Dillingham Census Area, Alaska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+6%. Democratic peak: D+54 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,7242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,5332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 15.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Northwest Arctic Borough, AK · similarity 0.92
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dillingham Census AreaPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dillingham Census Area, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +17.9% |
| 1964 | +53.6% |
| 1968 | −2.9% |
| 1972 | −7.5% |
| 1976 | −10.5% |
| 1980 | +9.7% |
| 1984 | −37.8% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −10.9% |
| 1996 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | −17.9% |
| 2004 | −20.0% |
| 2008 | −11.7% |
| 2012 | +22.3% |
| 2016 | +17.6% |
| 2020 | +7.0% |
| 2024 | −6.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 669 | 764 | 1,537 | ||
| D | 939 | 810 | 1,834 | ||
| D | 863 | 571 | 1,660 | ||
| D | 972 | 603 | 1,655 | ||
| R | 852 | 1,084 | 1,985 | ||
| R | 684 | 1,041 | 1,785 | ||
| R | 596 | 892 | 1,658 | ||
| D | 643 | 544 | 1,396 | ||
| R | 537 | 706 | 1,546 | ||
| R | 517 | 794 | 1,371 | ||
| R | 461 | 1,056 | 1,574 | ||
| D | 477 | 377 | 1,028 | ||
| R | 412 | 513 | 960 | ||
| R | 312 | 365 | 707 | ||
| R | 320 | 340 | 680 | ||
| D | 517 | 156 | 673 | ||
| D | 276 | 192 | 468 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.5%
English
3.3%
Irish
3.0%
Polish
1.5%
Italian
0.9%
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: 31.7 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
$78,533
Dillingham Census Area ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Dillingham Census Area$78,533
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Dillingham Census Area ranks in the top 25% 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
19.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.9%
Working age (18–64)17.3%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.0%
speak English only
Other languages29.4%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Spanish0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dillingham Census Area stretches across roadless tundra and river drainages in southwest Alaska, where a largely Alaska Native population makes commercial fishing and subsistence rights perennial policy flashpoints alongside presidential preferences.
Dillingham Census Area has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-four points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved thirteen 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 15% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,533, and a population of 4,724. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Northwest Arctic Borough and Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dillingham Census Area, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska voted Republican by 6.2 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,537 votes cast, 669 went Democratic and 764 went Republican.
What is Dillingham Census Area, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Dillingham Census Area, 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 7 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Dillingham Census Area, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dillingham Census Area, Alaska voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska?
Dillingham Census Area, Alaska has a population of 4,724 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska?
Median household income in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska is $78,533 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Dillingham Census Area, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.