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
GroupLiberty CountyMontanaUnited States
German32.3%22.9%12.5%
Norwegian15.8%7.5%—
Irish12.2%13.5%9.4%
English10.8%13.1%9.5%
American5.4%5.4%5.3%
French3.0%—1.6%
Polish2.3%—2.2%
Welsh1.3%——
Navajo0.2%——
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
Liberty County
Montana
United States
Median age
39.8
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
3.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.6%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Liberty County
Montana
United States
Median household income
$57,857
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.8%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.8%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Liberty County
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.6%
4.2%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
12.1%
0.8%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Liberty County
Montana
United States
Catholic
14.3%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
51.9%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
14.4%
65.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
4.7%
5.2%
Latter-day Saints
10.7%
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.
Liberty County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 988 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Liberty County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
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
21.7%Harris214
76.1%Trump752
1.5%Kennedy15 +2
R+54.5
R+1.6
R+53.0
988
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.1%752
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic21.7%214
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.5%15
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%6
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%1
R
23.0%Biden249
75.8%Trump821
1.2%Jorgensen13
R+52.8
R+1.6
R+57.3
1,083
R
21.4%Clinton206
72.6%Trump698
4.9%Johnson47
R+51.2
R+6.6
R+53.3
961
R
25.8%Obama257
70.3%Romney702
2.9%GRAY29
R+44.6
R+21.9
R+48.4
998
R
36.7%Obama367
59.3%McCain594
4.0%
R+22.7
D+21.2
R+29.9
1,001
R
27.2%Kerry281
71.1%Bush734
1.7%
R+43.9
D+4.9
R+41.4
1,033
R
23.3%Gore243
72.0%Bush752
2.3%Nader24
R+48.8
R+26.8
R+49.3
1,044
R
32.6%Clinton379
54.6%Dole634
12.4%Perot144
R+21.9
R+6.2
R+30.5
1,162
R
26.5%Clinton321
42.3%Bush512
30.0%Perot363
R+15.8
D+13.4
R+21.3
1,211
R
34.6%Dukakis418
63.8%Bush771
1.6%
R+29.2
D+17.3
R+21.5
1,208
R
26.3%Mondale323
72.8%Reagan895
0.9%
R+46.5
D+0.4
R+28.3
1,229
R
22.5%Carter283
69.4%Reagan872
8.0%
R+46.9
R+35.5
R+37.2
1,256
R
43.5%Carter506
54.9%Ford638
1.6%
R+11.3
D+24.5
R+13.4
1,163
R
29.6%McGovern365
65.4%Nixon808
5.0%
R+35.9
R+11.4
R+12.7
1,235
R
34.1%Humphrey390
58.6%Nixon670
7.3%
R+24.5
R+31.9
R+23.8
1,144
D
53.6%Johnson619
46.1%Goldwater533
0.3%
D+7.4
D+16.2
R+15.1
1,155
R
45.5%Kennedy501
54.3%Nixon597
0.2%
R+8.7
D+1.6
R+8.9
1,100
R
44.8%Stevenson488
55.2%Eisenhower601
0.0%
R+10.4
D+13.5
D+5.0
1,089
R
37.8%Stevenson411
61.7%Eisenhower671
0.6%
R+23.9
R+44.2
R+13.1
1,088
D
58.5%Truman542
38.2%Dewey354
3.2%
D+20.3
D+14.7
D+15.8
926
D
52.3%Roosevelt440
46.7%Dewey393
1.1%
D+5.6
R+6.1
R+1.9
842
D
55.3%Roosevelt550
43.7%Willkie434
1.0%
D+11.7
R+33.6
D+1.7
994
D
71.2%Roosevelt758
25.9%Landon276
2.9%
D+45.3
R+2.2
D+21.0
1,065
D
72.4%Roosevelt731
25.0%Hoover252
2.7%
D+47.4
D+61.9
D+29.6
1,010
R
42.2%Smith332
56.7%Hoover446
1.0%
R+14.5
R+0.7
D+3.0
786
O
19.9%Davis141
33.7%Coolidge239
46.4%La Follette329
La Follette +12.7
D+22.0
D+11.4
709
R
27.8%Cox331
63.6%Harding757
8.6%
R+35.8
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R+9.6
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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
30.6%307
68.2%683
1,002
2020
R
27.5%299
72.5%789
1,088
2018
R
37.2%365
59.7%586
981
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Liberty County, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
1,171
2018
1,179
2020
1,220
2022
1,214
2024
1,210
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+3 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −17 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $32,833 in average income, against $60,249 for residents who stayed — 46% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Toole County, MT38
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 Liberty County, MT in Liberty County, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+25
2012
+22
2013
−36
2014
−11
2015
+45
2016
+19
2017
−13
2018
+8
2019
−73
2021
−26
2022
+37
2023
−4
2024
−13
2025
+3
Liberty County's sparse Hi-Line population — fewer than 2,200 residents spread across nearly 1,500 square miles of northern plains — has delivered some of Montana's widest presidential margins, reflecting the deep Republican lean common to the state's agricultural frontier.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.5 points.
A population of 1,952, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,857 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dawson County and Dickey 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, Liberty County, Montana voted Republican by 54.5 points (R+54.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 988 votes cast, 214 went Democratic and 752 went Republican.
When did Liberty County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Liberty County, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Liberty County, Montana?
Liberty County, Montana has a population of 1,952 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Liberty County, Montana?
Median household income in Liberty County, Montana is $57,857 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Liberty County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Liberty County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
