List of municipalities in Montana
Map of the United States with Montana highlighted Montana is a state located in the Western United States . According to the 2020 United States Census , Montana is the 8th least populous state with 1,084,225 inhabitants but the 4th largest by land area spanning 145,545.80 square miles (376,961.9 km2 ) of land.[ 1] counties and contains 129 municipalities consisting of cities and towns.[ 1] municipalities cover only [ 2] eminent domain among other legal powers.[ 3]
In Montana , municipalities are divided into four classes by state statute based on their population.[ 4] cities , while the members of the fourth class are called towns . Cities and towns are classified at the time of their organization, and are reorganized when they change classification due to an increase or decrease in population. A place may incorporate as a town with the support of 300 electors or two-thirds of the registered electors.[ 5] [ 6] census-designated places fall outside this scheme, and are subject to county governance, and thus are not towns or cities.
The largest municipality by population in Montana is Billings with 117,116 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Ismay with 17 residents.[ 7] Anaconda , a consolidated city-county , which spans 736.53 sq mi (1,907.6 km2 ), while Rexford and Flaxville are the smallest at 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2 ).[ 2]
List of cities and towns
Largest cities and towns in Montana by population
Downtown
Billings , Montana's largest municipality by population
Missoula , Montana's second largest municipality by population
Great Falls , third largest municipality by population in Montana
Downtown
Bozeman , Montana's fourth largest municipality by population
Uptown
Butte , fifth largest municipality by population in Montana
Montana State Capitol in
Helena , capital city of
Montana
Havre railroad station and the sculpture "U.S. − Canada Friendship"
Downtown
Anaconda , the largest city in Montana by land area
Downtown
Miles City , Montana's eleventh largest municipality by population
† County seat
‡ State capital and county seat
Name
Type[ 2]
County [ 2] Population[ 7]
Population[ 2]
Change
Land area[ 2]
Population density
sq mi
km2
Alberton Town
Mineral 452
420
+7.6% 0.57
1.5
2 )
Anaconda †Consolidated city-county Deer Lodge 9,421
9,298
+1.3% 736.53
1,907.6
2 )
Bainville Town
Roosevelt 271
208
+30.3% 1.02
2.6
2 )
Baker †City
Fallon 1,802
1,741
+3.5% 0.97
2.5
2 )
Bearcreek Town
Carbon 91
79
+15.2% 0.12
0.31
2 )
Belgrade City
Gallatin 10,460
7,389
+41.6% 3.25
8.4
2 )
Belt Town
Cascade 510
597
−14.6% 0.35
0.91
2 )
Big Sandy Town
Chouteau 605
598
+1.2% 0.44
1.1
2 )
Big Timber †City
Sweet Grass 1,650
1,641
+0.5% 0.92
2.4
2 )
Billings †City
Yellowstone 117,116
104,170
+12.4% 43.41
112.4
2 )
Boulder †Town
Jefferson 1,201
1,183
+1.5% 1.13
2.9
2 )
Bozeman †City
Gallatin 53,293
37,280
+43.0% 19.12
49.5
2 )
Bridger Town
Carbon 662
708
−6.5% 0.80
2.1
2 )
Broadus †Town
Powder River 456
468
−2.6% 0.34
0.88
2 )
Broadview Town
Yellowstone 139
192
−27.6% 0.26
0.67
2 )
Browning Town
Glacier 1,018
1,016
+0.2% 0.27
0.70
2 )
Butte †Consolidated city-county Silver Bow 34,494
33,525
+2.9% 716.25
1,855.1
2 )
Cascade Town
Cascade 600
685
−12.4% 0.52
1.3
2 )
Chester †Town
Liberty 847
847
0.48
1.2
2 )
Chinook †City
Blaine 1,185
1,203
−1.5% 0.51
1.3
2 )
Choteau †City
Teton 1,721
1,684
