† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCedar City, UTUtahUnited States
English29.0%28.2%9.5%
German9.9%10.0%12.5%
American7.3%3.9%5.3%
Irish5.4%6.1%9.4%
Scottish3.7%3.9%1.3%
Danish2.7%3.9%—
Italian2.3%2.5%4.8%
Swedish2.1%2.6%—
Mexican8.5%10.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Salvadoran0.2%0.5%0.7%
Argentinean0.2%——
Spanish0.2%0.4%—
Navajo0.3%0.4%—
Samoan0.2%0.2%—
Asian Indian0.3%0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cedar City, UT
Utah
United States
Median age
30.2
32.2
39.1
Age 18–24
15.6%
11.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.8%
11.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cedar City, UT
Utah
United States
Median household income
$66,247
$95,166
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
8.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.6%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cedar City, UT
Utah
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.6%
15.9%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
10.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cedar City, UT
Utah
United States
Catholic
6.1%
6.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
2.5%
2.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.9%
26.8%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
44.6%
62.2%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cedar City, UT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1896
+59.4%
1900
+6.0%
1904
−23.7%
1908
−17.6%
1912
−10.8%
1916
+16.1%
1920
−41.7%
1924
−43.9%
1928
−45.1%
1932
−7.6%
1936
+13.6%
1940
−3.6%
1944
−7.0%
1948
−17.7%
1952
−33.1%
1956
−43.4%
1960
−27.8%
1964
−10.3%
1968
−43.5%
1972
−60.0%
1976
−44.7%
1980
−63.6%
1984
−66.8%
1988
−54.7%
1992
−43.5%
1996
−49.7%
2000
−66.0%
2004
−68.3%
2008
−56.3%
2012
−71.7%
2016
−51.1%
2020
−56.2%
2024
−57.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.4%Harris5,683
77.4%Trump21,571
1.0%Oliver275 +6
R+57.0
R+0.8
R+55.5
27,878
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican77.4%21,571
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic20.4%5,683
Chase OliverLibertarian1.0%275
Joel SkousenIndependent0.6%154
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%87
Lucifer "justin Case" EveryloveNonpartisan0.1%40
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%35
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%31
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
R
19.5%Biden4,892
75.6%Trump18,989
4.9%
R+56.2
R+5.1
R+60.6
25,104
R
13.7%Clinton2,450
64.8%Trump11,561
21.4%
R+51.1
D+20.6
R+53.2
17,831
R
12.8%Obama2,148
84.5%Romney14,200
2.8%
R+71.7
R+15.4
R+75.5
16,811
R
19.8%Obama3,258
76.1%McCain12,518
4.1%
R+56.3
D+12.0
R+63.6
16,450
R
14.7%Kerry2,267
83.0%Bush12,815
2.4%
R+68.3
R+2.3
R+65.8
15,446
R
14.2%Gore1,789
80.2%Bush10,106
5.6%
R+66.0
R+16.4
R+66.6
12,594
R
20.1%Clinton1,887
69.7%Dole6,550
10.2%
R+49.7
R+6.2
R+58.2
9,391
R
16.4%Clinton1,537
59.9%Bush5,616
23.7%
R+43.5
D+11.2
R+49.1
9,378
R
22.1%Dukakis1,736
76.7%Bush6,038
1.2%
R+54.7
D+12.2
R+47.0
7,868
R
16.3%Mondale1,342
83.1%Reagan6,856
0.6%
R+66.8
R+3.2
R+48.6
8,251
R
15.9%Carter1,242
79.5%Reagan6,207
4.5%
R+63.6
R+18.9
R+53.9
7,804
R
24.9%Carter1,700
69.6%Ford4,757
5.5%
R+44.7
D+15.2
R+46.8
6,833
R
16.5%McGovern1,098
76.5%Nixon5,085
7.0%
R+60.0
R+16.5
R+36.8
6,648
R
23.1%Humphrey1,157
66.6%Nixon3,337
10.3%
R+43.5
R+33.3
R+42.8
5,011
R
44.9%Johnson2,053
55.1%Goldwater2,522
0.0%
R+10.3
D+17.6
R+32.8
4,575
R
36.1%Kennedy1,738
63.9%Nixon3,079
0.0%
R+27.8
D+15.6
R+28.0
4,818
R
28.3%Stevenson1,311
71.7%Eisenhower3,321
0.0%
R+43.4
R+10.3
R+28.0
4,632
R
33.5%Stevenson1,596
66.5%Eisenhower3,175
0.0%
R+33.1
R+15.4
R+22.3
4,771
R
40.8%Truman1,596
58.5%Dewey2,289
0.7%
R+17.7
R+10.7
R+22.2
3,911
R
46.3%Roosevelt1,677
53.3%Dewey1,930
0.4%
R+7.0
R+3.4
R+14.5
3,621
R
47.9%Roosevelt1,915
51.5%Willkie2,060
0.6%
R+3.6
R+17.2
R+13.6
3,998
D
56.1%Roosevelt1,844
42.4%Landon1,396
1.5%
D+13.6
D+21.2
R+10.6
3,289
R
42.9%Roosevelt1,358
50.6%Hoover1,599
6.5%
R+7.6
D+37.5
R+25.4
3,163
R
27.0%Smith682
72.1%Hoover1,823
0.9%
R+45.1
R+1.2
R+27.7
2,528
R
22.6%Davis485
66.5%Coolidge1,429
11.0%
R+43.9
R+2.2
R+18.7
2,150
R
27.9%Cox561
69.6%Harding1,399
2.5%
R+41.7
R+57.8
R+15.5
2,010
D
56.1%Wilson1,156
40.0%Hughes825
3.9%
D+16.1
D+26.9
D+12.9
2,061
R
38.9%Wilson544
49.7%Taft695
11.4%
R+10.8
D+6.8
R+30.3
1,398
R
38.2%Bryan488
55.8%Taft712
6.0%
R+17.6
D+6.1
R+8.0
1,276
R
35.0%Parker442
58.7%Roosevelt741
6.3%
R+23.7
R+29.7
R+4.0
1,262
D
52.9%Bryan708
46.9%McKinley628
0.1%
D+6.0
R+53.5
D+13.5
1,338
D
79.7%Bryan806
20.3%McKinley205
0.0%
D+59.4
—
D+65.5
1,011
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—
—
No data
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
17.2%4,757
75.2%20,772
27,618
2022
R
21.6%3,755
74.5%12,923
17,348
2018
R
18.0%2,846
71.4%11,286
15,801
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+58.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+57.0
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.3 points.
Domestic migration in Cedar City, UT in Cedar City, UT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−270
2012
−535
2013
−666
2014
+23
2015
+531
2016
+1,070
2017
+589
2018
+1,450
2019
+1,675
2021
+2,585
2022
+1,459
2023
+1,088
2024
+598
2025
+1,066
Home to Southern Utah University, Cedar City tempers the region's heavily Republican baseline with a modest student and arts-community presence, though Republicans routinely post margins above 40 points in countywide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 71.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.0 points.
A population of 62,252, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,247 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rexburg, ID and Idaho Falls, ID.
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In 2024, Cedar City, UT, Utah voted Republican by 57.0 points (R+57.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,878 votes cast, 5,683 went Democratic and 21,571 went Republican.
When did Cedar City, UT, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar City, UT, Utah voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Cedar City, UT, Utah has a population of 62,252 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Median household income in Cedar City, UT, Utah is $66,247 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cedar City, UT, Utah from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
