Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupDeer Lodge CountyMontanaUnited States
Irish19.8%13.5%9.4%
German19.7%22.9%12.5%
English12.8%13.1%9.5%
Italian6.3%3.2%4.8%
French5.3%—1.6%
American5.1%5.4%5.3%
Norwegian3.8%7.5%—
Swedish2.7%1.4%—
Mexican2.9%2.9%11.3%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Blackfeet0.2%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
Deer Lodge County
Montana
United States
Median age
49.9
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.3%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Deer Lodge County
Montana
United States
Median household income
$57,527
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.3%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.1%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Deer Lodge County
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
4.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
1.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Deer Lodge County
Montana
United States
Catholic
24.5%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.8%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
65.1%
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.
Deer Lodge County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 4,870 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Deer Lodge County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -5-715-71
555
526
38
1,119
49.6%
47.0%
D+2.6
Precinct -1-711-71
635
438
34
1,107
57.4%
39.6%
D+17.8
Precinct -3-713-71
399
406
33
838
47.6%
48.4%
R+0.8
Precinct -4-714-71
280
536
21
837
33.5%
64.0%
R+30.6
Precinct -2-712-71
419
341
34
794
52.8%
42.9%
D+9.8
Precinct -5-765-76
88
82
5
175
50.3%
46.9%
D+3.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.1%
1896
+83.2%
1900
+33.9%
1904
−4.7%
1908
+7.4%
1912
+4.8%
1916
+37.6%
1920
−29.9%
1924
−6.0%
1928
+8.3%
1932
+27.3%
1936
+48.5%
1940
+34.3%
1944
+33.1%
1948
+29.4%
1952
+16.1%
1956
+3.3%
1960
+40.3%
1964
+54.6%
1968
+43.7%
1972
+24.3%
1976
+26.9%
1980
+20.8%
1984
+29.8%
1988
+45.8%
1992
+44.4%
1996
+48.9%
2000
+26.0%
2004
+21.5%
2008
+37.4%
2012
+31.7%
2016
+7.0%
2020
+7.7%
2024
+1.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
48.8%Harris2,376
47.8%Trump2,329
2.4%Kennedy116 +2
D+1.0
R+6.7
D+2.4
4,870
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.8%2,376
Donald J TrumpRepublican47.8%2,329
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent2.4%116
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%31
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%18
D
52.4%Biden2,562
44.7%Trump2,186
2.9%Jorgensen143
D+7.7
D+0.7
D+3.2
4,891
D
48.9%Clinton2,058
41.9%Trump1,763
6.6%Johnson276
D+7.0
R+24.6
D+4.9
4,206
D
64.1%Obama2,860
32.5%Romney1,448
3.4%GRAY152
D+31.7
R+5.8
D+27.8
4,460
D
67.0%Obama3,402
29.6%McCain1,502
3.4%
D+37.4
D+16.0
D+30.2
5,074
D
59.4%Kerry2,700
38.0%Bush1,725
2.6%
D+21.5
R+4.5
D+23.9
4,543
D
58.9%Gore2,672
32.9%Bush1,493
5.1%Nader232
D+26.0
R+22.9
D+25.5
4,534
D
66.5%Clinton3,331
17.6%Dole883
15.4%Perot772
D+48.9
D+4.4
D+40.3
5,010
D
60.2%Clinton3,174
15.8%Bush832
22.9%Perot1,207
D+44.4
R+1.3
D+38.9
5,269
D
72.3%Dukakis3,185
26.5%Bush1,168
1.2%
D+45.8
D+16.0
D+53.5
4,406
D
64.3%Mondale3,539
34.5%Reagan1,901
1.2%
D+29.8
D+9.0
D+48.0
5,505
D
54.6%Carter3,077
33.8%Reagan1,905
11.6%
D+20.8
R+6.1
D+30.5
5,638
D
62.5%Carter3,859
35.6%Ford2,197
1.9%
D+26.9
D+2.6
D+24.8
6,176
D
60.3%McGovern3,979
35.9%Nixon2,373
3.8%
D+24.3
R+19.4
D+47.5
6,604
D
69.3%Humphrey4,208
25.6%Nixon1,554
5.1%
D+43.7
R+10.9
D+44.4
6,074
D
77.2%Johnson4,835
22.6%Goldwater1,415
0.1%
D+54.6
D+14.3
D+32.1
6,259
D
70.1%Kennedy5,149
29.8%Nixon2,188
0.1%
D+40.3
D+37.0
D+40.2
7,344
D
51.6%Stevenson3,792
48.4%Eisenhower3,551
