Aleutians East Borough, Alaska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,4912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,3652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 17.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Yakima County, WA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Aleutians East BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Aleutians East Borough, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | +40.4% |
| 1964 | +64.3% |
| 1968 | −12.7% |
| 1972 | −34.3% |
| 1976 | −29.9% |
| 1980 | −15.1% |
| 1984 | −48.6% |
| 1988 | −34.9% |
| 1992 | −22.6% |
| 1996 | −2.2% |
| 2000 | −54.0% |
| 2004 | −51.2% |
| 2008 | −36.2% |
| 2012 | −10.8% |
| 2016 | −22.5% |
| 2020 | −26.2% |
| 2024 | −35.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 135 | 301 | 467 | ||
| R | 202 | 355 | 583 | ||
| R | 141 | 240 | 440 | ||
| R | 236 | 296 | 555 | ||
| R | 203 | 446 | 672 | ||
| R | 129 | 411 | 551 | ||
| R | 117 | 451 | 619 | ||
| R | 239 | 251 | 538 | ||
| R | 165 | 299 | 594 | ||
| R | 152 | 322 | 487 | ||
| R | 121 | 367 | 506 | ||
| R | 140 | 206 | 437 | ||
| R | 106 | 199 | 311 | ||
| R | 86 | 181 | 277 | ||
| R | 120 | 160 | 316 | ||
| D | 281 | 61 | 342 | ||
| D | 169 | 72 | 240 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.8%
Irish
4.1%
English
3.6%
Polish
2.7%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.3%
French
0.8%
African American
2.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,365
Aleutians East Borough ranks near the middle of US counties.
Aleutians East Borough$65,365
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Aleutians East Borough ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.3%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.4%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander17.9%
Spanish6.7%
Other languages4.1%
Other Indo-European3.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Despite a population dominated by Alaska Native and Filipino cannery workers, Aleutians East has shifted toward wide Republican margins in recent cycles, reflecting broader rural Alaska trends that cut across its unusually diverse demographic mix.
Aleutians East Borough has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-four points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,365, and a population of 3,491. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Yakima County and Chugach Census Area.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Aleutians East Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 35.5 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 467 votes cast, 135 went Democratic and 301 went Republican.
What is Aleutians East Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Aleutians East Borough, Alaska in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Aleutians East Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Aleutians East Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska?
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska has a population of 3,491 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska is $65,365 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.