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
GroupAleutians West Census AreaAlaskaUnited States
Filipino33.7%3.5%0.9%
Vietnamese4.6%—0.6%
Japanese0.4%0.2%0.2%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
Laotian0.2%——
German5.5%14.2%12.5%
English4.3%10.0%9.5%
Ukrainian3.3%——
Irish2.5%9.5%9.4%
Italian1.7%2.5%4.8%
French1.6%—1.6%
Welsh1.5%——
Scotch-Irish1.5%——
Mexican9.9%3.9%11.3%
Dominican1.0%0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.9%1.8%
Cuban0.6%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%—0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.4%—
Sudanese3.3%0.2%—
African American†2.0%2.1%9.9%
Somali0.6%——
African0.3%—0.5%
Senegalese0.3%——
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Samoan1.5%0.9%—
Aztec0.6%——
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
Aleutians West Census Area
Alaska
United States
Median age
40.1
36
39.1
Age 18–24
10.5%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
6.0%
13.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Aleutians West Census Area
Alaska
United States
Median household income
$135,500
$92,788
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.9%
31.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Aleutians West Census Area
Alaska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
60.6%
15.1%
22.3%
Spanish
11.0%
3.2%
13.6%
Vietnamese
5.6%
0.1%
0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
26.2%
2.5%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.4%
2.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Aleutians West Census Area
Alaska
United States
Catholic
3.1%
5.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.1%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
81.1%
64.8%
51.5%
Orthodox Christian
8.0%
1.4%
0.3%
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.
Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 0 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Aleutians West Census Area precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
37-704 Aleutians No. 1704
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37-706 Aleutians No. 2 (Unalaska)706
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0
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Even
37-750 St. George Island750
0
0
0
0
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Even
37-752 St. Paul Island752
0
0
0
0
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Even
Aleutians No. 1 Precinct704
0
0
0
0
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Even
Aleutians No. 2 Precinct706
0
0
0
0
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Even
St. George Precinct738
0
0
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0
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Even
St. Paul Island Precinct740
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1960–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1960
+42.9%
1964
+78.4%
1968
−6.1%
1972
−33.9%
1976
−22.9%
1980
−12.8%
1984
−34.0%
1988
−35.3%
1992
−5.5%
1996
+5.4%
2000
−14.0%
2004
−5.0%
2008
−2.6%
2012
+28.4%
2016
+24.0%
2020
+9.3%
2024
+0.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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. ‡ 2020, 2024 mail ballots (absentee, early, questioned) are reported by state house district, and districts cross borough lines — election-day votes are precinct-reported and exact, while each candidate's pooled district mail vote is allocated here in proportion to that candidate's election-day distribution across the district's boroughs.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
48.8%Harris478
48.3%Trump473
2.9%
D+0.5
R+8.8
D+2.0
979
D
53.4%Biden675
44.1%Trump557
2.5%
D+9.3
R+14.6
D+4.9
1,264
D
56.4%Clinton612
32.4%Trump352
11.2%
D+24.0
R+4.4
D+21.9
1,085
D
62.8%Obama777
34.4%Romney426
2.8%
D+28.4
D+31.0
D+24.5
1,238
R
47.1%Obama650
49.7%McCain686
3.3%
R+2.6
D+2.4
R+9.9
1,381
R
45.9%Kerry598
50.9%Bush663
3.2%
R+5.0
D+9.0
R+2.5
1,303
R
37.2%Gore509
51.2%Bush701
8.9%Nader122
R+14.0
R+19.4
R+14.6
1,368
D
44.1%Clinton596
38.7%Dole523
13.0%Perot176
D+5.4
D+10.9
R+3.1
1,351
R
31.5%Clinton684
37.0%Bush804
30.1%Perot653
R+5.5
D+29.8
R+11.1
2,172
R
31.2%Dukakis583
66.5%Bush1,243
2.3%
R+35.3
R+1.3
R+27.6
1,869
R
32.1%Mondale413
66.1%Reagan850
1.7%
R+34.0
R+21.2
R+15.8
1,285
R
35.0%Carter343
47.8%Reagan468
17.2%
R+12.8
D+10.1
R+3.0
979
R
36.1%Carter232
59.0%Ford379
4.8%
R+22.9
D+11.0
R+25.0
642
R
31.1%McGovern178
65.0%Nixon372
3.8%
R+33.9
R+27.8
R+10.8
572
R
44.1%Humphrey165
50.3%Nixon188
5.6%
R+6.1
R+84.6
R+5.5
374
D
89.2%Johnson314
10.8%Goldwater38
0.0%
D+78.4
D+35.6
D+55.8
352
D
71.4%Kennedy225
28.6%Nixon90
0.0%
D+42.9
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+0.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+0.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.3 points.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−52 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,501 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $56,526 in average income, against $94,271 for residents who stayed — 40% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Aleutians West Census Area, AK in Aleutians West Census Area, AK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−70
2012
−2
2013
−87
2014
−54
2015
−159
2016
−215
2017
−138
2018
−169
2019
−91
2021
−138
2022
−223
2023
−52
2024
−51
2025
−52
Stretching 1,200 miles into the Pacific, Aleutians West is among the most geographically isolated counties in the U.S., yet its mixed Alaska Native and military-connected population has produced near-even presidential margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 35.3 points in 1988. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.5 points.
A population of 5,235, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $135,500 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of North Slope Borough and Sitka City and Borough.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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.
How did Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska voted Democratic by 0.5 points (D+0.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 979 votes cast, 478 went Democratic and 473 went Republican.
When did Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska voted Republican was 2008.
How many people live in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska?
Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska has a population of 5,235 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska?
Median household income in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska is $135,500 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
