Ravalli County, Montana

Ravalli County population, land area and income

Ravalli County had 48,187 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,391.0 square miles of land. It ranks 7th of 56 in Montana by population and 27th by land area. That works out to 20.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Montana has 7,814 residents, so Ravalli County is 6.2 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,624 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Ravalli County's population changed since 2020

Ravalli County gained 3,770 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 8.5%. That ranks 11th 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, Ravalli County recorded 1,674 births and 2,427 deaths, a natural change of -753. Net international migration added +102 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +4,731. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 4,731 people.

Where Ravalli County is

The Census internal point of Ravalli County is at 46.077700, -114.105800. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Montana's 56 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Ravalli County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Ravalli County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Ravalli County, 7,619 people together, or 16% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Ravalli County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hamilton with 5,383.

Counties bordering Ravalli County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Ravalli County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Missoula County, MT, with 122,546 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Missoula County

  122,546 people

  66 mi N

• ID

  Idaho County, ID

  17,912 people

  67 mi WSW

• Beaverhead County

  10,006 people

  88 mi SE

• Deer Lodge County

  9,811 people

  46 mi E

• ID

  Lemhi County, ID

  8,397 people

  80 mi S

• Granite County

  3,602 people

  39 mi NE

Distance to Helena and the nearest big city

Helena is 105.7 miles ENE of Ravalli County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA (population 108,267), 183.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Missoula, MT (population 78,204), 55.2 miles away.

Ravalli County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Ravalli County is 30081: state code 30 for Montana plus county code 081. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,624.