Mineral County, Montana: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,9592024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,4502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Asotin County, WA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mineral CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mineral County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +43.2% |
| 1920 | +1.7% |
| 1924 | −9.7% |
| 1928 | −8.8% |
| 1932 | +33.3% |
| 1936 | +46.0% |
| 1940 | +22.8% |
| 1944 | +2.7% |
| 1948 | +15.9% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −4.7% |
| 1960 | +11.0% |
| 1964 | +41.8% |
| 1968 | +8.0% |
| 1972 | −3.3% |
| 1976 | +9.2% |
| 1980 | −8.4% |
| 1984 | −13.2% |
| 1988 | +12.1% |
| 1992 | +16.0% |
| 1996 | +6.7% |
| 2000 | −42.5% |
| 2004 | −38.1% |
| 2008 | −10.4% |
| 2012 | −25.5% |
| 2016 | −40.3% |
| 2020 | −44.6% |
| 2024 | −48.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 689 | 2,049 | 2,833 | ||
| R | 686 | 1,828 | 2,563 | ||
| R | 519 | 1,330 | 2,012 | ||
| R | 700 | 1,216 | 2,021 | ||
| R | 845 | 1,053 | 1,995 | ||
| R | 542 | 1,242 | 1,837 | ||
| R | 382 | 1,078 | 1,639 | ||
| D | 658 | 549 | 1,615 | ||
| D | 664 | 403 | 1,635 | ||
| D | 789 | 616 | 1,428 | ||
| R | 718 | 943 | 1,704 | ||
| R | 660 | 800 | 1,657 | ||
| D | 819 | 679 | 1,514 | ||
| R | 659 | 706 | 1,419 | ||
| D | 576 | 483 | 1,169 | ||
| D | 901 | 368 | 1,274 | ||
| D | 686 | 549 | 1,240 | ||
| R | 552 | 606 | 1,158 | ||
| R | 491 | 553 | 1,054 | ||
| D | 475 | 338 | 860 | ||
| D | 401 | 380 | 792 | ||
| D | 645 | 402 | 1,068 | ||
| D | 657 | 215 | 960 | ||
| D | 578 | 260 | 955 | ||
| R | 370 | 443 | 832 | ||
| O | 123 | 223 | 1,032 | ||
| D | 362 | 347 | 889 | ||
| D | 781 | 251 | 1,226 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.9%
English
14.1%
Irish
11.8%
French
6.8%
Italian
4.5%
American
2.8%
Scottish
2.4%
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: 50.0 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
$63,450
Mineral County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mineral County$63,450
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Mineral 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
13.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.9%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.3%
Spanish0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mineral County stretches along the Clark Fork River through the Bitterroot Range, with a small, largely rural population that has delivered lopsided Republican margins in every recent presidential cycle by wide double digits.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at forty-six points in 1936 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by forty-two points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $63,450 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 14% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Asotin County and Nez Perce County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mineral County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mineral County, Montana voted Republican by 48.0 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,833 votes cast, 689 went Democratic and 2,049 went Republican.
What is Mineral County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Mineral 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 14 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Mineral County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mineral County, Montana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mineral County, Montana?
Mineral County, Montana has a population of 4,959 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mineral County, Montana?
Median household income in Mineral County, Montana is $63,450 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Mineral County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mineral County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.