Montana · Census place 3058375

Plentywood, Montana

Plentywood is a city in Sheridan County, Montana with an estimated 1,626 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,626
#45 of 55 in Montana
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-42 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,196 / sq mi
State median 2,232
Orange pin: Plentywood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Helena.

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Plentywood population, 2020 to 2024

Plentywood lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,671. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plentywood covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 1,196 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Plentywood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Plentywood is in

All of Plentywood's residents live in Sheridan County, which had 3,448 residents in 2024. Plentywood holds 47.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plentywood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plentywood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59254. 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 Plentywood is

The Census internal point of Plentywood is at 48.776000, -104.557300. Helena, the capital, is 378.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williston, ND (28,821 people), 58.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 278.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.776000, -104.557300
DMS
48°46'33.60"N 104°33'26.28"W
UTM
13N 532525.1E 5402649.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
85WQQCGV+C3

Daylight in Plentywood

At 48.78° N, Plentywood gets about 16 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plentywood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Wolf Point, 68.5 miles away, with 2,522 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plentywood, MT?

1,626 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (2.5%) from 1,668 in July 2020.

What county is Plentywood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Plentywood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59254.

How far is Plentywood from Helena?

378.4 miles (608.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Plentywood.

What is the nearest larger city to Plentywood?

Williston, ND, with 28,821 residents, 58.1 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.