† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupButte-Silver Bow, MTMontanaUnited States
Irish24.8%13.5%9.4%
German19.8%22.9%12.5%
English11.8%13.1%9.5%
Italian5.9%3.2%4.8%
Norwegian5.4%7.5%—
American4.7%5.4%5.3%
French2.7%—1.6%
Scottish2.6%2.6%1.3%
Mexican3.8%2.9%11.3%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Blackfeet0.3%1.0%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Montana
United States
Median age
40.5
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Montana
United States
Median household income
$61,754
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.8%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.0%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.4%
4.2%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Montana
United States
Catholic
31.8%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.9%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.3%
65.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.2%
1896
+77.2%
1900
+50.4%
1904
+3.8%
1908
+12.0%
1912
+19.4%
1916
+29.4%
1920
−20.2%
1924
−6.0%
1928
+8.4%
1932
+31.3%
1936
+58.2%
1940
+37.1%
1944
+26.7%
1948
+25.4%
1952
+12.4%
1956
−0.6%
1960
+30.5%
1964
+51.2%
1968
+36.4%
1972
+18.3%
1976
+20.3%
1980
+12.5%
1984
+24.8%
1988
+38.2%
1992
+35.6%
1996
+41.2%
2000
+16.0%
2004
+18.2%
2008
+40.4%
2012
+32.4%
2016
+13.6%
2020
+14.2%
2024
+7.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.5%Harris9,386
44.5%Trump8,110
2.8%Kennedy513 +2
D+7.0
R+7.2
D+8.5
18,226
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic51.5%9,386
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.5%8,110
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent2.8%513
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%142
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%75
D
55.7%Biden10,392
41.5%Trump7,745
2.8%
D+14.2
D+0.6
D+9.7
18,658
D
52.4%Clinton8,619
38.8%Trump6,376
8.9%
D+13.6
R+18.8
D+11.5
16,452
D
64.8%Obama10,857
32.4%Romney5,430
2.8%
D+32.4
R+8.0
D+28.5
16,756
D
68.8%Obama11,676
28.4%McCain4,818
2.8%
D+40.4
D+22.2
D+33.2
16,965
D
57.9%Kerry9,307
39.7%Bush6,381
2.5%
D+18.2
D+2.2
D+20.6
16,084
D
53.7%Gore8,967
37.7%Bush6,299
8.6%
D+16.0
R+25.3
D+15.5
16,703
D
63.4%Clinton11,199
22.1%Dole3,909
14.5%
D+41.2
D+5.6
D+32.7
17,677
D
54.9%Clinton9,960
19.2%Bush3,491
25.9%
D+35.6
R+2.6
D+30.1
18,146
D
68.4%Dukakis11,422
30.2%Bush5,043
1.3%
D+38.2
D+13.5
D+46.0
16,687
D
61.6%Mondale11,095
36.9%Reagan6,637
1.5%
D+24.8
D+12.3
D+43.0
18,010
D
50.2%Carter9,721
37.7%Reagan7,301
12.2%
D+12.5
R+7.8
D+22.2
19,377
D
59.5%Carter11,377
39.3%Ford7,506
1.2%
D+20.3
D+1.9
D+18.2
19,110
D
57.4%McGovern11,704
39.0%Nixon7,967
3.6%
D+18.3
R+18.1
D+41.5
20,404
D
64.4%Humphrey12,626
28.0%Nixon5,488
7.7%
D+36.4
R+14.8
D+37.1
19,617
D
74.2%Johnson15,751
22.9%Goldwater4,873
2.9%
D+51.2
D+20.7
D+28.6
21,239
D
64.9%Kennedy13,754
34.4%Nixon7,290
0.7%
D+30.5
D+31.1
D+30.3
21,190
R
49.7%Stevenson11,475
50.3%Eisenhower11,619
0.0%
R+0.6
R+13.1
D+14.8
23,094
D
55.9%Stevenson13,114
43.5%Eisenhower10,196
0.6%
D+12.4
R+12.9
D+23.2
23,458
D
59.6%Truman12,715
34.2%Dewey7,305
6.2%
D+25.4
R+1.3
D+20.9
21,335
D
62.9%Roosevelt13,228
36.2%Dewey7,610
1.0%
D+26.7
R+10.4
D+19.2
21,040
D
67.9%Roosevelt17,467
30.8%Willkie7,932
1.3%
D+37.1
R+21.2
D+27.1
25,734
D
78.2%Roosevelt17,697
20.0%Landon4,528
1.8%
D+58.2
D+26.9
D+33.9
22,623
D
62.4%Roosevelt13,626
31.1%Hoover6,792
6.5%
D+31.3
D+22.9
D+13.5
21,834
D
53.2%Smith11,228
44.8%Hoover9,456
2.0%
D+8.4
D+14.4
D+25.9
21,103
O
28.7%Davis5,393
34.7%Coolidge6,520
36.7%
La Follette +2.0
D+14.2
D+19.2
18,814
R
35.1%Cox6,394
55.4%Harding10,074
9.5%
R+20.2
R+49.6
D+6.0
18,198
D
60.7%Wilson13,084
31.4%Hughes6,757
7.9%
D+29.4
D+9.9
D+26.2
21,547
O
38.2%Wilson4,542
18.8%Taft2,232
43.1%
Roosevelt +4.9
D+7.4
R+0.1
11,896
D
45.8%Bryan6,255
33.8%Taft4,618
20.4%
D+12.0
D+8.2
D+21.5
13,656
D
39.8%Parker5,686
36.1%Roosevelt5,149
24.1%
D+3.8
R+46.7
D+23.4
14,274
D
74.2%Bryan12,101
23.7%McKinley3,873
2.1%
D+50.4
R+26.7
D+58.0
16,310
D
88.5%Bryan9,992
11.3%McKinley1,275
0.3%
D+77.2
D+84.3
D+83.2
11,296
R
31.4%Cleveland2,648
38.6%Harrison3,251
30.0%
R+7.2
—
R+8.8
8,426
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
64.4%11,854
33.8%6,232
18,418
2020
D
64.7%12,183
35.3%6,641
18,824
2018
D
71.6%11,672
26.0%4,246
16,312
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
21,950
2018
22,764
2020
23,251
2022
23,280
2024
23,375
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+159 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,865 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Butte-Silver Bow, MT in Butte-Silver Bow, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+140
2012
+37
2013
−41
2014
+121
2015
−160
2016
−56
2017
+87
2018
−47
2019
+181
2021
+433
2022
+448
2023
+470
2024
+93
2025
+159
Butte-Silver Bow is a rare blue enclave in rural Montana, its consolidated city-county government and strong union roots producing Democratic margins that have outlasted the party's broader collapse across the state's working-class interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 20.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.0 points.
A population of 35,785, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,754 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Plattsburgh, NY and Baraboo, WI.
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How did Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana voted Democratic by 7.0 points (D+7.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,226 votes cast, 9,386 went Democratic and 8,110 went Republican.
When did Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana has a population of 35,785 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Median household income in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana is $61,754 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Butte-Silver Bow, MT, Montana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
