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All 127 Montana cities: complete list and data.

The complete Montana city list has 127 incorporated places tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau (Vintage 2025), with a combined population of 625,934 as of July 1, 2025. Billings is the largest at 121,239 residents. Browse by population, income, or download the full state list.

Source U.S. Census · PEP
Vintage V2025
Reference 2025-07-01
Geography Montana · cities reported under PEP
Coverage 127 cities
Last build 2026-10-09

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127 rows

All cities in Montana, sorted by 2025 population.
Rank	City	2025 pop	2020 base	5-yr Δ	5-yr Δ %
#1	Billings	121,239	117,147	4,092	+3.5%
#2	Missoula	78,903	74,190	4,713	+6.4%
#3	Great Falls	60,208	60,481	-273	-0.5%
#4	Bozeman	58,814	53,596	5,218	+9.7%
#5	Butte-Silver Bow	36,118	35,130	988	+2.8%
#6	Helena	35,138	32,108	3,030	+9.4%
#7	Kalispell	31,851	25,076	6,775	+27.0%
#8	Belgrade	13,107	10,471	2,636	+25.2%
#9	Anaconda-Deer Lodge County	9,709	9,427	282	+3.0%
#10	Whitefish	9,358	7,784	1,574	+20.2%
#11	Livingston	9,290	8,621	669	+7.8%
#12	Havre	9,264	9,348	-84	-0.9%
#13	Miles City	8,450	8,342	108	+1.3%
#14	Laurel	7,205	7,219	-14	-0.2%
#15	Sidney	6,217	6,338	-121	-1.9%
#16	Lewistown	6,179	5,957	222	+3.7%
#17	Columbia Falls	5,753	5,321	432	+8.1%
#18	Polson	5,653	5,156	497	+9.6%
#19	Hamilton	5,451	4,688	763	+16.3%
#20	Glendive	4,736	4,876	-140	-2.9%
#21	Dillon	4,271	3,876	395	+10.2%
#22	Hardin	3,696	3,806	-110	-2.9%
#23	Shelby	3,313	3,166	147	+4.6%
#24	Libby	3,274	2,784	490	+17.6%
#25	Glasgow	3,145	3,206	-61	-1.9%
#26	Deer Lodge	3,025	3,029	-4	-0.1%
#27	Cut Bank	2,976	3,060	-84	-2.7%
#28	Red Lodge	2,723	2,260	463	+20.5%
#29	Wolf Point	2,531	2,671	-140	-5.2%
#30	Conrad	2,393	2,331	62	+2.7%
#31	East Helena	2,325	1,937	388	+20.0%
#32	Townsend	2,272	1,806	466	+25.8%
#33	Stevensville	2,259	2,009	250	+12.4%
#34	Ronan	2,209	1,971	238	+12.1%
#35	Colstrip	2,091	2,102	-11	-0.5%
#36	Roundup	2,075	1,746	329	+18.8%
#37	Manhattan	2,073	2,084	-11	-0.5%
#38	Columbus	1,964	1,857	107	+5.8%
#39	Three Forks	1,920	1,984	-64	-3.2%
#40	Malta	1,846	1,853	-7	-0.4%
#41	Choteau	1,825	1,729	96	+5.6%
#42	Baker	1,776	1,797	-21	-1.2%
#43	Big Timber	1,686	1,645	41	+2.5%
#44	Forsyth	1,652	1,677	-25	-1.5%
#45	Plentywood	1,619	1,673	-54	-3.2%
#46	Eureka	1,562	1,384	178	+12.9%
#47	Thompson Falls	1,543	1,359	184	+13.5%
#48	Fort Benton	1,416	1,455	-39	-2.7%
#49	Boulder	1,305	1,200	105	+8.8%
#50	Plains	1,261	1,110	151	+13.6%
#51	West Yellowstone	1,191	1,279	-88	-6.9%
#52	Chinook	1,155	1,185	-30	-2.5%
#53	Whitehall	1,131	1,003	128	+12.8%
#54	Ennis	1,126	923	203	+22.0%
#55	White Sulphur Springs	1,056	952	104	+10.9%
#56	Harlowton	976	959	17	+1.8%
#57	Scobey	972	996	-24	-2.4%
#58	Superior	935	825	110	+13.3%
#59	Philipsburg	926	838	88	+10.5%
#60	Troy	916	793	123	+15.5%
#61	Darby	888	789	99	+12.5%
#62	Fairview	882	896	-14	-1.6%
#62	Pinesdale	882	809	73	+9.0%
#64	Chester	844	846	-2	-0.2%
#65	St. Ignatius	828	782	46	+5.9%
#66	Fairfield	797	767	30	+3.9%
#67	Sheridan	779	682	97	+14.2%
#68	Harlem	750	774	-24	-3.1%
#69	Poplar	722	764	-42	-5.5%
#70	Culbertson	715	752	-37	-4.9%
#71	Bridger	709	662	47	+7.1%
#72	Walkerville	649	633	16	+2.5%
#73	Hot Springs	630	560	70	+12.5%
#74	Joliet	613	579	34	+5.9%
#75	Big Sandy	598	624	-26	-4.2%
#76	Circle	590	592	-2	-0.3%
#77	Cascade	577	592	-15	-2.5%
#78	Terry	574	563	11	+2.0%
#79	Alberton	551	446	105	+23.5%
#80	Valier	537	523	14	+2.7%
#81	Belt	523	503	20	+4.0%
#82	Broadus	477	456	21	+4.6%
#83	Wibaux	441	461	-20	-4.3%
#84	Twin Bridges	430	342	88	+25.7%
#85	Stanford	427	399	28	+7.0%
#86	Fromberg	422	393	29	+7.4%
#86	Lodge Grass	422	439	-17	-3.9%
#88	Ekalaka	398	401	-3	-0.7%
#89	Sunburst	356	336	20	+6.0%
#90	Clyde Park	348	332	16	+4.8%
#90	Jordan	348	353	-5	-1.4%
#92	Dutton	318	305	13	+4.3%
#93	Drummond	298	270	28	+10.4%
#94	Nashua	292	301	-9	-3.0%
#95	Bainville	266	279	-13	-4.7%
#96	Hysham	262	274	-12	-4.4%
#97	Virginia City	260	217	43	+19.8%
#98	Medicine Lake	241	246	-5	-2.0%
#99	Fort Peck	232	239	-7	-2.9%
#100	Ryegate	228	223	5	+2.2%

