† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupCottonwoodArizonaUnited States
German19.1%12.6%12.5%
English16.3%10.2%9.5%
Irish13.8%8.9%9.4%
Italian4.6%4.1%4.8%
American4.5%4.0%5.3%
French3.1%1.8%1.6%
Scottish2.9%1.7%1.3%
Polish2.6%2.0%2.2%
Mexican19.4%26.9%11.3%
Spanish1.1%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.8%0.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.5%—
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
Cottonwood
Arizona
United States
Median age
54.7
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
36.7%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cottonwood
Arizona
United States
Median household income
$48,448
$79,964
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.6%
12.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.5%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cottonwood
Arizona
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.7%
25.8%
22.3%
Spanish
18.1%
19.3%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.0%
0.3%
0.7%
German or other West Germanic
1.8%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cottonwood
Arizona
United States
Catholic
—
21.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.8%
51.5%
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.
Cottonwood, Arizona
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−14.5%
2008
−14.8%
2012
−18.5%
2016
−18.1%
2020
−13.4%
2024
−15.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
41.9%Harris2,668
57.3%Trump3,647
0.8%
R+15.4
R+2.0
R+13.9
6,364
R
42.6%Biden2,724
56.0%Trump3,582
1.4%
R+13.4
D+4.7
R+17.9
6,397
R
37.3%Clinton1,923
55.4%Trump2,859
7.4%
R+18.1
D+0.4
R+20.2
5,162
R
39.6%Obama1,844
58.1%Romney2,706
2.3%
R+18.5
R+3.7
R+22.4
4,655
R
41.9%Obama2,036
56.7%McCain2,754
1.4%
R+14.8
R+0.3
R+22.1
4,858
R
42.6%Kerry1,793
57.1%Bush2,403
0.2%
R+14.5
—
R+12.0
4,206
Cottonwood anchors Yavapai County's Verde Valley corridor, where a mix of retirees, Latino working families, and rural-adjacent voters has kept local races competitive well past statewide shifts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 18.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.4 points.
A population of 12,580, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,448 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laughlin and Verde Village.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cottonwood, Arizona voted Republican by 15.4 points (R+15.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,364 votes cast, 2,668 went Democratic and 3,647 went Republican.
How many people live in Cottonwood, Arizona?
Cottonwood, Arizona has a population of 12,580 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cottonwood, Arizona?
Median household income in Cottonwood, Arizona is $48,448 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Cottonwood, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cottonwood, Arizona from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
