California · Census place 0648690

Montague, California

Montague is a city in Siskiyou County, California with an estimated 1,170 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 465th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,170
#465 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-50 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
657 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Montague. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Montague population, 2020 to 2024

Montague lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,223. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montague covers 1.78 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 657 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Montague is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montague is in

All of Montague's residents live in Siskiyou County, which had 42,498 residents in 2024. Montague holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montague

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montague by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 96064. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Montague is

The Census internal point of Montague is at 41.727100, -122.530500. Sacramento, the capital, is 224.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yreka, CA (7,686 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chico, CA, 141.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.727100, -122.530500
DMS
41°43'37.56"N 122°31'49.80"W
UTM
10N 539048.6E 4619583.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
84HVPFG9+RQ

Daylight in Montague

At 41.73° N, Montague gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montague

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Yreka, 5.2 miles away, with 7,686 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montague, CA?

1,170 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (4.1%) from 1,220 in July 2020.

What county is Montague in?

Siskiyou County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Montague?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 96064.

How far is Montague from Sacramento?

224.4 miles (361.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Montague.

What is the nearest larger city to Montague?

Yreka, CA, with 7,686 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.