Billings, Montana

Billings population, 2020 to 2024

Billings added 4,250 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +686. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Billings is 13.1 times that size.

Billings covers 46.06 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 2,637 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Billings is denser than the typical town.

What county Billings is in

All of Billings's residents live in Yellowstone County, which had 171,583 residents in 2024. Billings holds 70.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Billings

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Billings by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59101, 59102, 59105, 59106. 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 Billings is

The Census internal point of Billings is at 45.788500, -108.552500. Helena, the capital, is 174.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Salt Lake City, UT (217,783 people), 385.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 982 m (3,222 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Billings

At 45.79° N, Billings gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Billings daylight page.

Places near Billings

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Laurel, 13.4 miles away, with 7,251 people.