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Judith Basin County, Montana

A county in Montana, ranked 43 of 56 by population.

CountyFIPS 30045

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

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Population
2,162
+137 (+6.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,870
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stanford
Seat of county government.
Established
1920
105 years ago
Largest city
Stanford town
Population 427.

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 Judith Basin 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 Judith Basin 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 767 by 800 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 Judith Basin 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
Population2,16243rd of 563,030th of 3,144
Land area1,870 sq mi35th of 56308th of 3,144
Population density1.2 per sq mi44th of 563,056th of 3,144
Median household income$59,00037th of 562,169th of 3,143

Full data for Judith Basin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,162Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,025Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,021Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,870 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.80 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,870 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$238,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households918American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,261American 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
+3
22 births, 19 deaths
Net migration
+44
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 5 areas bordering Judith Basin 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
Fergus CountyMontana79 mi11,825
Cascade CountyMontana58 mi85,029
Wheatland CountyMontana31 mi2,100
Meagher CountyMontana30 mi2,137
Chouteau CountyMontana20 mi5,865

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.