tend to be regionally based and local economies are essentially relations between people carrying out a wide range of economic activities and functions. This large and overlapping set of relations can be thought of as constituting a community of sorts, a regional community. Important aspects of these regional communities have been mapped and analyzed for three READ sub-state regions in Montana. Similar maps can be constructed for any sub- state region. What’s more, it will be possible to considerably expand this type of mapping when area information and data from the 2000 Population Census is available.
Access regional community maps: The Billings and
"Yellowstone" Regional Community The Great Falls and
"Golden Triangle" Regional Community The Missoula and "Five
Valleys" Regional
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READ regions in Montana colored According to their classification