Anaconda, county seat of
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, which has a
consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern
Montana of the United States. Located at the foot of the Pintlar Mountains, the
Continental Divide passes within south of the community. As of the
2010 census the population of the consolidated city-county was 9,298, with a per capita personal income of $20,462 and a median household income of $34,716. It had earlier peaks of population in 1930 and 1980, based on the mining industry. It is still the ninth most populous city in Montana. Central Anaconda is
above sea level, and is surrounded by the communities of Opportunity and West Valley.