Bozeman

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Bozeman
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman, Montana
Location in Montana
Gallatin County Montana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bozeman Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : August 9, 1864
State : United States
State : Montana
County : Gallatin County
Coordinates : 45 ° 41 ′  N , 111 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′  N , 111 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone : Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents : 37,280 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,143.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 32.6 km 2  (approx. 13 mi 2 )
Height : 1509 m
Postcodes : 59700-59799
Area code : +1 406
FIPS : 30-08950
GNIS ID : 0769173
Website : www.bozeman.net
Mayor : Cyndy Andrus (2018-2020)
Bozeman MT Downtown.jpg
Downtown Bozeman

Bozeman is a city in the United States , located in Gallatin County , Montana, and is also the county seat . In 2010, Bozeman had 37,280 residents, making it the fourth largest city in the state.

geography

The city is located northeast of the geographic center of the county in southwest Montana and has an area of ​​32.6 km² .

Not far to the airport Gallatin Field , one of the largest airports in Montana. Paradise Valley is also relatively close by .

Demographics

At the 2000 census, the city had 27,509 residents in 10,877 households, of which 22.3% have children under the age of 18 and 36% are married partners. A total of 5,014 families. The average household size is 2.26 people and the average family size is 2.85 people. The population density is 843.0 / km². There are 11,577 residential units in Bozeman. The population is made up of 94.73% white, 0.33% African American and 1.24% Native American origin and 1.62% Asian. 1.47% of the population belong to several ethnic groups.

16.0% of the population are under 18 years old, 33.0% between the ages of 18 and 24 years, 28.6% between 25 and 44, 14.4% between 45 and 64 and 8.0% are 65 years old already exceeded. The average age is 25 years. For every 100 women there are 111.2 men.

The median household income is $ 32,156. Men make an average of $ 28,794 and women $ 20,743. The per capita income is $ 16,104. 20.2% of the total population and 9.2% of families live below the poverty line , including almost 15% minors.

education

The main location of the Montana State University System is here, Montana State University, Bozeman .

Trivia

  • In the Star Trek universe, the first contact between humanity and aliens will take place in 2063 near the city of Bozeman. In addition to the film Star Trek: The First Contact , which is largely set there, the city is also mentioned in other episodes. This can be seen as a tribute to franchise producer and writer Brannon Braga , who hails from Bozeman. Furthermore, the city is the namesake for a spaceship that plays a role several times.
  • Bozeman is mentioned in the episode Terror in the City of Roses from the television series The Big Bang Theory . The figure of Sheldon Cooper, a victim of a burglary, moves briefly from California to Bozeman in the hope of being able to live there safely. However, he returns after a few minutes when he was robbed shortly after his arrival at the Bozeman train station.
  • In the film Shooter with Mark Wahlberg , Bozeman becomes a retreat for the protagonist.
  • In the film The Silence of the Lambs , the key figure Clarice Starling Hannibal Lecter confesses to having been sent to an orphanage in Bozeman.
  • The "Avery Medical Center Bozeman" hospital, one of 43 US clinics of the Avery Foundation, is located there in the Grey's Anatomy series . In episode 285 (season 13, episode 16) a large part takes place in the hospital and the city.
  • In the US series Prison Break , the president's brother is held captive by the Secret Service in Bozeman, because he is officially murdered. However, his lawyer finds out and has to pay for it with her life.
  • The work Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (original title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) by the US-American author Robert M. Pirsig from 1974 made the Montana State University - Bozeman and Bozeman a great one Known readership. Pirsig's alter ego Phaedrus reflects, among other things, his memories as a teacher and researcher, whose philosophical findings are largely due to his teaching there.

Town twinning

Bozeman has a twin town in Mongolia: Mörön .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Bozeman, Montana  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bozeman in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
  2. ↑ The spaceship USS Bozeman in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
  3. ↑ distinctlymontana.com , accessed March 5, 2018