Wheatland County, Montana: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,0562024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,4892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, WA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wheatland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wheatland 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 | No data |
| 1920 | −40.2% |
| 1924 | −30.7% |
| 1928 | −37.9% |
| 1932 | +9.2% |
| 1936 | +26.2% |
| 1940 | +9.3% |
| 1944 | −2.2% |
| 1948 | −3.1% |
| 1952 | −28.3% |
| 1956 | −23.4% |
| 1960 | −4.5% |
| 1964 | +15.1% |
| 1968 | −11.4% |
| 1972 | −23.8% |
| 1976 | −16.7% |
| 1980 | −29.3% |
| 1984 | −29.5% |
| 1988 | −19.8% |
| 1992 | −8.2% |
| 1996 | −15.8% |
| 2000 | −46.5% |
| 2004 | −46.6% |
| 2008 | −37.5% |
| 2012 | −42.4% |
| 2016 | −55.3% |
| 2020 | −56.0% |
| 2024 | −58.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 209 | 843 | 1,086 | ||
| R | 225 | 823 | 1,068 | ||
| R | 179 | 702 | 946 | ||
| R | 272 | 693 | 992 | ||
| R | 289 | 657 | 981 | ||
| R | 250 | 706 | 979 | ||
| R | 243 | 708 | 999 | ||
| R | 391 | 563 | 1,088 | ||
| R | 384 | 478 | 1,150 | ||
| R | 443 | 667 | 1,130 | ||
| R | 407 | 753 | 1,173 | ||
| R | 381 | 742 | 1,230 | ||
| R | 535 | 755 | 1,320 | ||
| R | 445 | 761 | 1,326 | ||
| R | 525 | 673 | 1,300 | ||
| D | 790 | 583 | 1,373 | ||
| R | 724 | 793 | 1,518 | ||
| R | 578 | 932 | 1,510 | ||
| R | 572 | 1,026 | 1,607 | ||
| R | 733 | 780 | 1,533 | ||
| R | 733 | 767 | 1,516 | ||
| D | 948 | 786 | 1,742 | ||
| D | 1,037 | 602 | 1,659 | ||
| D | 996 | 828 | 1,836 | ||
| R | 542 | 1,207 | 1,754 | ||
| R | 221 | 723 | 1,635 | ||
| R | 520 | 1,250 | 1,817 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
25.0%
German
20.2%
Irish
16.5%
English
7.5%
Scottish
7.2%
Italian
3.8%
French
2.3%
African American
0.8%
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: 46.2 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
$49,489
Wheatland County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Wheatland County$49,489
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Wheatland County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
23.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.4%
Working age (18–64)22.6%
Seniors (65+)25.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.9%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 2,300 residents spread across a high-plains wheat-farming landscape, Wheatland County has delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in Montana for over a decade, reflecting a pattern common to the state's most sparsely populated agricultural counties.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.
A median household income of $49,489, a 23% poverty rate, and a 96% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Lassen County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wheatland County, Montana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wheatland County, Montana voted Republican by 58.4 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,086 votes cast, 209 went Democratic and 843 went Republican.
What is Wheatland County, Montana's political typology?
Akashic places Wheatland County, Montana in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 4 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wheatland County, Montana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wheatland County, Montana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wheatland County, Montana?
Wheatland County, Montana has a population of 2,056 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wheatland County, Montana?
Median household income in Wheatland County, Montana is $49,489 — below the national median of $80,734. The Montana state median is $72,509.
What is the political history of Wheatland County, Montana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wheatland County, Montana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.