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Montana: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity

By Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing OfficerUpdated

Montana recorded 11,268 births in 2024 across 56 counties, served by 17 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 32 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 650 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.

Births, 2024
11,268+3.9% since 2021
Delivering hospitals
1732 more not reported
Offices of Lawyers
650CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
Births per lawyer office
17.3national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3

Births by county

Births by county in Montana, 2024A choropleth of Montana counties shaded by births recorded in 2024.
Births, 2024 ≤ 37 > 1,199

Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.

Montana births, 2021 to 2024. Four-year births series for Montana alongside the national total. Montana 11,268 +3.9% 2021→2024 United States 3,605,563 +0.6% 2021→2024 Delivering hospitals 17 +0.0% 2024 only Lawyer offices 650 +0.0% CBP 2023
Figure 2: Montana against the national series. Only the first two series are time series; the third and fourth are single-year values shown flat, and are labelled as such rather than being interpolated into a trend. National births detail. Sources: Census Bureau, 2024; County Business Patterns, 2023; CMS Care Compare, 2024.

Every county

All 56 counties in Montana. Sorted by births. Copy it into a spreadsheet, it is a real table.
CountyPopulation 2024Births 2024Lawyer officesBirths per officeDelivering hospitalsStatus unknown
Yellowstone County171,5831,84410517.620
Flathead County114,5271,2347017.620
Gallatin County126,9841,14111010.410
Missoula County122,5461,1331408.120
Cascade County84,5239336015.610
Lewis and Clark County75,1296694913.710
Ravalli County48,1873951330.401
Silver Bow County36,1343041225.310
Lake County33,4032821321.711
Lincoln County22,184198449.501
Hill County16,065191363.701
Big Horn County12,796183361.002
Glacier County13,503160440.011
Park County18,0741591015.910
Roosevelt County10,1971540undefined03
Custer County11,964139434.810
Fergus County11,862132526.401
Sanders County13,8951260undefined00
Rosebud County8,1941190undefined01
Richland County11,028116338.710
Jefferson County13,304111522.200
Beaverhead County10,00695713.610
Carbon County11,49895331.700
Stillwater County9,450910undefined01
Pondera County6,078890undefined01
Madison County9,75387517.402
Valley County7,43487421.801
Blaine County6,903840undefined01
Broadwater County8,302760undefined01
Deer Lodge County9,81176515.210
Dawson County8,731730undefined01
Teton County6,44470323.300
Toole County5,153610undefined01
Chouteau County5,880490undefined01
Musselshell County5,452490undefined00
Powell County7,120470undefined01
Phillips County4,21446411.501
Mineral County5,19541313.701
Fallon County2,946390undefined01
Sheridan County3,448340undefined00
Sweet Grass County3,7572538.301
Granite County3,602240undefined01
Prairie County1,112210undefined01
Wheatland County2,058210undefined00
Liberty County1,934200undefined00
McCone County1,717200undefined01
Garfield County1,181190undefined01
Judith Basin County2,111190undefined00
Golden Valley County863180undefined00
Meagher County2,065170undefined00
Wibaux County911120undefined00
Carter County1,399100undefined01
Powder River County1,734100undefined00
Treasure County739100undefined00
Daniels County1,62580undefined00
Petroleum County52520undefined00

16 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 622 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence, not access to care.

Hospitals with obstetric services

49 Montana hospitals reporting an obstetric service status. Facilities confirming they do not provide labour and delivery are excluded from this table and counted on the national page.
HospitalCityCountyOwnershipLabour & deliveryBirthing Friendly
Barrett Hospital & HealthcareDillonBeaverheadGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat FallsCascadeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Big Horn HospitalHardinBig HornVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Billings Clinic BroadwaterTownsendBroadwaterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Billings Clinic HospitalBillingsYellowstoneVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Bitterroot Health - Daly HospitalHamiltonRavalliVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozemanGallatinVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Cabinet Peaks Medical CenterLibbyLincolnVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Central Montana Medical CenterLewistownFergusVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Community Hospital Of AnacondaAnacondaDeer LodgeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Community Medical CenterMissoulaMissoulaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association IncEkalakaCarterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Deer Lodge Medical CenterDeer LodgePowellVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Fallon Medical Complex HospitalBakerFallonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Frances Mahon Deaconess HospitalGlasgowValleyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Garfield County Health CenterJordanGarfieldGovernment - LocalNot reported,
Glendive Medical CenterGlendiveDawsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Granite County Medical CenterPhilipsburgGraniteGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported,
Holy Rosary HospitalMiles CityCusterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillingsYellowstoneVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Livingston HealthcareLivingstonParkPhysicianYesDesignated
Logan Health - ShelbyShelbyTooleVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Logan Health - WhitefishWhitefishFlatheadVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Logan Health Medical CenterKalispellFlatheadVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Madison Valley Medical CenterEnnisMadisonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Mccone County Health CenterCircleMcconeVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported,
Mineral Community HospitalSuperiorMineralGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported,
Missouri River Medical CenterFort BentonChouteauGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported,
Northern Montana HospitalHavreHillVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Northern Rockies Medical CenterCut BankGlacierVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
P H S Indian Hospital At Browning - BlackfeetBrowningGlacierGovernment - FederalYesDesignated
P H S Indian Hospital Crow / Northern CheyenneCrow AgencyBig HornGovernment - FederalNot reported,
P H S Indian Hospital-Ft Belknap At Harlem - CahHarlemBlaineGovernment - FederalNot reported,
Phillips County Hospital - CahMaltaPhillipsVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Pioneer Medical CenterBig TimberSweet GrassVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Pondera Medical CenterConradPonderaVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Poplar Community HospitalPoplarRooseveltVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Prairie Community CahTerryPrairieGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported,
Providence St Joseph Medical CenterPolsonLakeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Roosevelt Medical CenterCulbertsonRooseveltVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Rosebud Health Care CenterForsythRosebudVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Ruby Valley Medical CenterSheridanMadisonGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNot reported,
Sidney Health CenterSidneyRichlandVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St James HospitalButteSilver BowVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St Luke Community HospitalRonanLakeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
St Peters HealthHelenaLewis And ClarkVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
St. Patrick HospitalMissoulaMissoulaVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Stillwater Billings ClinicColumbusStillwaterVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,
Trinity HospitalWolf PointRooseveltVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported,

Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024, see the blackout.

Clinical measures and legal measures are never joined on this site. Adverse-event rates describe medicine; litigation describes a legal process. Where both appear together it is to describe a market, not to suggest that one predicts the other.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau: County Population Totals and Components of Change, 2024: births by county, 2021–2024
  2. U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns, 2023: NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
  3. CMS Care Compare: Maternal Health · Hospital: PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
  4. CMS Care Compare: Hospital General Information: ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
  5. U.S. Census Bureau: Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000): county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time

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Birth Injury Marketing. “Montana: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 25 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/montana/

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Related

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