Garfield County, Montana

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 800 votes cast

Trump · R+90

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−89.6%	39	756	800
2020	R	−88.9%	41	764	813
2016	R	−86.2%	34	653	718
2012	R	−79.3%	66	622	701
2008	R	−67.1%	110	598	727
2004	R	−82.1%	52	590	655
2000	R	−79.3%	61	651	744
1996	R	−61.0%	107	562	746
1992	R	−33.9%	125	403	819
1988	R	−51.1%	196	631	851
1984	R	−69.8%	134	770	911
1980	R	−60.7%	169	760	974
1976	R	−38.2%	273	625	922
1972	R	−58.5%	173	695	893
1968	R	−41.7%	190	542	844
1964	R	−14.0%	384	509	896
1960	R	−17.3%	363	515	880
1956	R	−13.6%	424	558	982
1952	R	−45.7%	269	723	994
1948	R	−5.1%	451	501	973
1944	R	−7.3%	478	553	1,033
1940	D	+1.5%	644	625	1,271
1936	D	+28.1%	991	548	1,577
1932	D	+20.5%	1,044	678	1,785
1928	R	−40.1%	499	1,176	1,688
1924	R	−30.1%	355	876	1,733
1920	R	−41.3%	484	1,226	1,798
1916	—	No data	—	—	—
1912	—	No data	—	—	—
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.8%

85+

1.6%

3.7%

75–84

5.9%

6.6%

65–74

6.9%

4.8%

55–64

6.1%

45–54

4.9%

7.4%

35–44

4.7%

4.6%

25–34

5.6%

1.5%

18–24

3.1%

7.9%

5–17

8.6%

5.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,583

Garfield County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Garfield County$69,583

Montana$72,509

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.4%

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

Other Christian

18.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

8.4%

Mainline Protestant

6.7%

Baptist

3.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Garfield County's roughly 1,300 residents make it one of Montana's least-populated counties, yet it consistently records presidential margins above 85 points Republican — a product of its vast ranch economy and extreme geographic isolation east of the Missouri Breaks.

The Republican margin in Garfield County reached its widest at ninety points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was ninety points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Garfield County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,583, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,094 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 Chase County and Perkins County.

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Garfield County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.