Hill County, Montana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,1552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,7982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+21 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Skamania County, WA · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hill CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hill 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 | +4.3% |
| 1916 | +28.4% |
| 1920 | −20.8% |
| 1924 | −14.0% |
| 1928 | −7.2% |
| 1932 | +33.0% |
| 1936 | +60.0% |
| 1940 | +33.1% |
| 1944 | +28.7% |
| 1948 | +32.3% |
| 1952 | −11.6% |
| 1956 | −6.5% |
| 1960 | +8.4% |
| 1964 | +36.2% |
| 1968 | +6.2% |
| 1972 | −9.9% |
| 1976 | +8.3% |
| 1980 | −19.4% |
| 1984 | −11.7% |
| 1988 | +9.7% |
| 1992 | +15.0% |
| 1996 | +12.9% |
| 2000 | −9.6% |
| 2004 | −7.6% |
| 2008 | +12.2% |
| 2012 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | −17.2% |
| 2020 | −13.6% |
| 2024 | −18.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,634 | 3,871 | 6,804 | ||
| R | 2,981 | 3,957 | 7,182 | ||
| R | 2,371 | 3,478 | 6,445 | ||
| D | 3,403 | 3,164 | 6,825 | ||
| D | 3,596 | 2,787 | 6,624 | ||
| R | 2,997 | 3,505 | 6,657 | ||
| R | 2,760 | 3,392 | 6,558 | ||
| D | 3,517 | 2,601 | 7,111 | ||
| D | 3,618 | 2,408 | 8,082 | ||
| D | 4,219 | 3,467 | 7,791 | ||
| R | 3,657 | 4,635 | 8,390 | ||
| R | 2,875 | 4,448 | 8,089 | ||
| D | 3,878 | 3,274 | 7,260 | ||
| R | 3,061 | 3,759 | 7,085 | ||
| D | 3,386 | 2,970 | 6,669 | ||
| D | 4,491 | 2,101 | 6,604 | ||
| D | 3,741 | 3,163 | 6,916 | ||
| R | 2,999 | 3,415 | 6,414 | ||
| R | 2,748 | 3,474 | 6,266 | ||
| D | 3,321 | 1,645 | 5,181 | ||
| D | 2,986 | 1,646 | 4,669 | ||
| D | 3,700 | 1,842 | 5,617 | ||
| D | 4,328 | 1,014 | 5,520 | ||
| D | 3,257 | 1,589 | 5,054 | ||
| R | 2,022 | 2,336 | 4,377 | ||
| O | 602 | 1,110 | 3,628 | ||
| R | 1,388 | 2,220 | 4,004 | ||
| D | 3,241 | 1,709 | 5,386 | ||
| O | 624 | 536 | 2,028 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.0%
American
11.0%
English
10.7%
Irish
6.5%
Scottish
2.7%
French
2.0%
Italian
1.6%
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: 34.5 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
$52,798
Hill County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Hill County$52,798
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Hill 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
20.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.4%
Working age (18–64)18.1%
Seniors (65+)16.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Other languages1.2%
Spanish0.6%
Other Indo-European0.6%
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 69.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hill County sits along Montana's northern rail corridor, anchored by Havre, and has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past two decades despite a Native American population that historically offsets statewide trends.
The Republican margin here reached twenty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A population of 16,155, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,798 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Skamania County and Koochiching County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hill County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hill County, Montana voted Republican by 18.2 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,804 votes cast, 2,634 went Democratic and 3,871 went Republican.
What is Hill County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Hill 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 15 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Hill County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hill County, Montana voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Hill County, Montana?
Hill County, Montana has a population of 16,155 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hill County, Montana?
Median household income in Hill County, Montana is $52,798 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Hill County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hill County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.