Montana · Census place 3014650

Choteau, Montana

Choteau is a city in Teton County, Montana with an estimated 1,804 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,804
#41 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+3.7%
+64 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,236 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Choteau. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

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Choteau population, 2020 to 2024

Choteau added 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,732. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Choteau covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 1,236 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Choteau is less dense than the typical town.

What county Choteau is in

All of Choteau's residents live in Teton County, which had 6,444 residents in 2024. Choteau holds 28.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Choteau

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Choteau by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59422. 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 Choteau is

The Census internal point of Choteau is at 47.813700, -112.179400. Helena, the capital, is 85.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conrad, MT (2,395 people), 27.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 221.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.813700, -112.179400
DMS
47°48'49.32"N 112°10'45.84"W
UTM
12N 411706.4E 5296267.5N
Geohash
c880p21qy
Plus code
85V9RR7C+F6

Daylight in Choteau

At 47.81° N, Choteau gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Choteau

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Conrad, 27.1 miles away, with 2,395 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Choteau, MT?

1,804 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 64 (3.7%) from 1,740 in July 2020.

What county is Choteau in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Choteau?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59422.

How far is Choteau from Helena?

85.2 miles (137.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Choteau.

What is the nearest larger city to Choteau?

Conrad, MT, with 2,395 residents, 27.2 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.