Treasure County, Montana: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 7322024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,9172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bowman County, ND · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Treasure CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Treasure 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 | −47.4% |
| 1924 | −39.3% |
| 1928 | −31.1% |
| 1932 | +5.7% |
| 1936 | +23.0% |
| 1940 | +5.6% |
| 1944 | −0.9% |
| 1948 | +6.8% |
| 1952 | −31.3% |
| 1956 | −14.4% |
| 1960 | −5.3% |
| 1964 | +6.3% |
| 1968 | −20.9% |
| 1972 | −35.0% |
| 1976 | −13.5% |
| 1980 | −25.3% |
| 1984 | −25.0% |
| 1988 | −11.2% |
| 1992 | −9.0% |
| 1996 | −13.3% |
| 2000 | −49.7% |
| 2004 | −47.1% |
| 2008 | −32.5% |
| 2012 | −45.1% |
| 2016 | −65.9% |
| 2020 | −64.1% |
| 2024 | −70.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 57 | 367 | 442 | ||
| R | 78 | 373 | 460 | ||
| R | 59 | 351 | 443 | ||
| R | 114 | 319 | 455 | ||
| R | 156 | 314 | 486 | ||
| R | 121 | 348 | 482 | ||
| R | 106 | 344 | 479 | ||
| R | 171 | 237 | 498 | ||
| R | 157 | 206 | 547 | ||
| R | 231 | 291 | 536 | ||
| R | 209 | 353 | 576 | ||
| R | 181 | 321 | 554 | ||
| R | 239 | 315 | 564 | ||
| R | 176 | 377 | 574 | ||
| R | 188 | 298 | 527 | ||
| D | 285 | 251 | 536 | ||
| R | 270 | 300 | 570 | ||
| R | 252 | 337 | 589 | ||
| R | 205 | 392 | 597 | ||
| D | 291 | 253 | 560 | ||
| R | 282 | 287 | 573 | ||
| D | 321 | 287 | 610 | ||
| D | 398 | 244 | 669 | ||
| D | 310 | 276 | 596 | ||
| R | 186 | 354 | 541 | ||
| R | 84 | 289 | 522 | ||
| R | 174 | 517 | 724 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.4%
English
17.8%
Irish
12.0%
American
11.1%
Scottish
3.8%
Italian
3.7%
French
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 52.0 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
$67,917
Treasure County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Treasure County$67,917
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Treasure 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
12.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.7%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)19.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.7%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Spanish0.3%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Treasure County's 861 residents make it one of the smallest electorates in the mountain West, yet its Yellowstone River ranch country has delivered some of Montana's most lopsided presidential margins for decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty-three points in 1936 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1968 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by twenty-one points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $67,917 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 12% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bowman County and Crook County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Treasure County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Treasure County, Montana voted Republican by 70.1 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 442 votes cast, 57 went Democratic and 367 went Republican.
What is Treasure County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Treasure 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 5 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Treasure County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Treasure County, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Treasure County, Montana?
Treasure County, Montana has a population of 732 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Treasure County, Montana?
Median household income in Treasure County, Montana is $67,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Treasure County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Treasure County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.