† 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
GroupSheridan, WYWyomingUnited States
German18.3%21.5%12.5%
English12.1%15.7%9.5%
Irish9.3%11.7%9.4%
American5.2%5.0%5.3%
Norwegian4.6%3.0%—
Scottish3.3%3.2%1.3%
Italian2.9%2.8%4.8%
Polish2.7%—2.2%
Mexican4.0%8.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Aztec0.2%——
Chinese0.7%—1.3%
Filipino0.2%—0.9%
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
Sheridan, WY
Wyoming
United States
Median age
42.7
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.4%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sheridan, WY
Wyoming
United States
Median household income
$71,388
$76,176
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.1%
30.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sheridan, WY
Wyoming
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.5%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
4.8%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sheridan, WY
Wyoming
United States
Catholic
11.7%
12.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.3%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.0%
59.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Latter-day Saints
6.3%
11.6%
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.
Sheridan, WY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−46.4%
1896
+11.4%
1900
−1.6%
1904
−26.1%
1908
−15.8%
1912
+18.5%
1916
+19.7%
1920
−33.2%
1924
−4.4%
1928
−16.8%
1932
+21.3%
1936
+26.1%
1940
+7.6%
1944
+0.8%
1948
+2.0%
1952
−35.2%
1956
−26.8%
1960
−20.1%
1964
+2.8%
1968
−29.7%
1972
−38.2%
1976
−25.2%
1980
−27.1%
1984
−33.8%
1988
−12.3%
1992
−1.4%
1996
−10.8%
2000
−41.6%
2004
−40.1%
2008
−38.2%
2012
−46.4%
2016
−50.6%
2020
−47.5%
2024
−49.4%
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
23.9%Harris3,920
73.3%Trump12,041
1.6%Oliver258 +1
R+49.4
R+2.0
R+48.0
16,425
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.3%12,041
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic23.9%3,920
Chase OliverLibertarian1.6%258
OtherAll other candidates1.3%206
R
24.6%Biden4,043
72.1%Trump11,843
3.3%
R+47.5
D+3.1
R+51.9
16,428
R
20.2%Clinton2,927
70.8%Trump10,266
9.1%
R+50.6
R+4.2
R+52.7
14,510
R
25.3%Obama3,618
71.7%Romney10,267
3.1%
R+46.4
R+8.3
R+50.3
14,322
R
29.8%Obama4,458
67.9%McCain10,177
2.3%
R+38.2
D+1.9
R+45.4
14,981
R
29.0%Kerry4,066
69.1%Bush9,689
2.0%
R+40.1
D+1.5
R+37.6
14,029
R
27.2%Gore3,330
68.8%Bush8,424
3.9%
R+41.6
R+30.9
R+42.2
12,236
R
38.1%Clinton4,594
48.9%Dole5,892
13.0%
R+10.8
R+9.4
R+19.3
12,046
R
35.8%Clinton4,139
37.2%Bush4,303
27.0%
R+1.4
D+10.9
R+7.0
11,565
R
43.2%Dukakis4,655
55.5%Bush5,980
1.3%
R+12.3
D+21.5
R+4.6
10,778
R
32.3%Mondale3,648
66.1%Reagan7,460
1.5%
R+33.8
R+6.7
R+15.6
11,279
R
31.5%Carter3,034
58.6%Reagan5,649
10.0%
R+27.1
R+2.0
R+17.4
9,646
R
37.1%Carter3,206
62.2%Ford5,382
0.7%
R+25.2
D+13.0
R+27.2
8,652
R
30.8%McGovern2,874
69.0%Nixon6,432
0.1%
R+38.2
R+8.5
R+15.0
9,318
R
31.5%Humphrey2,659
61.2%Nixon5,163
7.3%
R+29.7
R+32.5
R+29.0
8,434
D
51.4%Johnson4,747
48.6%Goldwater4,491
0.0%
D+2.8
D+22.9
R+19.8
9,238
R
40.0%Kennedy3,786
60.0%Nixon5,690
0.0%
R+20.1
D+6.7
R+20.3
9,476
R
36.6%Stevenson3,204
63.4%Eisenhower5,546
0.0%
R+26.8
D+8.4
R+11.4
8,750
R
32.4%Stevenson3,124
67.6%Eisenhower6,522
0.1%
R+35.2
R+37.2
R+24.4
9,655
D
50.7%Truman3,852
48.7%Dewey3,698
0.7%
D+2.0
D+1.2
R+2.5
7,601
D
50.4%Roosevelt3,862
49.6%Dewey3,802
0.0%
D+0.8
R+6.8
R+6.7
7,664
D
53.7%Roosevelt4,439
46.1%Willkie3,814
0.2%
D+7.6
R+18.5
R+2.4
8,268
D
61.6%Roosevelt4,731
35.5%Landon2,726
2.9%
D+26.1
D+4.8
D+1.8
7,680
D
59.6%Roosevelt4,260
38.3%Hoover2,738
2.0%
D+21.3
D+38.2
D+3.5
7,142
R
41.0%Smith2,563
57.9%Hoover3,616
1.1%
R+16.8
R+12.5
D+0.6
6,250
R
38.4%Davis2,272
42.8%Coolidge2,530
18.8%
R+4.4
D+28.8
D+20.8
5,917
R
27.2%Cox1,192
60.4%Harding2,645
12.3%
R+33.2
R+52.8
R+7.0
4,377
D
57.6%Wilson2,906
37.9%Hughes1,914
4.5%
D+19.7
D+1.1
D+16.5
5,048
O
38.8%Wilson1,649
20.3%Taft862
40.9%
Roosevelt +2.1
D+34.3
R+1.0
4,248
R
39.2%Bryan1,539
55.0%Taft2,158
5.8%
R+15.8
D+10.4
R+6.2
3,924
R
33.4%Parker1,068
59.5%Roosevelt1,905
7.2%
R+26.1
R+24.5
R+6.5
3,202
R
48.2%Bryan985
49.8%McKinley1,018
2.0%
R+1.6
R+13.0
D+5.9
2,044
D
55.4%Bryan1,104
44.0%McKinley877
0.6%
D+11.4
D+57.8
D+17.5
1,992
O
0.0%Cleveland0
46.4%Harrison509
53.6%
Weaver +7.3
—
R+48.0
1,098
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
21.3%3,438
77.9%12,580
16,154
2020
R
23.4%3,778
76.2%12,287
16,132
2018
R
27.1%3,205
70.5%8,318
11,805
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+73.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+49.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 24 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Sheridan, WY in Sheridan, WY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+52
2012
+195
2013
+158
2014
+65
2015
+30
2016
+68
2017
+175
2018
+98
2019
+289
2021
+726
2022
+457
2023
+531
2024
+288
2025
+320
Sheridan's economy ties closely to coal, ranching, and tourism in the Bighorn foothills, producing a voter profile that has backed Republican presidential candidates by 40-plus-point margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.4 points.
A population of 32,055, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,388 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cody, WY and Casper, WY.
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In 2024, Sheridan, WY, Wyoming voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,425 votes cast, 3,920 went Democratic and 12,041 went Republican.
When did Sheridan, WY, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheridan, WY, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Sheridan, WY, Wyoming has a population of 32,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Median household income in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming is $71,388 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Sheridan, WY, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sheridan, WY, Wyoming from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