0.0%
D+3.3
R+12.8
D+18.7
7,343
D
57.7%Stevenson4,162
41.6%Eisenhower3,001
0.7%
D+16.1
R+13.3
D+26.8
7,217
D
62.2%Truman3,862
32.8%Dewey2,036
5.1%
D+29.4
R+3.7
D+24.9
6,212
D
66.3%Roosevelt4,347
33.2%Dewey2,176
0.5%
D+33.1
R+1.2
D+25.6
6,556
D
66.9%Roosevelt4,916
32.6%Willkie2,397
0.4%
D+34.3
R+14.2
D+24.3
7,345
D
73.5%Roosevelt4,813
25.0%Landon1,640
1.5%
D+48.5
D+21.1
D+24.2
6,549
D
62.7%Roosevelt3,893
35.4%Hoover2,198
1.8%
D+27.3
D+19.0
D+9.5
6,204
D
54.0%Smith3,184
45.7%Hoover2,695
0.4%
D+8.3
D+14.2
D+25.8
5,901
R
29.5%Davis1,611
35.4%Coolidge1,937
35.1%La Follette1,918
R+6.0
D+24.0
D+19.2
5,467
R
30.0%Cox1,567
60.0%Harding3,130
10.0%
R+29.9
R+67.6
R+3.8
5,219
D
67.9%Wilson4,171
30.3%Hughes1,860
1.8%
D+37.6
D+32.8
D+34.5
6,143
D
41.9%Wilson1,197
37.1%Taft1,060
21.1%
D+4.8
R+2.6
R+14.8
2,860
D
51.1%Bryan1,611
43.7%Taft1,377
5.2%
D+7.4
D+12.2
D+17.0
3,153
R
43.9%Parker1,504
48.6%Roosevelt1,666
7.4%
R+4.7
R+38.6
D+14.9
3,425
D
65.4%Bryan3,395
31.5%McKinley1,636
3.1%
D+33.9
R+49.4
D+41.4
5,193
D
91.5%Bryan4,916
8.3%McKinley446
0.1%
D+83.2
D+79.2
D+89.3
5,370
D
39.6%Cleveland2,152
35.5%Harrison1,930
25.0%
D+4.1
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D+2.4
5,441
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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
60.9%2,991
37.1%1,820
4,910
2020
D
60.7%2,961
39.3%1,921
4,882
2018
D
68.3%2,892
28.5%1,208
4,236
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Deer Lodge County, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
5,411
2018
5,511
2020
5,857
2022
5,549
2024
6,147
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−20 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +851 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $65,019 in average income, against $68,510 for residents who stayed — 5% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+6.0 on average — 5.0 points more Democratic-leaning than Deer Lodge County, MT itself (D+1.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Silver Bow County, MT60D+7.0
Gallatin County, MT23D+3.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Silver Bow County, MT67
Missoula County, MT20
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Deer Lodge County, MT in Deer Lodge County, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+48
2012
+7
2013
+100
2014
−87
2015
+40
2016
+4
2017
+89
2018
+79
2019
+65
2021
+160
2022
+61
2023
+159
2024
+146
2025
−20
Deer Lodge County, home to Anaconda and its smelter legacy, leans modestly Democratic in a heavily Republican state — a holdover from organized labor's deep roots in Montana's copper-mining era.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 29.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 9,597, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,527 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Silver Bow County and Crawford County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Deer Lodge County, Montana voted Democratic by 1.0 points (D+1.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,870 votes cast, 2,376 went Democratic and 2,329 went Republican.
When did Deer Lodge County, Montana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Deer Lodge County, Montana voted Republican was 1924.
How many people live in Deer Lodge County, Montana?
Deer Lodge County, Montana has a population of 9,597 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Deer Lodge County, Montana?
Median household income in Deer Lodge County, Montana is $57,527 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Deer Lodge County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Deer Lodge County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
