Bozeman, MT Metro Area

The Bozeman, MT metro area is one county in Montana: Gallatin County. About 128,740 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 8.2% more than in April 2020.

Gallatin County, centralBozeman
Gallatin County in Montana
Population, July 2025
128,740 8.2% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Gallatin County
Land area
2,605 sq mi (6,748 km²)
Time zone
Mountain TimeUTC-07:00 in January; UTC-06:00 in July
State
Montana
CBSA code
14580

The county in the Bozeman, MT metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Gallatin CountyCentral128,740

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Bozeman56,114 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Helena, MT Metro Area78 mi northwest
  2. Cody, WY Micro Area126 mi southeast
  3. Rexburg, ID Micro Area134 mi south
  4. Jackson, WY-ID Micro Area153 mi south

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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