+2.2% 1.83
4.7
2 )
Circle †Town
McCone 591
615
−3.9% 0.78
2.0
2 )
Clyde Park Town
Park 332
288
+15.3% 0.32
0.83
2 )
Colstrip City
Rosebud 2,096
2,214
−5.3% 4.47
11.6
2 )
Columbia Falls City
Flathead 5,308
4,688
+13.2% 2.05
5.3
2 )
Columbus †Town
Stillwater 1,857
1,893
−1.9% 1.32
3.4
2 )
Conrad †City
Pondera 2,318
2,570
−9.8% 1.25
3.2
2 )
Culbertson Town
Roosevelt 753
714
+5.5% 0.60
1.6
2 )
Cut Bank †City
Glacier 3,056
2,869
+6.5% 0.99
2.6
2 )
Darby Town
Ravalli 783
720
+8.7% 0.58
1.5
2 )
Deer Lodge †City
Powell 2,938
3,111
−5.6% 1.44
3.7
2 )
Denton Town
Fergus 205
255
−19.6% 0.76
2.0
2 )
Dillon †City
Beaverhead 3,880
4,134
−6.1% 1.76
4.6
2 )
Dodson Town
Phillips 125
124
+0.8% 0.19
0.49
2 )
Drummond Town
Granite 272
309
−12.0% 0.53
1.4
2 )
Dutton Town
Teton 303
316
−4.1% 0.31
0.80
2 )
East Helena City
Lewis and Clark 1,944
1,984
−2.0% 1.73
4.5
2 )
Ekalaka †Town
Carter 399
332
+20.2% 1.04
2.7
2 )
Ennis Town
Madison 917
838
+9.4% 0.77
2.0
2 )
Eureka Town
Lincoln 1,380
1,037
+33.1% 1.01
2.6
2 )
Fairfield Town
Teton 759
708
+7.2% 0.31
0.80
2 )
Fairview Town
Richland 896
840
+6.7% 0.97
2.5
2 )
Flaxville Town
Daniels 63
71
−11.3% 0.10
0.26
2 )
Forsyth †City
Rosebud 1,647
1,777
−7.3% 0.99
2.6
2 )
Fort Benton †City
Chouteau 1,449
1,464
−1.0% 2.07
5.4
2 )
Fort Peck Town
Valley 239
233
+2.6% 0.86
2.2
2 )
Froid Town
Roosevelt 195
185
+5.4% 0.28
0.73
2 )
Fromberg Town
Carbon 392
438
−10.5% 0.48
1.2
2 )
Geraldine Town
Chouteau 207
261
−20.7% 0.52
1.3
2 )
Glasgow †City
Valley 3,202
3,250
−1.5% 1.43
3.7
2 )
Glendive †City
Dawson 4,873
4,935
−1.3% 3.32
8.6
2 )
Grass Range Town
Fergus 110
110
0.15
0.39
2 )
Great Falls †City
Cascade 60,442
58,505
+3.3% 21.79
56.4
2 )
Hamilton †City
Ravalli 4,659
4,348
+7.2% 2.53
6.6
2 )
Hardin †City
Big Horn 3,818
3,505
+8.9% 2.57
6.7
2 )
Harlem City
Blaine 769
808
−4.8% 0.43
1.1
2 )
Harlowton †City
Wheatland 955
997
−4.2% 0.58
1.5
2 )
Havre †City
Hill 9,362
9,310
+0.6% 3.28
8.5
2 )
Helena ‡City
Lewis and Clark 32,091
28,190
+13.8% 16.35
42.3
2 )
Hingham Town
Hill 131
118
+11.0% 0.17
0.44
2 )
Hobson City
Judith Basin 179
215
−16.7% 0.24
0.62
2 )
Hot Springs Town
Sanders 557
544
+2.4% 0.38
0.98
2 )
Hysham †Town
Treasure 276
312
−11.5% 0.21
0.54
2 )
Ismay Town
Custer 17
19
−10.5% 0.42
1.1
2 )
Joliet Town
Carbon 577
595
−3.0% 0.30
0.78
2 )
Jordan †Town
Garfield 356
343
+3.8% 0.34
0.88
2 )
Judith Gap City
Wheatland 110
126
−12.7% 0.38
0.98
2 )
Kalispell †City
Flathead 24,558
19,927
+23.2% 11.64
30.1
2 )
Kevin Town
Toole 154
154
0.34
0.88
2 )
Laurel City
Yellowstone 7,222
6,718
+7.5% 2.14
5.5
2 )
Lavina Town
Golden Valley 136
187
−27.3% 1.00
2.6
2 )
Lewistown †City
Fergus 5,952
5,901
+0.9% 5.32
13.8
2 )
Libby †City
Lincoln 2,775
2,628
+5.6% 1.91
4.9
2 )
Lima Town
Beaverhead 212
221
−4.1% 0.53
1.4
2 )
Livingston †City
Park 8,040
7,044
+14.1% 6.02
15.6
2 )
Lodge Grass Town
Big Horn 441
428
+3.0% 0.24
0.62
2 )
Malta †City
Phillips 1,860
1,997
−6.9% 1.06
2.7
2 )
Manhattan Town
Gallatin 2,086
1,520
+37.2% 1.93
5.0
2 )
Medicine Lake Town
Sheridan 244
225
+8.4% 0.40
1.0
2 )
Melstone Town
Musselshell 126
96
+31.3% 0.69
1.8
2 )
Miles City †City
Custer 8,354
8,410
−0.7% 3.34
8.7
2 )
Missoula †City
Missoula 73,489
66,788
+10.0% 27.51
71.3
2 )
Moore Town
Fergus 194
193
+0.5% 0.24
0.62
2 )
Nashua Town
Valley 301
290
+3.8% 0.66
1.7
2 )
Neihart Town
Cascade 43
51
−15.7% 1.99
5.2
2 )
Opheim Town
Valley 75
85
−11.8% 0.21
0.54
2 )
Outlook Town
