2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 935 | 3,019 | 4,079 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,030 | 3,135 | 4,261 | |
| 2016 | R | 886 | 2,698 | 3,894 | |
| 2012 | R | 1,385 | 2,337 | 3,859 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,645 | 2,121 | 3,911 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,431 | 2,476 | 4,018 | |
| 2000 | R | 1,273 | 2,500 | 3,963 | |
| 1996 | R | 1,674 | 1,838 | 4,207 | |
| 1992 | D | 1,715 | 1,497 | 4,568 | |
| 1988 | R | 2,163 | 2,467 | 4,706 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,849 | 3,123 | 5,046 | |
| 1980 | R | 1,567 | 3,242 | 5,190 | |
| 1976 | R | 2,352 | 2,520 | 4,959 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,973 | 3,210 | 5,348 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,926 | 2,290 | 4,632 | |
| 1964 | D | 3,032 | 2,077 | 5,125 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,953 | 2,387 | 5,346 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,511 | 2,357 | 4,868 | |
| 1952 | R | 2,130 | 2,462 | 4,621 | |
| 1948 | D | 2,535 | 1,375 | 4,110 | |
| 1944 | D | 2,196 | 1,341 | 3,582 | |
| 1940 | D | 3,493 | 1,597 | 5,162 | |
| 1936 | D | 5,862 | 996 | 7,057 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,499 | 1,242 | 4,092 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,294 | 2,330 | 3,649 | |
| 1924 | R | 497 | 1,555 | 3,043 | |
| 1920 | R | 895 | 2,096 | 3,333 | |
| 1916 | D | 2,102 | 1,111 | 3,442 | |
| 1912 | D | 696 | 668 | 2,585 | |
| 1908 | R | 503 | 843 | 1,426 | |
| 1904 | R | 335 | 742 | 1,096 | |
| 1900 | R | 234 | 363 | 600 | |
| 1896 | D | 204 | 175 | 379 | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
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: 44.3 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,695
Valley County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Valley County$71,695
Montana$72,509
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.1%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Valley County's sparse Hi-Line ranching economy anchors one of Montana's most Republican-leaning electorates, with the 2024 presidential margin exceeding 50 points in a county of fewer than 8,000 residents.
The county has voted both ways in living memory. The Democratic margin peaked at sixty-nine points in 1936; the Republican margin peaked at fifty-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin of fifty-one points fits the pattern of swing.
Valley County's demographics — a population of 7,519, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,695 — describe a Western place. The county shares the Western pattern of independence with Florence County and Mason County.
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