† 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
GroupThatcherArizonaUnited States
English20.4%10.2%9.5%
German13.4%12.6%12.5%
Irish10.4%8.9%9.4%
American10.0%4.0%5.3%
Scottish6.3%1.7%1.3%
Italian3.3%4.1%4.8%
French1.7%1.8%1.6%
Danish1.6%——
Mexican21.0%26.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.5%—
Peruvian0.2%——
Spanish0.2%0.4%—
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
Thatcher
Arizona
United States
Median age
31
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Thatcher
Arizona
United States
Median household income
$82,917
$79,964
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.1%
12.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Thatcher
Arizona
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.7%
25.8%
22.3%
Spanish
16.3%
19.3%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.2%
1.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Thatcher
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.
Thatcher, Arizona
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−64.3%
2008
−63.7%
2012
−66.9%
2016
−57.8%
2020
−62.2%
2024
−60.1%
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
19.3%Harris467
79.4%Trump1,923
1.3%
R+60.1
D+2.1
R+58.7
2,421
R
18.0%Biden418
80.2%Trump1,867
1.8%
R+62.2
R+4.5
R+66.7
2,328
R
16.1%Clinton303
73.9%Trump1,387
10.0%
R+57.8
D+9.2
R+59.8
1,877
R
15.6%Obama337
82.5%Romney1,783
1.9%
R+66.9
R+3.2
R+70.8
2,160
R
17.1%Obama326
80.9%McCain1,539
2.0%
R+63.7
D+0.6
R+71.0
1,903
R
17.8%Kerry297
82.1%Bush1,369
0.1%
R+64.3
—
R+61.8
1,667
Thatcher's population skews younger than Arizona's median and reflects the deep-rooted Latter-day Saint community that has anchored Graham County's civic and electoral culture for over a century.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 66.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.1 points.
A population of 5,439, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,917 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shelley and Vernal.
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, Thatcher, Arizona voted Republican by 60.1 points (R+60.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,421 votes cast, 467 went Democratic and 1,923 went Republican.
How many people live in Thatcher, Arizona?
Thatcher, Arizona has a population of 5,439 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Thatcher, Arizona?
Median household income in Thatcher, Arizona is $82,917 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Thatcher, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Thatcher, Arizona from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
