Facts
- Population
- 171,583 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.2 %
- Net migration
- 789 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2 % (2025)
- State
- Montana
- Population base, April 2020
- 164,722 (2020)
- Births
- 1,832 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.7
- Deaths
- 1,689 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 143
- International migration
- 41 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 748 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.6
- Postal code
- MT
- FIPS code
- 30111
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.5 % |
| 2022 | 2.4 % |
| 2021 | 3.1 % |
| 2020 | 5.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.2 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.5 % |
| 2016 | 3.7 % |
| 2015 | 3.4 % |
| 2014 | 3.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 171,583 |
| 2023 | 170,727 |
| 2022 | 169,817 |
| 2021 | 167,448 |
| 2020 | 165,210 |