Fallon County, Montana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+76%. Republican peak: R+76 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+76MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,7602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,2502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Prairie County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fallon CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fallon County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | +21.7% |
| 1920 | −45.8% |
| 1924 | −38.9% |
| 1928 | −38.8% |
| 1932 | +16.3% |
| 1936 | +25.1% |
| 1940 | −14.7% |
| 1944 | −27.4% |
| 1948 | −4.1% |
| 1952 | −40.6% |
| 1956 | −22.5% |
| 1960 | −21.2% |
| 1964 | −3.9% |
| 1968 | −32.8% |
| 1972 | −31.4% |
| 1976 | −4.8% |
| 1980 | −40.3% |
| 1984 | −36.5% |
| 1988 | −23.8% |
| 1992 | −17.7% |
| 1996 | −21.5% |
| 2000 | −58.8% |
| 2004 | −59.6% |
| 2008 | −52.1% |
| 2012 | −63.4% |
| 2016 | −75.8% |
| 2020 | −76.4% |
| 2024 | −75.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 163 | 1,303 | 1,507 | ||
| R | 172 | 1,375 | 1,575 | ||
| R | 154 | 1,279 | 1,484 | ||
| R | 237 | 1,128 | 1,406 | ||
| R | 318 | 1,064 | 1,432 | ||
| R | 289 | 1,178 | 1,491 | ||
| R | 256 | 1,061 | 1,369 | ||
| R | 452 | 778 | 1,516 | ||
| R | 446 | 731 | 1,608 | ||
| R | 612 | 1,002 | 1,636 | ||
| R | 569 | 1,237 | 1,829 | ||
| R | 512 | 1,286 | 1,920 | ||
| R | 847 | 934 | 1,797 | ||
| R | 531 | 1,034 | 1,604 | ||
| R | 477 | 990 | 1,565 | ||
| R | 765 | 827 | 1,595 | ||
| R | 597 | 918 | 1,516 | ||
| R | 612 | 967 | 1,579 | ||
| R | 440 | 1,046 | 1,494 | ||
| R | 623 | 678 | 1,329 | ||
| R | 494 | 870 | 1,371 | ||
| R | 686 | 925 | 1,624 | ||
| D | 1,015 | 598 | 1,661 | ||
| D | 973 | 690 | 1,734 | ||
| R | 454 | 1,036 | 1,500 | ||
| R | 220 | 731 | 1,314 | ||
| R | 381 | 1,064 | 1,491 | ||
| D | 1,845 | 1,169 | 3,114 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
43.9%
Irish
9.3%
English
9.2%
American
6.0%
Polish
4.9%
Scottish
4.3%
French
1.1%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,250
Fallon County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Fallon County$76,250
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Fallon County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.1%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)30.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Fallon County, anchored by the small city of Baker, returned an R+75.7 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state. Its sparse, ranch-dominated eastern plains economy has produced consistently decisive Republican performance across recent election cycles.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-six points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-six points.
A population of 2,760, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,250 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prairie County and Lincoln County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Fallon County, Montana. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/30025/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More in Montana
More farm belt counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Fallon County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fallon County, Montana voted Republican by 75.6 points (R+76), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,507 votes cast, 163 went Democratic and 1,303 went Republican.
What is Fallon County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Fallon County, Montana in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Fallon County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fallon County, Montana voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Fallon County, Montana?
Fallon County, Montana has a population of 2,760 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fallon County, Montana?
Median household income in Fallon County, Montana is $76,250 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Fallon County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fallon County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.