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
GroupMeagher CountyMontanaUnited States
German19.7%22.9%12.5%
Irish16.7%13.5%9.4%
American12.6%5.4%5.3%
English12.5%13.1%9.5%
Norwegian7.6%7.5%—
Swedish5.1%1.4%—
Scottish4.5%2.6%1.3%
Dutch4.0%——
Mexican1.5%2.9%11.3%
Spanish0.7%0.3%—
Spaniard0.6%0.3%—
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
Meagher County
Montana
United States
Median age
58.3
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
34.7%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Meagher County
Montana
United States
Median household income
$71,932
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.0%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Meagher County
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.1%
4.2%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Meagher County
Montana
United States
Catholic
6.5%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.7%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.8%
65.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
4.7%
5.2%
Latter-day Saints
10.9%
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.
Meagher County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 1,172 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Meagher County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
256
888
28
1,172
21.8%
75.8%
R+53.9
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−5.5%
1896
+59.3%
1900
−1.0%
1904
−35.2%
1908
−21.8%
1912
+12.7%
1916
+12.1%
1920
−39.9%
1924
−35.1%
1928
−36.1%
1932
+14.4%
1936
+21.3%
1940
+8.7%
1944
−2.7%
1948
−2.0%
1952
−41.6%
1956
−33.5%
1960
−17.4%
1964
−11.1%
1968
−37.7%
1972
−47.1%
1976
−21.4%
1980
−44.6%
1984
−45.7%
1988
−31.6%
1992
−16.2%
1996
−23.9%
2000
−55.8%
2004
−46.4%
2008
−33.7%
2012
−41.3%
2016
−54.9%
2020
−51.8%
2024
−53.9%
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
21.8%Harris256
75.8%Trump888
1.5%Kennedy18 +2
R+53.9
R+2.1
R+52.5
1,172
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.8%888
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic21.8%256
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.5%18
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%7
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%3
R
23.2%Biden258
75.0%Trump833
1.7%Jorgensen19
R+51.8
D+3.1
R+56.3
1,110
R
19.8%Clinton193
74.6%Trump729
4.2%Johnson41
R+54.9
R+13.6
R+57.0
977
R
27.7%Obama269
68.9%Romney670
3.4%GRAY33
R+41.3
R+7.5
R+45.1
972
R
30.8%Obama298
64.6%McCain624
4.6%
R+33.7
D+12.6
R+41.0
966
R
25.4%Kerry247
71.7%Bush698
2.9%
R+46.4
D+9.5
R+43.9
973
R
18.8%Gore176
74.7%Bush698
2.9%Nader27
R+55.8
R+31.9
R+56.3
935
R
30.0%Clinton281
54.0%Dole505
15.2%Perot142
R+23.9
R+7.8
R+32.5
936
R
25.9%Clinton260
42.1%Bush422
30.9%Perot310
R+16.2
D+15.4
R+21.7
1,002
R
33.4%Dukakis337
65.0%Bush656
1.6%
R+31.6
D+14.0
R+23.9
1,009
R
26.5%Mondale283
72.1%Reagan771
1.4%
R+45.7
R+1.0
R+27.4
1,069
R
24.9%Carter247
69.6%Reagan689
5.5%
R+44.6
R+23.2
R+34.9
990
R
38.8%Carter364
60.2%Ford565
1.1%
R+21.4
D+25.7
R+23.5
939
R
24.4%McGovern230
71.5%Nixon674
4.0%
R+47.1
R+9.5
R+24.0
942
R
25.3%Humphrey218
62.9%Nixon543
11.8%
R+37.7
R+26.6
R+37.0
863
R
44.4%Johnson405
55.4%Goldwater506
0.2%
R+11.1
D+6.3
R+33.6
913
R
41.1%Kennedy431
58.5%Nixon613
0.4%
R+17.4
D+16.1
R+17.5
1,048
R
33.3%Stevenson355
66.7%Eisenhower712
0.0%
R+33.5
D+8.1
R+18.1
1,067
R
29.1%Stevenson326
70.7%Eisenhower792
0.2%
R+41.6
R+39.6
R+30.8
1,120
R
48.0%Truman497
50.0%Dewey518
1.9%
R+2.0
D+0.7
R+6.5
1,035
R
48.5%Roosevelt482
51.3%Dewey509
0.2%
R+2.7
R+11.4
R+10.2
993
D
53.7%Roosevelt621
44.9%Willkie520
1.4%
D+8.7
R+12.5
R+1.2
1,157
D
59.9%Roosevelt767
38.7%Landon495
1.4%
D+21.3
D+6.8
R+3.0
1,280
D
56.4%Roosevelt621
42.0%Hoover462
1.6%
D+14.4
D+50.5
R+3.3
1,101
R
31.9%Smith335
67.9%Hoover714
0.2%
R+36.1
R+1.0
R+18.6
1,051
R
24.5%Davis257
59.6%Coolidge624
15.9%La Follette166
R+35.1
D+4.9
R+9.9
1,047
R
29.2%Cox314
69.1%Harding744
1.8%
R+39.9
R+52.0
R+13.7
1,077
D
55.2%Wilson1,482
43.1%Hughes1,158
1.7%
D+12.1
R+0.6
D+8.9
2,687
D
39.4%Wilson473
26.8%Taft321
33.8%
D+12.7
D+34.5
R+6.9
1,199
R
37.8%Bryan314
59.6%Taft495
2.6%
R+21.8
D+13.4
R+12.2
831
R
31.7%Parker230
66.9%Roosevelt485
1.4%
R+35.2
R+34.2
R+15.5
725
R
49.3%Bryan406
50.3%McKinley414
0.4%
R+1.0
R+60.3
D+6.6
823
D
79.6%Bryan1,305
20.3%McKinley333
0.1%
D+59.3
D+64.8
D+65.4
1,639
R
39.1%Cleveland735
44.6%Harrison839
16.3%
R+5.5
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R+7.2
1,880
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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
26.2%309
71.6%845
1,180
2020
R
27.4%306
72.6%812
1,118
2018
R
32.7%319
64.4%629
976
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Meagher County, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
1,305
2018
1,286
2020
1,311
2022
1,344
2024
1,458
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+44 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +253 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $64,111 in average income, against $67,558 for residents who stayed — 5% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Meagher County, MT in Meagher County, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4
2012
+9
2013
+24
2014
−35
2015
−21
2016
+18
2017
+8
2018
+14
2019
+9
2021
+51
2022
+64
2023
+42
2024
+22
2025
+44
Meagher County's cattle-ranch economy and sparse settlement across the Belt Mountains produce some of Montana's most lopsided presidential margins, with the 2024 result exceeding 50 points in the Republican column.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 55.8 points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.9 points.
A population of 2,007, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,932 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Custer County and Lincoln 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, Meagher County, Montana voted Republican by 53.9 points (R+53.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,172 votes cast, 256 went Democratic and 888 went Republican.
When did Meagher County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meagher County, Montana voted Democratic was 1940.
How many people live in Meagher County, Montana?
Meagher County, Montana has a population of 2,007 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meagher County, Montana?
Median household income in Meagher County, Montana is $71,932 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Meagher County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Meagher County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
