Sweet Grass County, Montana

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 2,381 votes cast

Trump · R+53

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−53.1%	525	1,789	2,381
2020	R	−52.8%	549	1,840	2,446
2016	R	−56.6%	402	1,595	2,107
2012	R	−52.9%	475	1,594	2,117
2008	R	−45.8%	541	1,494	2,083
2004	R	−53.7%	445	1,509	1,983
2000	R	−62.0%	305	1,450	1,846
1996	R	−35.9%	469	1,109	1,782
1992	R	−26.9%	395	880	1,801
1988	R	−45.0%	462	1,242	1,733
1984	R	−57.6%	378	1,417	1,803
1980	R	−41.9%	440	1,169	1,739
1976	R	−38.2%	502	1,135	1,659
1972	R	−54.9%	350	1,260	1,658
1968	R	−47.4%	336	1,043	1,490
1964	R	−13.4%	653	856	1,514
1960	R	−35.6%	521	1,096	1,617
1956	R	−42.6%	455	1,129	1,584
1952	R	−55.3%	372	1,315	1,704
1948	R	−25.2%	499	843	1,366
1944	R	−25.3%	533	897	1,440
1940	R	−7.4%	741	861	1,611
1936	D	+7.7%	783	664	1,544
1932	R	−1.4%	761	784	1,594
1928	R	−45.4%	435	1,163	1,605
1924	R	−42.2%	248	853	1,432
1920	R	−48.7%	349	1,035	1,408
1916	R	−2.9%	839	890	1,773
1912	D	+10.2%	277	181	942
1908	R	−31.8%	264	526	825
1904	R	−47.7%	174	538	763
1900	R	−23.1%	287	460	748
1896	D	+1.0%	298	292	591
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Irish

2.5%

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

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

3.0%

85+

1.6%

3.0%

75–84

4.2%

6.6%

65–74

7.4%

7.8%

55–64

7.2%

6.0%

45–54

5.6%

6.2%

35–44

5.3%

4.2%

25–34

4.6%

3.5%

18–24

3.9%

8.1%

5–17

7.2%

1.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,000

Sweet Grass County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Sweet Grass County$77,000

Montana$72,509

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.9%

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

Mainline Protestant

13.2%

Other Christian

9.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Baptist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sweet Grass County, anchored by the small city of Big Timber, delivers some of the widest Republican presidential margins in Montana, reflecting its sparse ranching economy and a population that has held steady below 4,000 for decades.

The Republican margin in Sweet Grass County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 2000. The margin in 2024 was fifty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sweet Grass County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,000, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,720 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 Johnson County and Sublette County.

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Sweet Grass County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.