Montana · Census place 3016825

Columbus, Montana

Columbus is a town in Stillwater County, Montana with an estimated 1,966 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,966
#38 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
+5.3%
+99 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,435 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Columbus. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024

Columbus added 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +49.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,859. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Columbus covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 1,435 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.

What county Columbus is in

All of Columbus's residents live in Stillwater County, which had 9,450 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 20.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Columbus

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 59019. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Columbus is

The Census internal point of Columbus is at 45.636000, -109.248800. Helena, the capital, is 147.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Laurel, MT (7,251 people), 22.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 35.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.636000, -109.248800
DMS
45°38'9.60"N 109°14'55.68"W
UTM
12N 636485.4E 5055097.3N
Geohash
c8479gz2y
Plus code
85QGJQP2+CF

Daylight in Columbus

At 45.64° N, Columbus gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Columbus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Laurel, 22.9 miles away, with 7,251 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Columbus, MT?

1,966 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 99 (5.3%) from 1,867 in July 2020.

What county is Columbus in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Columbus?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59019.

How far is Columbus from Helena?

147.9 miles (238.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Columbus.

What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?

Laurel, MT, with 7,251 residents, 22.9 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.