Sheridan 84
47
+78.7% 1.30
3.4
2 )
Philipsburg †Town
Granite 841
820
+2.6% 0.80
2.1
2 )
Pinesdale Town
Ravalli 805
917
−12.2% 1.29
3.3
2 )
Plains Town
Sanders 1,106
1,048
+5.5% 0.59
1.5
2 )
Plentywood †City
Sheridan 1,669
1,734
−3.7% 1.17
3.0
2 )
Plevna Town
Fallon 179
162
+10.5% 0.59
1.5
2 )
Polson †City
Lake 5,148
4,488
+14.7% 4.14
10.7
2 )
Poplar City
Roosevelt 758
810
−6.4% 0.28
0.73
2 )
Red Lodge †City
Carbon 2,257
2,125
+6.2% 2.80
7.3
2 )
Rexford Town
Lincoln 78
105
−25.7% 0.10
0.26
2 )
Richey Town
Dawson 164
177
−7.3% 0.24
0.62
2 )
Ronan City
Lake 1,955
1,871
+4.5% 1.19
3.1
2 )
Roundup †City
Musselshell 1,742
1,788
−2.6% 1.34
3.5
2 )
Ryegate †Town
Golden Valley 223
245
−9.0% 0.69
1.8
2 )
Saco Town
Phillips 159
197
−19.3% 0.33
0.85
2 )
Scobey †City
Daniels 999
1,017
−1.8% 0.76
2.0
2 )
Shelby †City
Toole 3,169
3,376
−6.1% 6.03
15.6
2 )
Sheridan Town
Madison 694
642
+8.1% 1.02
2.6
2 )
Sidney †City
Richland 6,346
5,191
+22.3% 2.66
6.9
2 )
St. Ignatius Town
Lake 768
842
−8.8% 0.56
1.5
2 )
Stanford †Town
Judith Basin 403
401
+0.5% 0.44
1.1
2 )
Stevensville Town
Ravalli 2,002
1,809
+10.7% 0.98
2.5
2 )
Sunburst Town
Toole 333
375
−11.2% 0.24
0.62
2 )
Superior †Town
Mineral 830
812
+2.2% 1.04
2.7
2 )
Terry †Town
Prairie 562
605
−7.1% 0.71
1.8
2 )
Thompson Falls †City
Sanders 1,336
1,313
+1.8% 1.73
4.5
2 )
Three Forks City
Gallatin 1,989
1,869
+6.4% 1.44
3.7
2 )
Townsend †City
Broadwater 1,787
1,878
−4.8% 1.58
4.1
2 )
Troy City
Lincoln 797
938
−15.0% 0.76
2.0
2 )
Twin Bridges Town
Madison 330
375
−12.0% 0.96
2.5
2 )
Valier Town
Pondera 530
509
+4.1% 0.92
2.4
2 )
Virginia City †Town
Madison 219
190
+15.3% 0.95
2.5
2 )
Walkerville Town
Silver Bow 639
675
−5.3% 2.23
5.8
2 )
West Yellowstone Town
Gallatin 1,272
1,271
+0.1% 0.80
2.1
2 )
Westby Town
Sheridan 167
168
−0.6% 0.54
1.4
2 )
White Sulphur Springs †City
Meagher 955
939
+1.7% 1.01
2.6
2 )
Whitefish City
Flathead 7,751
6,357
+21.9% 6.43
16.7
2 )
Whitehall Town
Jefferson 1,006
1,038
−3.1% 0.67
1.7
2 )
Wibaux †Town
Wibaux 462
589
−21.6% 1.08
2.8
2 )
Winifred Town
Fergus 172
208
−17.3% 0.50
1.3
2 )
Winnett †Town
Petroleum 188
182
+3.3% 0.98
2.5
2 )
Wolf Point †City
Roosevelt 2,517
2,621
−4.0% 0.87
2.3
2 )
Total towns
76
—
38,130
37,333
+2.1% 49.01 126.9
2 )
Total cities
53
—
549,663
494,659
+11.1% 1,685.57 4,365.6
2 )
Total
129
—
587,793
531,992
+10.5% 1,734.58 4,492.5
2 )
See also
References
^ a b "2020 Population and Housing State Data" . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 2, 2021 .^ a b c d e f "GCT-PH1 – Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State — Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision" . 2010 United States Census United States Census Bureau . Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-1-4124" . Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . ^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-1-4111" . Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . ^ Montana Legislature. "Classification of municipalities, Montana Code Annotated, (M.C.A.) 7-2-4101" . Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . ^ Montana Legislature. "Exceptions from classification system, M.C.A. 7-1-4112" . Legislative Services Division. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . ^ a b "U.S. Census website" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 2, 2021 .
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