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
GroupPhillips CountyMontanaUnited States
German24.9%22.9%12.5%
Norwegian15.8%7.5%—
Irish15.0%13.5%9.4%
English10.7%13.1%9.5%
American8.8%5.4%5.3%
Polish4.9%—2.2%
Scottish4.0%2.6%1.3%
French3.3%—1.6%
Native Hawaiian0.3%——
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Mexican0.5%2.9%11.3%
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
Phillips County
Montana
United States
Median age
45.6
40.8
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.0%
20.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Phillips County
Montana
United States
Median household income
$53,417
$72,509
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.4%
35.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Phillips County
Montana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
4.2%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Phillips County
Montana
United States
Catholic
7.2%
10.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.3%
13.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.4%
65.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
17.1%
4.7%
5.2%
Latter-day Saints
5.0%
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.
Phillips County, Montana
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,189 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Phillips County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PCT 11NEPCT 11NE
152
681
18
851
17.9%
80.0%
R+62.2
Precinct -PCT 11NWPCT 11NW
127
538
18
683
18.6%
78.8%
R+60.2
Precinct -PCT 11 S1PCT 11 S1
61
421
11
493
12.4%
85.4%
R+73.0
Precinct -PCT 11 S2PCT 11 S2
45
113
4
162
27.8%
69.8%
R+42.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1916
+10.7%
1920
−41.4%
1924
−28.8%
1928
−19.0%
1932
+27.9%
1936
+48.8%
1940
+33.1%
1944
+13.6%
1948
+21.1%
1952
−18.1%
1956
−5.9%
1960
−0.1%
1964
+13.0%
1968
−9.6%
1972
−32.5%
1976
−9.3%
1980
−36.9%
1984
−41.7%
1988
−23.0%
1992
−14.9%
1996
−27.4%
2000
−58.5%
2004
−56.3%
2008
−37.0%
2012
−54.6%
2016
−64.7%
2020
−63.8%
2024
−62.5%
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
17.6%Harris385
80.1%Trump1,753
1.7%Kennedy38 +2
R+62.5
D+1.3
R+61.0
2,189
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.1%1,753
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic17.6%385
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.7%38
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%10
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%3
R
17.5%Biden416
81.3%Trump1,936
1.3%Jorgensen30
R+63.8
D+0.9
R+68.3
2,382
R
14.6%Clinton318
79.4%Trump1,723
4.6%Johnson99
R+64.7
R+10.1
R+66.8
2,171
R
21.1%Obama471
75.8%Romney1,688
3.1%GRAY69
R+54.6
R+17.6
R+58.5
2,228
R
30.1%Obama638
67.0%McCain1,423
2.9%
R+37.0
D+19.3
R+44.2
2,123
R
21.0%Kerry456
77.3%Bush1,677
1.7%
R+56.3
D+2.3
R+53.8
2,170
R
19.0%Gore423
77.5%Bush1,727
2.0%Nader44
R+58.5
R+31.2
R+59.0
2,228
R
28.1%Clinton705
55.4%Dole1,392
16.0%Perot401
R+27.4
R+12.4
R+35.9
2,511
R
24.2%Clinton634
39.1%Bush1,026
36.2%Perot949
R+14.9
D+8.0
R+20.5
2,625
R
37.3%Dukakis905
60.3%Bush1,462
2.4%
R+23.0
D+18.8
R+15.2
2,426
R
28.6%Mondale787
70.4%Reagan1,934
1.0%
R+41.7
R+4.9
R+23.5
2,749
R
28.1%Carter745
64.9%Reagan1,723
7.0%
R+36.9
R+27.6
R+27.1
2,653
R
44.9%Carter1,117
54.2%Ford1,347
0.9%
R+9.3
D+23.2
R+11.3
2,486
R
32.4%McGovern828
64.9%Nixon1,659
2.7%
R+32.5
R+22.9
R+9.3
2,557
R
41.8%Humphrey1,100
51.4%Nixon1,353
6.8%
R+9.6
R+22.6
R+8.9
2,632
D
56.4%Johnson1,612
43.5%Goldwater1,242
0.1%
D+13.0
D+13.0
R+9.6
2,857
R
49.7%Kennedy1,455
49.8%Nixon1,457
0.4%
R+0.1
D+5.8
R+0.2
2,925
R
47.1%Stevenson1,427
52.9%Eisenhower1,605
0.0%
R+5.9
D+12.3
D+9.5
3,032
R
40.6%Stevenson1,224
58.7%Eisenhower1,771
0.7%
R+18.1
R+39.2
R+7.4
3,017
D
58.6%Truman1,506
37.5%Dewey964
3.9%
D+21.1
D+7.5
D+16.6
2,569
D
56.4%Roosevelt1,435
42.8%Dewey1,089
0.7%
D+13.6
R+19.5
D+6.1
2,543
D
66.1%Roosevelt2,225
33.0%Willkie1,110
0.9%
D+33.1
R+15.7
D+23.2
3,366
D
73.1%Roosevelt2,555
24.3%Landon850
2.5%
D+48.8
D+20.9
D+24.5
3,494
D
61.8%Roosevelt2,054
33.9%Hoover1,127
4.3%
D+27.9
D+46.8
D+10.1
3,324
R
40.1%Smith1,135
59.1%Hoover1,671
0.8%
R+19.0
D+9.9
R+1.5
2,828
R
17.9%Davis473
46.7%Coolidge1,236
35.3%La Follette935
R+28.8
D+12.6
R+3.6
2,647
R
25.7%Cox648
67.1%Harding1,693
7.2%
R+41.4
R+52.2
R+15.2
2,522
D
53.2%Wilson1,252
42.4%Hughes999
4.4%
D+10.7
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D+7.6
2,355
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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
22.3%490
76.3%1,678
2,200
2020
R
20.3%483
79.7%1,895
2,378
2018
R
27.7%577
68.5%1,426
2,082
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Phillips County, MT
Year
Total registered
2016
2,749
2018
2,748
2020
2,861
2022
2,677
2024
2,761
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+17 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −245 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,020 in average income, against $56,886 for residents who stayed — 19% 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 Phillips County, MT in Phillips County, MT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−45
2012
−67
2013
+54
2014
+12
2015
−40
2016
−48
2017
−12
2018
−57
2019
−102
2021
+14
2022
+35
2023
+29
2024
−35
2025
+17
Phillips County's vast Hi-Line rangelands and a population under 5,000 produce some of the most consistent Republican margins in the state, with the 2024 presidential race decided by more than 62 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 64.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.5 points.
A population of 4,221, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,417 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Judith Basin County and Toole 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, Phillips County, Montana voted Republican by 62.5 points (R+62.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,189 votes cast, 385 went Democratic and 1,753 went Republican.
When did Phillips County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Phillips County, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Phillips County, Montana?
Phillips County, Montana has a population of 4,221 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Phillips County, Montana?
Median household income in Phillips County, Montana is $53,417 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Phillips County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Phillips County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
