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Pondera County, Montana

A county in Montana, ranked 33 of 56 by population.

CountyFIPS 30073

Within Montana
Pondera County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Conrad, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
6,072
+189 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,625
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
3.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Conrad
Seat of county government.
Established
1919
106 years ago
Largest city
Conrad city
Population 2,393.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Pondera County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Pondera County, Montana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 361 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Pondera County ranks

Position among the 56 counties of Montana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MontanaNationally
Population6,07233rd of 562,725th of 3,144
Land area1,625 sq mi44th of 56374th of 3,144
Population density3.7 per sq mi23rd of 562,848th of 3,144
Median household income$52,33851st of 562,641st of 3,143

Full data for Pondera County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,072Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,883Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,625 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,642 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,338American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$206,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,268American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,754American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-20
68 births, 88 deaths
Net migration
+26
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Pondera County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Teton CountyMontana85 mi6,496
Glacier CountyMontana66 mi13,463
Toole CountyMontana59 mi5,211
Flathead CountyMontana32 mi115,429
Chouteau CountyMontana10 mi5,865
Liberty CountyMontana6.0 mi1,957

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 56 counties of Montana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.