Montana · Census place 3050200
Missoula, Montana
Missoula is a city in Missoula County, Montana with an estimated 78,204 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 78,204
- #2 of 55 in Montana
- Change since 2020
- +5.1%
- +3,798 people
- Land area
- 35.0 sq mi
- + 0.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,232 / sq mi
- State median 2,232
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Missoula population, 2020 to 2024
Missoula added 3,798 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +557. Among 19 Montana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +5.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Montana has 9,256 people, so Missoula is 8.4 times that size.
Missoula covers 35.03 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 2,232 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Missoula is close to the typical town.
What county Missoula is in
All of Missoula's residents live in Missoula County, which had 122,546 residents in 2024. Missoula holds 63.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Missoula
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Missoula by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59801, 59802, 59803, 59808, 59812. 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 Missoula is
The Census internal point of Missoula is at 46.874400, -114.026100. Helena, the capital, is 97.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spokane Valley, WA (108,267 people), 159.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.874400, -114.026100
- DMS
- 46°52'27.84"N 114°01'33.96"W
- UTM
- 11N 726615.2E 5195501.1N
- Geohash
- c2qftm0xp
- Plus code
- 85R7VXFF+QH
Daylight in Missoula
At 46.87° N, Missoula gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Missoula
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Stevensville, 25.6 miles away, with 2,236 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Missoula, MT?
78,204 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,798 (5.1%) from 74,406 in July 2020.
What county is Missoula in?
Missoula County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Missoula?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 59801, 59802, 59803, 59808, 59812.
How far is Missoula from Helena?
97.2 miles (156.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Missoula.
What is the nearest larger city to Missoula?
Spokane Valley, WA, with 108,267 residents, 159.9 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.
- 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.