All 127 cities in Montana. Use the controls to filter, sort, and download this state slice.

Source detail for this table

Values in this table inherit the source agency, native geography, transformation, and caveats below.

Source detail: 2025 population

2025 population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.

Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.

Methodology Original source

Source detail: 2020 Census base population

2020 Census base population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from the Vintage 2025 April 1, 2020 base and joined by Census GEOID.

Known limit: This is the PEP base for the 2020s estimate series; do not mix it with older PEP vintages as if they were one continuous methodology.

Methodology Original source

Source detail: Population change

Population change

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records, using values inside the same Vintage 2025 release.
Transformation: Computed as a displayed-year estimate minus the comparison-year estimate from the same vintage, then ranked or filtered as needed.

Known limit: Annual estimates can be revised with each vintage; this is not a decennial count or net-migration table.

Methodology Original source

Source detail: Population rank

Population rank

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Included Census place/consolidated-city universe after the site inclusion rules are applied.
Transformation: Ranks are computed from the site CSV with standard competition ranking, so ties share a rank and the next rank is skipped.

Known limit: Ranks are only within this city/place universe, not all counties, CDPs, metros, or total U.S. population.

Methodology Original source

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Methodology · what counts as a city

Montana cities follow the V1 universe.

Montana cities follow the same V1 universe: incorporated places, consolidated city-county governments where applicable, and Washington DC where applicable. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded, with one named national exception — Urban Honolulu (Honolulu only). State ranks are standard competition ranking (“1224”) within Montana: tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Ranks are pre-computed in the dataset (state_rank_pop_current).

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