The US Census of 2010 confirmed that 989,415 people were living in Montana, an increase of 9.7% from the findings of 2000. The Montana population surpassed 1 million for the first time in 2012, and it now stands at 1.03 million.
Teresa Shaw poses with her daughter, Elizabeth, showing off the guitar Garth Brooks gave her during a concert in Minneapolis on Friday. Brooks, whose mother and sister died of cancer, then stood center stage to address the crowd.
But Garth-who is also up for Entertainer Of The Year at Academy Of Country Music Awards on April 19 - put his career on a back burner in 2000. He wanted to focus on raising his daughters Taylor, now 22, August, now 20, and Allie, now 18, from his first marriage to Sandy Mahl.