Powder River County, Montana

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 1,106 votes cast

Trump · R+75

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−75.2%	131	963	1,106
2020	R	−71.8%	154	970	1,136
2016	R	−71.9%	127	884	1,053
2012	R	−64.6%	170	833	1,027
2008	R	−57.2%	208	802	1,038
2004	R	−68.2%	154	856	1,029
2000	R	−73.9%	115	860	1,008
1996	R	−40.9%	236	663	1,045
1992	R	−25.0%	258	547	1,156
1988	R	−34.1%	395	815	1,232
1984	R	−50.4%	346	1,066	1,429
1980	R	−45.0%	336	985	1,443
1976	R	−20.6%	429	683	1,235
1972	R	−47.4%	267	844	1,217
1968	R	−41.0%	258	699	1,076
1964	R	−18.2%	449	649	1,099
1960	R	−20.5%	438	665	1,105
1956	R	−21.1%	456	700	1,156
1952	R	−45.9%	327	888	1,222
1948	R	−23.3%	480	784	1,303
1944	R	−15.3%	476	650	1,137
1940	R	−5.9%	561	633	1,212
1936	D	+15.8%	758	545	1,349
1932	D	+24.8%	875	515	1,450
1928	R	−30.9%	410	780	1,199
1924	R	−36.2%	123	480	986
1920	R	−46.6%	330	955	1,340
1916	—	No data	—	—	—
1912	—	No data	—	—	—
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

3.9%

4.3%

75–84

4.6%

9.6%

65–74

6.8%

6.2%

55–64

5.8%

4.6%

45–54

5.0%

7.2%

35–44

5.4%

4.9%

25–34

5.5%

3.1%

18–24

2.1%

7.2%

5–17

8.3%

2.1%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,045

Powder River County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Powder River County$67,045

Montana$72,509

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

10.1%

Mainline Protestant

8.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Powder River County covers nearly 3,300 square miles of eastern Montana rangeland and recorded one of the widest presidential margins in the state in 2024, reflecting a sparse, agriculture-dependent electorate where Republican candidates have dominated for decades.

The Republican margin in Powder River County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Powder River County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,045, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,815 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Blanco County.

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Powder River County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.