Montana · Census place 3014575
Chinook, Montana
Chinook is a city in Blaine County, Montana with an estimated 1,162 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,162
- #52 of 55 in Montana
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 2,235 / sq mi
- State median 2,232
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Chinook population, 2020 to 2024
Chinook lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Chinook covers 0.52 square miles of land, for 2,235 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Chinook is close to the typical town.
What county Chinook is in
All of Chinook's residents live in Blaine County, which had 6,903 residents in 2024. Chinook holds 16.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chinook
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chinook by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59523. 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 Chinook is
The Census internal point of Chinook is at 48.590100, -109.231800. Helena, the capital, is 189.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Havre, MT (9,204 people), 20.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 196.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.590100, -109.231800
- DMS
- 48°35'24.36"N 109°13'54.48"W
- UTM
- 12N 630386.0E 5383399.9N
- Geohash
- c8dk6mecf
- Plus code
- 85WGHQR9+27
Daylight in Chinook
At 48.59° N, Chinook gets about 16 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chinook
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Havre, 20.7 miles away, with 9,204 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chinook, MT?
1,162 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.4%) from 1,178 in July 2020.
What county is Chinook in?
Blaine County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chinook?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59523.
How far is Chinook from Helena?
189.8 miles (305.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Chinook.
What is the nearest larger city to Chinook?
Havre, MT, with 9,204 residents, 20.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.