Broadwater County, Montana

Broadwater County population, land area and income

Broadwater County had 8,302 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,192.4 square miles of land. It ranks 27th of 56 in Montana by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 7.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Montana has 7,814 residents, about the same as Broadwater County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $72,933 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Broadwater County's population changed since 2020

Broadwater County gained 1,439 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 21.0%. That ranks 1st of 56 in Montana for growth. The median Montana county changed by +2.8%, and the state as a whole by +4.6%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Broadwater County recorded 335 births and 284 deaths, a natural change of +51. Net international migration added +4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,477. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,477 people.

Where Broadwater County is

The Census internal point of Broadwater County is at 46.329800, -111.497900. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Montana's 56 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Broadwater County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Broadwater County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Broadwater County, 2,209 people together, or 27% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Broadwater County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Townsend with 2,209.

Counties bordering Broadwater County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Broadwater County. The most populous is Gallatin County, MT, with 126,984 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Gallatin County

  126,984 people

  58 mi SSE

• Lewis and Clark County

  75,129 people

  69 mi NW

• Jefferson County

  13,304 people

  30 mi WSW

• Meagher County

  2,065 people

  33 mi ENE

Distance to Helena and the nearest big city

Helena is 30.4 miles NW of Broadwater County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 146.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Helena, MT (population 34,729), 31.0 miles away.

Broadwater County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Broadwater County is 30007: state code 30 for Montana plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $72,933.