Glacier County, Montana: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+20%. Democratic peak: D+51 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,6372024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,8752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hawaii County, HI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Glacier CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Glacier County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1920 | −40.8% |
| 1924 | −5.3% |
| 1928 | +7.1% |
| 1932 | +41.6% |
| 1936 | +51.2% |
| 1940 | +27.8% |
| 1944 | +27.0% |
| 1948 | +28.5% |
| 1952 | −9.6% |
| 1956 | −6.0% |
| 1960 | +12.0% |
| 1964 | +20.6% |
| 1968 | +2.2% |
| 1972 | −17.6% |
| 1976 | −3.7% |
| 1980 | −21.7% |
| 1984 | −1.4% |
| 1988 | +10.6% |
| 1992 | +19.8% |
| 1996 | +25.0% |
| 2000 | +12.2% |
| 2004 | +17.8% |
| 2008 | +39.7% |
| 2012 | +33.9% |
| 2016 | +29.6% |
| 2020 | +30.7% |
| 2024 | +19.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,933 | 1,939 | 5,078 | ||
| D | 3,610 | 1,884 | 5,617 | ||
| D | 3,121 | 1,620 | 5,075 | ||
| D | 2,924 | 1,415 | 4,455 | ||
| D | 3,423 | 1,451 | 4,970 | ||
| D | 2,641 | 1,828 | 4,562 | ||
| D | 2,211 | 1,709 | 4,124 | ||
| D | 2,292 | 1,270 | 4,095 | ||
| D | 2,076 | 1,222 | 4,323 | ||
| D | 2,151 | 1,728 | 4,004 | ||
| R | 2,167 | 2,228 | 4,435 | ||
| R | 1,394 | 2,283 | 4,093 | ||
| R | 1,755 | 1,892 | 3,724 | ||
| R | 1,469 | 2,143 | 3,819 | ||
| D | 1,723 | 1,643 | 3,671 | ||
| D | 2,218 | 1,458 | 3,697 | ||
| D | 2,260 | 1,775 | 4,039 | ||
| R | 1,822 | 2,054 | 3,876 | ||
| R | 1,698 | 2,061 | 3,769 | ||
| D | 2,238 | 1,238 | 3,508 | ||
| D | 2,142 | 1,228 | 3,379 | ||
| D | 2,399 | 1,352 | 3,760 | ||
| D | 2,453 | 781 | 3,265 | ||
| D | 1,717 | 702 | 2,439 | ||
| D | 976 | 847 | 1,826 | ||
| R | 511 | 586 | 1,406 | ||
| R | 531 | 1,297 | 1,876 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
10.0%
Irish
5.4%
English
4.0%
American
1.8%
French
1.3%
Scottish
0.9%
Italian
0.8%
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.
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: 33.4 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
$46,875
Glacier County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Glacier County$46,875
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Glacier County ranks in the bottom 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
31.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.2%
Working age (18–64)31.1%
Seniors (65+)31.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.9%
speak English only
Other languages4.0%
Other Indo-European3.1%
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 19.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Glacier County's politics are shaped by the Blackfeet Reservation, which covers most of its land area and drives Democratic margins that run sharply against Montana's statewide Republican lean.
The Democratic margin here reached fifty-one points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eleven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $46,875 and a 31% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hawaii County and Maui County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Glacier County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Glacier County, Montana voted Democratic by 19.6 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,078 votes cast, 2,933 went Democratic and 1,939 went Republican.
What is Glacier County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Glacier County, Montana in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 19 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did Glacier County, Montana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Glacier County, Montana voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Glacier County, Montana?
Glacier County, Montana has a population of 13,637 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Glacier County, Montana?
Median household income in Glacier County, Montana is $46,875 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Glacier County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Glacier County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.