Facts
- Population
- 48,187 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 9.1 %
- Net migration
- 720 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- Montana
- Population base, April 2020
- 44,173 (2020)
- Births
- 388 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Deaths
- 534 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -146
- International migration
- 18 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 702 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 14.9
- Postal code
- MT
- FIPS code
- 30081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.1 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 3.9 % |
| 2020 | 6.1 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 5.1 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.3 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 48,187 |
| 2023 | 47,760 |
| 2022 | 47,177 |
| 2021 | 46,096 |
| 2020 | 44,417 |