McCone County, Montana: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Republican peak: R+74 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,6702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,3752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, KY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McCone CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McCone 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 | −33.7% |
| 1924 | −27.1% |
| 1928 | −25.6% |
| 1932 | +32.6% |
| 1936 | +59.5% |
| 1940 | +26.6% |
| 1944 | +18.0% |
| 1948 | +13.4% |
| 1952 | −14.1% |
| 1956 | +8.3% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +18.3% |
| 1968 | −10.2% |
| 1972 | −19.9% |
| 1976 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | −44.3% |
| 1984 | −37.1% |
| 1988 | −17.7% |
| 1992 | −7.7% |
| 1996 | −17.9% |
| 2000 | −49.0% |
| 2004 | −41.4% |
| 2008 | −37.1% |
| 2012 | −52.6% |
| 2016 | −64.7% |
| 2020 | −71.0% |
| 2024 | −74.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 129 | 931 | 1,082 | ||
| R | 155 | 956 | 1,128 | ||
| R | 154 | 862 | 1,095 | ||
| R | 223 | 745 | 993 | ||
| R | 321 | 726 | 1,091 | ||
| R | 320 | 791 | 1,137 | ||
| R | 267 | 827 | 1,142 | ||
| R | 390 | 615 | 1,256 | ||
| R | 424 | 528 | 1,354 | ||
| R | 567 | 814 | 1,399 | ||
| R | 459 | 1,015 | 1,497 | ||
| R | 349 | 1,000 | 1,471 | ||
| D | 749 | 730 | 1,499 | ||
| R | 562 | 854 | 1,465 | ||
| R | 589 | 733 | 1,405 | ||
| D | 891 | 615 | 1,507 | ||
| D | 764 | 743 | 1,515 | ||
| D | 889 | 752 | 1,641 | ||
| R | 674 | 900 | 1,598 | ||
| D | 702 | 518 | 1,371 | ||
| D | 763 | 526 | 1,320 | ||
| D | 928 | 529 | 1,501 | ||
| D | 1,366 | 332 | 1,739 | ||
| D | 1,020 | 456 | 1,731 | ||
| R | 554 | 946 | 1,529 | ||
| O | 143 | 494 | 1,294 | ||
| R | 537 | 1,177 | 1,898 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
35.3%
American
10.3%
Irish
9.8%
English
8.1%
Scottish
1.4%
French
1.1%
Polish
0.6%
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: 53.2 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
$69,375
McCone County ranks near the middle of US counties.
McCone County$69,375
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
McCone County ranks near the middle 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
5.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 183.6%
Working age (18–64)5.8%
Seniors (65+)3.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McCone County sits in the sparsely settled northeastern plains, where ranching and wheat farming define the economy and the 2024 presidential contest broke roughly three-to-one for the Republican nominee—among the widest margins in the state.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-nine points in 1936 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1980 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by forty-four points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $69,375 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 5% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Musselshell County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McCone County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, McCone County, Montana voted Republican by 74.1 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,082 votes cast, 129 went Democratic and 931 went Republican.
What is McCone County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places McCone County, Montana in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 9 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did McCone County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McCone County, Montana voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in McCone County, Montana?
McCone County, Montana has a population of 1,670 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McCone County, Montana?
Median household income in McCone County, Montana is $69,375 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of McCone County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McCone County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.