Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 9182024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,6252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bryan County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bristol Bay BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bristol Bay Borough, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +40.7% |
| 1964 | +56.5% |
| 1968 | −1.7% |
| 1972 | −18.8% |
| 1976 | −6.6% |
| 1980 | −22.4% |
| 1984 | −45.3% |
| 1988 | −26.6% |
| 1992 | −13.1% |
| 1996 | −14.4% |
| 2000 | −25.6% |
| 2004 | −38.7% |
| 2008 | −43.3% |
| 2012 | −25.6% |
| 2016 | −28.8% |
| 2020 | −22.9% |
| 2024 | −27.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 136 | 252 | 416 | ||
| R | 180 | 290 | 481 | ||
| R | 120 | 234 | 396 | ||
| R | 152 | 266 | 446 | ||
| R | 140 | 366 | 522 | ||
| R | 160 | 372 | 548 | ||
| R | 203 | 382 | 700 | ||
| R | 187 | 270 | 578 | ||
| R | 196 | 290 | 717 | ||
| R | 175 | 309 | 504 | ||
| R | 129 | 360 | 510 | ||
| R | 122 | 212 | 402 | ||
| R | 147 | 169 | 334 | ||
| R | 112 | 167 | 293 | ||
| R | 122 | 127 | 289 | ||
| D | 194 | 54 | 248 | ||
| D | 197 | 83 | 280 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.8%
Irish
4.6%
English
2.4%
Scottish
2.2%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.0%
American
1.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 39.7 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
$95,625
Bristol Bay Borough ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Bristol Bay Borough$95,625
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Bristol Bay Borough ranks in the top 5% 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
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 183.8%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)7.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.3%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander8.1%
Other Indo-European4.4%
Other languages1.5%
Spanish0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bristol Bay's roughly 1,200 residents are majority Alaska Native, and resource-use policy — particularly commercial fishing and subsistence access — consistently drives local political debate more than national partisan cues.
The Democratic margin here reached fifty-six points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.
A population of 918, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,625 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bryan County and Lee County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/02060/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More in Alaska
More diversifying metro counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 27.9 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 416 votes cast, 136 went Democratic and 252 went Republican.
What is Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. 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 Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska?
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska has a population of 918 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska is $95,625 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.