Haines Borough, Alaska: Industrial Catholic Metro county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+53 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,0862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,9272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+53 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grand County, UT · similarity 0.91
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Haines BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Haines 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 | −10.5% |
| 1964 | +53.0% |
| 1968 | −16.1% |
| 1972 | −44.5% |
| 1976 | −28.4% |
| 1980 | −46.8% |
| 1984 | −38.7% |
| 1988 | −16.9% |
| 1992 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | −11.8% |
| 2000 | −29.6% |
| 2004 | −11.4% |
| 2008 | −5.8% |
| 2012 | −2.4% |
| 2016 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | +18.9% |
| 2024 | +8.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 950 | 792 | 1,851 | ||
| D | 1,442 | 972 | 2,490 | ||
| D | 593 | 576 | 1,376 | ||
| R | 596 | 627 | 1,314 | ||
| R | 696 | 786 | 1,540 | ||
| R | 585 | 743 | 1,389 | ||
| R | 342 | 741 | 1,349 | ||
| R | 507 | 685 | 1,507 | ||
| D | 523 | 463 | 1,415 | ||
| R | 359 | 513 | 911 | ||
| R | 302 | 711 | 1,056 | ||
| R | 141 | 472 | 708 | ||
| R | 182 | 338 | 549 | ||
| R | 121 | 334 | 479 | ||
| R | 157 | 232 | 465 | ||
| D | 245 | 75 | 321 | ||
| R | 124 | 153 | 277 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.5%
English
11.6%
Irish
5.7%
Italian
4.9%
Scottish
3.3%
French
2.7%
Polish
2.5%
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: 50.9 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
$86,927
Haines Borough ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Haines Borough$86,927
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Haines Borough ranks in the top 10% 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
5.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.1%
Working age (18–64)6.5%
Seniors (65+)1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.6%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander3.3%
Spanish2.3%
Other languages1.0%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Haines Borough, accessible mainly by ferry or small plane, tilted Democratic by nearly 9 points in 2024—an outlier in a state that swung heavily Republican that cycle, reflecting its small but distinctive arts-and-outdoors community character.
Its margins are typically close. The Democratic margin reached fifty-three points in 1964; the Republican margin reached forty-seven points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
Its demographics sit near national norms: a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,927, and a 5% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grand County and Gallatin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Haines Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Haines Borough, Alaska voted Democratic by 8.5 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,851 votes cast, 950 went Democratic and 792 went Republican.
What is Haines Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Haines Borough, Alaska in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology — Mid-size industrial metros with Catholic ethnic roots — among the most competitive, swing-prone ground in the country. 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 5 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Haines Borough, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Haines Borough, Alaska voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Haines Borough, Alaska?
Haines Borough, Alaska has a population of 2,086 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Haines Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Haines Borough, Alaska is $86,927 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Haines Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Haines Borough, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.