Montana · Census place 3043450

Libby, Montana

Libby is a city in Lincoln County, Montana with an estimated 3,235 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,235; #24 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020: +15.7%; +438 people
Land area: 1.8 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 1,758 / sq mi; State median 2,232

Orange pin: Libby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

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Libby population, 2020 to 2024

Libby added 438 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.7%. In the latest year it moved by +66.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,785. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Libby covers 1.84 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,758 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Libby is less dense than the typical town.

What county Libby is in

All of Libby's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 22,184 residents in 2024. Libby holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Libby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Libby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59923. 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 Libby is

The Census internal point of Libby is at 48.386400, -115.556700. Helena, the capital, is 206.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandpoint, ID (10,444 people), 46.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 92.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 48.386400, -115.556700
DMS: 48°23'11.04"N 115°33'24.12"W
UTM: 11N 606855.9E 5360254.8N
Geohash: c2tg62qpj
Plus code: 85W69CPV+H8

Daylight in Libby

At 48.39° N, Libby gets about 16 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Libby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Eureka, 41.2 miles away, with 1,561 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Libby, MT?

3,235 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 438 (15.7%) from 2,797 in July 2020.

What county is Libby in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Libby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59923.

How far is Libby from Helena?

206.8 miles (332.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Libby.

What is the nearest larger city to Libby?

Sandpoint, ID, with 10,444 residents, 46.7 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.

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