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McCone County, Montana

A county in Montana, ranked 48 of 56 by population.

CountyFIPS 30055

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

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Population
1,720
-11 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
2,642
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
0.65
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Circle
Seat of county government.
Established
1919
106 years ago
Largest city
Circle town
Population 590.

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 McCone 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 McCone 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 678 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 McCone 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
Population1,72048th of 563,062nd of 3,144
Land area2,642 sq mi22nd of 56198th of 3,144
Population density0.65 per sq mi51st of 563,105th of 3,144
Median household income$69,37523rd of 561,245th of 3,143

Full data for McCone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,720Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,731Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,728Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,642 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area39.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,682 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?0.65 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,375American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households798American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,082American 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
+7
22 births, 15 deaths
Net migration
-3
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering McCone 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
Garfield CountyMontana73 mi1,148
Dawson CountyMontana50 mi8,692
Valley CountyMontana49 mi7,385
Prairie CountyMontana44 mi1,112
Roosevelt CountyMontana43 mi10,242
Richland CountyMontana21 mi11,377

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.