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
GroupGranite CountyMontanaUnited States
German19.2%22.9%12.5%
English14.8%13.1%9.5%
Irish11.9%13.5%9.4%
American7.7%5.4%5.3%
Swedish7.3%1.4%—
Norwegian6.2%7.5%—
Dutch3.3%——
Scottish2.9%2.6%1.3%
Spanish1.6%0.3%—
Mexican0.3%2.9%11.3%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.2%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
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
Granite County
Montana
United States
Median age
53
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
31.2%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Granite County
Montana
United States
Median household income
$59,265
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.2%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Granite County
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
4.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
1.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Granite County
Montana
United States
Catholic
10.8%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.6%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
77.5%
65.3%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
6.3%
4.7%
2.0%
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.
Granite County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,176 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Granite County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PRECINCT #2PRECINCT #2
202
404
15
621
32.5%
65.1%
R+32.5
Precinct -PRECINCT #1PRECINCT #1
197
341
15
553
35.6%
61.7%
R+26.0
Precinct -PRECINCT #10PRECINCT #10
101
428
16
545
18.5%
78.5%
R+60.0
Precinct -PRECINCT #9PRECINCT #9
79
364
14
457
17.3%
79.6%
R+62.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1896
+92.9%
1900
+43.1%
1904
−4.7%
1908
+12.7%
1912
+17.0%
1916
+16.1%
1920
−34.5%
1924
−17.1%
1928
−24.9%
1932
+22.2%
1936
+43.6%
1940
+7.8%
1944
−9.9%
1948
−7.3%
1952
−32.1%
1956
−25.4%
1960
−9.8%
1964
+11.0%
1968
−9.8%
1972
−29.6%
1976
−18.6%
1980
−27.1%
1984
−35.0%
1988
−21.0%
1992
−15.0%
1996
−21.6%
2000
−55.7%
2004
−46.1%
2008
−24.0%
2012
−33.7%
2016
−40.5%
2020
−37.2%
2024
−44.0%
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
R
26.6%Harris579
70.6%Trump1,537
1.8%Kennedy40 +2
R+44.0
R+6.9
R+42.6
2,176
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.6%1,537
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic26.6%579
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.8%40
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%14
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%6
R
30.4%Biden638
67.5%Trump1,419
2.1%Jorgensen45
R+37.2
D+3.4
R+41.6
2,102
R
26.6%Clinton472
67.1%Trump1,192
4.7%Johnson83
R+40.5
R+6.9
R+42.6
1,777
R
31.3%Obama533
64.9%Romney1,107
3.8%GRAY65
R+33.7
R+9.6
R+37.5
1,705
R
35.0%Obama601
59.1%McCain1,013
5.9%
R+24.0
D+22.1
R+31.3
1,715
R
25.2%Kerry404
71.3%Bush1,144
3.6%
R+46.1
D+9.6
R+43.6
1,605
R
18.6%Gore295
74.3%Bush1,181
4.7%Nader75
R+55.7
R+34.1
R+56.2
1,590
R
30.5%Clinton429
52.1%Dole733
16.2%Perot228
R+21.6
R+6.6
R+30.1
1,407
R
27.1%Clinton358
42.1%Bush556
29.2%Perot386
R+15.0
D+6.0
R+20.5
1,322
R
38.5%Dukakis511
59.5%Bush789
2.0%
R+21.0
D+14.1
R+13.2
1,326
R
31.5%Mondale417
66.6%Reagan880
1.9%
R+35.0
R+7.9
R+16.8
1,322
R
32.0%Carter439
59.2%Reagan811
8.8%
R+27.1
R+8.5
R+17.4
1,371
R
40.0%Carter509
58.6%Ford746
1.3%
R+18.6
D+11.0
R+20.7
1,272
R
32.7%McGovern422
62.3%Nixon804
5.0%
R+29.6
R+19.8
R+6.4
1,291
R
39.7%Humphrey502
49.6%Nixon626
10.7%
R+9.8
R+20.9
R+9.1
1,263
D
55.4%Johnson658
44.4%Goldwater527
0.2%
D+11.0
D+20.9
R+11.5
1,187
R
44.7%Kennedy592
54.6%Nixon722
0.7%
R+9.8
D+15.6
R+10.0
1,323
R
37.3%Stevenson533
62.7%Eisenhower896
0.0%
R+25.4
D+6.7
R+10.0
1,429
R
33.8%Stevenson473
65.9%Eisenhower923
0.4%
R+32.1
R+24.9
R+21.4
1,401
R
44.7%Truman567
52.0%Dewey659
3.3%
R+7.3
D+2.7
R+11.7
1,268
R
44.6%Roosevelt574
54.5%Dewey702
0.9%
R+9.9
R+17.7
R+17.4
1,288
D
53.6%Roosevelt917
45.8%Willkie784
0.5%
D+7.8
R+35.8
R+2.2
1,710
D
71.2%Roosevelt1,227
27.6%Landon475
1.3%
D+43.6
D+21.5
D+19.4
1,724
D
59.4%Roosevelt855
37.2%Hoover536
3.3%
D+22.2
D+47.1
D+4.4
1,439
R
37.3%Smith509
62.2%Hoover849
0.6%
R+24.9
R+7.8
R+7.4
1,366
R
26.4%Davis353
43.5%Coolidge582
30.0%La Follette402
R+17.1
D+17.4
D+8.1
1,339
R
29.7%Cox439
64.2%Harding949
6.1%
R+34.5
R+50.6
R+8.3
1,478
D
54.9%Wilson812
38.8%Hughes574
6.3%
D+16.1
R+0.9
D+12.9
1,479
O
38.9%Wilson346
21.9%Taft195
39.1%
Roosevelt +0.2
D+4.3
R+2.6
889
D
53.2%Bryan485
40.5%Taft369
6.4%
D+12.7
D+17.4
D+22.3
912
R
44.7%Parker521
49.4%Roosevelt576
5.9%
R+4.7
R+47.9
D+14.9
1,166
D
71.1%Bryan1,020
27.9%McKinley401
1.0%
D+43.1
R+49.8
D+50.7
1,435
D
96.3%Bryan1,746
3.4%McKinley61
0.4%
D+92.9
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D+99.0
1,814
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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
R
35.6%778
63.0%1,377
2,185
2020
R
35.3%741
64.7%1,360
2,101
2018
R
38.8%695
58.3%1,046
1,793
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Granite County, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
2,352
2018
2,316
2020
2,441
2022
2,530
2024
2,749
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+26 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +782 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $73,210 in average income, against $106,026 for residents who stayed — 31% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+21.4 on average — 65 points more Democratic-leaning than Granite County, MT itself (R+44.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Missoula County, MT31D+21.4
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 Granite County, MT in Granite County, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+11
2012
−24
2013
+38
2014
+90
2015
+25
2016
+130
2017
+77
2018
+30
2019
+22
2021
+63
2022
+133
2023
+108
2024
+53
2025
+26
Granite County sits in the Flint Creek Range with an economy historically rooted in mining and ranching. Its small, dispersed population has delivered some of Montana's widest presidential margins for over two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.9 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 55.7 points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.0 points.
A population of 3,462, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,265 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madison County and Meagher 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, Granite County, Montana voted Republican by 44.0 points (R+44.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,176 votes cast, 579 went Democratic and 1,537 went Republican.
When did Granite County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Granite County, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Granite County, Montana?
Granite County, Montana has a population of 3,462 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Granite County, Montana?
Median household income in Granite County, Montana is $59,265 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Granite County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Granite County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
