Montana: cities and towns by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

The largest of Montana's 156 recorded places, ranked by population — 685,525 people across the state's towns and cities.

The essentials

Billings is the largest place we record in Montana, with 117,116 residents. The three largest together hold 36% of the 685,525 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.

All 156 places, ranked

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

#	Place	Population
1	Billings	117,116
2	Missoula	71,022
3	Great Falls	59,638
4	Bozeman	43,405
5	Butte	34,190
6	Helena	32,091
7	Kalispell	22,052
8	Havre	9,834
9	Anaconda	9,417
10	Miles City	8,796
11	Helena Valley Southeast	8,227
12	Belgrade	8,029
13	Helena Valley West Central	7,883
14	Evergreen	7,616
15	Livingston	7,302
16	Whitefish	7,073
17	Laurel	6,943
18	Sidney	6,828
19	Lockwood	6,797
20	Lewistown	5,874
21	Glendive	5,490
22	Orchard Homes	5,197
23	Columbia Falls	5,093
24	Polson	4,707
25	Hamilton	4,602
26	Bigfork	4,270
27	Dillon	4,210
28	Lolo	3,892
29	Hardin	3,800
30	Helena Valley Northwest	3,482
31	Malmstrom Air Force Base	3,472
32	Glasgow	3,414
33	Shelby	3,268
34	Four Corners	3,146
35	Cut Bank	3,002
36	Warm Springs	3,000
37	Helena Valley Northeast	2,995
38	Deer Lodge	2,965
39	Wolf Point	2,850
40	Montana City	2,715
41	Lakeside	2,669
42	Libby	2,645
43	Conrad	2,593
44	North Browning	2,408
45	Colstrip	2,336
46	Big Sky	2,308
47	Pablo	2,254
48	Red Lodge	2,222
49	East Missoula	2,157
50	East Helena	2,057
51	Lame Deer	2,052
52	Columbus	2,042
53	Baker	2,011
54	Ronan	1,981
55	Malta	1,963
56	Townsend	1,959
57	West Glendive	1,948
58	Three Forks	1,926
59	Plentywood	1,923
60	Stevensville	1,922
61	Forsyth	1,892
62	Roundup	1,836
63	Frenchtown	1,825
64	South Browning	1,785
65	Choteau	1,696
66	Bonner-West Riverside	1,663
67	Clancy	1,661
68	Seeley Lake	1,659
69	Big Timber	1,648
70	Helena West Side	1,637
71	Manhattan	1,631
72	Sun Prairie	1,630
73	Crow Agency	1,616
74	Fort Benton	1,460
75	West Yellowstone	1,339
76	Thompson Falls	1,332
77	Fort Belknap Agency	1,293
78	Chinook	1,228
79	Boulder	1,207
80	Absarokee	1,150
81	Somers	1,109
82	Whitehall	1,094
83	Eureka	1,074
84	Clinton	1,052
85	Plains	1,051
86	Scobey	1,033
87	Browning	1,027
88	Lincoln	1,013
89	Park City	983
90	Harlowton	979
91	Corvallis	976
92	Fairview	962
93	Pioneer Junction	959
94	Pinesdale	954
95	White Sulphur Springs	910
96	Black Eagle	904
97	Churchill	902
98	Marion	886
99	Ennis	884
100	Philipsburg	884
101	Chester	883
102	Troy	877
103	Gardiner	875
104	Poplar	871
105	Gallatin Gateway	856
106	Hays	843
107	Saint Ignatius	842
108	Superior	839
109	Hungry Horse	826
110	Ashland	824
111	Harlem	822
112	Culbertson	815
113	Florence	765
114	Darby	747
115	Busby	745
116	Victor	745
117	King Arthur Park	738
118	Ulm	738
119	Fairfield	733
120	Bridger	729
121	Havre North	716
122	Walkerville	700
123	Cascade	696
124	Carlton	694
125	Pray	681
126	Sheridan	677
127	Wibaux	666
128	Woods Bay	661
129	Vaughn	658
130	Joliet	638
131	Arlee	636
132	Pryor	618
133	Muddy	617
134	Circle	613
135	Terry	597
136	Belt	596
137	Big Sandy	593
138	Heart Butte	582
139	White Haven	577
140	Worden	577
141	Hot Springs	547
142	Trego	541
143	Coram	539
144	South Hills	517
145	Shepherd	516
146	Wye	511
147	Valier	508
148	The Silos	506
149	Broadus	488
150	Jordan	399
151	Stanford	381
152	Ekalaka	345
153	Hysham	304
154	Ryegate	236
155	Virginia City	199
156	Winnett	179

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