† 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
GroupShiprockNew MexicoUnited States
Navajo94.0%5.8%—
Aztec0.5%——
Mexican1.1%32.4%11.3%
Spanish0.3%4.2%—
Spaniard0.2%3.6%—
German0.3%8.7%12.5%
English0.2%8.5%9.5%
Irish0.2%6.9%9.4%
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
Shiprock
New Mexico
United States
Median age
34.1
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
13.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.0%
19.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shiprock
New Mexico
United States
Median household income
$35,900
$64,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
34.6%
17.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.6%
30.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shiprock
New Mexico
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
47.9%
31.4%
22.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.0%
0.3%
0.6%
Other languages
46.3%
4.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shiprock
New Mexico
United States
Catholic
—
29.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
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.
Shiprock, New Mexico
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.7%
2008
+25.7%
2012
+47.5%
2016
+40.8%
2020
+42.4%
2024
+30.9%
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
D
63.8%Harris1,885
32.9%Trump972
3.3%
D+30.9
R+11.5
D+32.4
2,955
D
69.7%Biden2,134
27.4%Trump837
2.9%
D+42.4
D+1.6
D+37.9
3,060
D
61.5%Clinton1,569
20.7%Trump529
17.8%
D+40.8
R+6.8
D+38.7
2,552
D
72.1%Obama1,950
24.6%Romney665
3.3%
D+47.5
D+21.8
D+43.6
2,705
D
62.4%Obama1,888
36.7%McCain1,111
0.8%
D+25.7
D+12.0
D+18.4
3,024
D
56.4%Kerry1,550
42.7%Bush1,173
1.0%
D+13.7
—
D+16.2
2,750
Shiprock sits within the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region, where federally recognized tribal authority and a predominantly Native electorate make it one of New Mexico's most distinctive political communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.9 points.
A population of 7,610, a 1% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $35,900 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Zuni Pueblo and Bastrop.
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, Shiprock, New Mexico voted Democratic by 30.9 points (D+30.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,955 votes cast, 1,885 went Democratic and 972 went Republican.
How many people live in Shiprock, New Mexico?
Shiprock, New Mexico has a population of 7,610 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shiprock, New Mexico?
Median household income in Shiprock, New Mexico is $35,900 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Shiprock, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shiprock, New Mexico from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
