Montana · Census place 3047425

Malta, Montana

Malta is a city in Phillips County, Montana with an estimated 1,853 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,853; #40 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020: +0.2%; +3 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 1,732 / sq mi; State median 2,232

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

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Malta population, 2020 to 2024

Malta added 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,853. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Malta covers 1.07 square miles of land, for 1,732 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Malta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Malta is in

All of Malta's residents live in Phillips County, which had 4,214 residents in 2024. Malta holds 44.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Malta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Malta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59538. 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 Malta is

The Census internal point of Malta is at 48.355500, -107.870200. Helena, the capital, is 229.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glasgow, MT (3,169 people), 58.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 180.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 48.355500, -107.870200
DMS: 48°21'19.80"N 107°52'12.72"W
UTM: 13N 287381.4E 5359795.0N
Geohash: c8e716g74
Plus code: 85WJ944H+6W

Daylight in Malta

At 48.36° N, Malta 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 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Malta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Glasgow, 57.9 miles away, with 3,169 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Malta, MT?

1,853 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3 (0.2%) from 1,850 in July 2020.

What county is Malta in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Malta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59538.

How far is Malta from Helena?

229.0 miles (368.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Malta.

What is the nearest larger city to Malta?

Glasgow, MT, with 3,169 residents, 58.0 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.