Every Montana County Ranked By Population

It's time to give myself carpel tunnel by typing out all 56 Montana Counties ranked by their populations. My keyboard will be clicking up a storm, so if you're in one of my neighboring offices... I'm sorry you'll be hearing clicks ad nauseam.

Earlier this year, I wrote the same story but instead of counties, it was with every Montana city and town by population.

READ MORE: Every City/Town In Montana Listed By Population

Now it's time to knock out the counties. The 56 counties span from 170 thousand (Yellowstone) to 554 people (Petroleum). The data was taken from the United States Census Bureau's Annual Estimates of the Resident Population. It was updated on the Census website in March.

There are counties I hadn't heard of on this list, so it was somewhat informative for me. Have at it.

Montana Counties by Population

1. Yellowstone County (170,843)
2. Gallatin County (126,409)
3. Missoula County (121,849)
4. Flathead County (113,679)
5. Cascade County (84,900)
6. Lewis and Clark County (75,011)
7. Ravalli County (47,738)
8. Silver Bow County (36,360)
9. Lake County (33,338)
10. Lincoln County (21,895)
11. Park County (17,903)
12. Hill County (16,276)
13. Sanders County (13,684)
14. Jefferson County (13,048)
15. Big Horn County (12,751)
16. Custer County (11,985)
17. Fergus County (11,772)
18. Carbon County (11,419)
19. Richland County (11,173)
20. Roosevelt County (10,319)
21. Beaverhead County (9,885)
22. Deer Lodge County (9,673)
23. Madison County (9,673)
24. Stillwater County (9,173)
25. Dawson County (8,810)
26. Rosebud County (8,160)
27. Broadwater County (8,032)
28. Valley County (7,474)
29. Powell County (7,133)
30. Blaine County (6,899)
31. Teton County (6,430)
32. Pondera County (6,125)
33. Chouteau County (5,847)
34. Musselshell County (5,308)
35. Toole County (5,133)
36. Mineral County (5,090)
37. Phillips County (4,249)
38. Sweet Crass County (3,763)
39. Granite County (3,595)
40. Sheridan County (3,498)
41. Fallon County (2,994)
42. Judith Basin County (2,093)
43. Meagher County (2,071)
44. Wheatland County (2,057)
45. Liberty County (1,974)
46. Powder River County (1,743)
47. McCone County (1,676)
48. Daniels County (1,633)
49. Carter County (1,418)
50. Garfield County (1,211)
51. Prairie County (1,112)
52. Wibaux County (910)
53. Golden Valley County (835)
54. Treasure County (772)
55. Petroleum County (554)