Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+50 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,7712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,2502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kodiak Island BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kodiak Island Borough, 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 | +15.8% |
| 1964 | +49.6% |
| 1968 | −5.9% |
| 1972 | −15.1% |
| 1976 | −17.9% |
| 1980 | −16.9% |
| 1984 | −42.7% |
| 1988 | −30.6% |
| 1992 | −14.7% |
| 1996 | −22.2% |
| 2000 | −38.0% |
| 2004 | −34.0% |
| 2008 | −30.0% |
| 2012 | −18.2% |
| 2016 | −21.6% |
| 2020 | −18.4% |
| 2024 | −17.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 2,421 | 3,499 | 6,221 | ||
| R | 2,509 | 3,708 | 6,513 | ||
| R | 1,548 | 2,570 | 4,723 | ||
| R | 2,084 | 3,064 | 5,375 | ||
| R | 2,101 | 3,981 | 6,275 | ||
| R | 1,855 | 3,873 | 5,940 | ||
| R | 1,542 | 3,862 | 6,100 | ||
| R | 1,576 | 2,707 | 5,100 | ||
| R | 1,475 | 2,293 | 5,556 | ||
| R | 1,351 | 2,609 | 4,114 | ||
| R | 1,239 | 3,210 | 4,615 | ||
| R | 1,025 | 1,589 | 3,339 | ||
| R | 1,014 | 1,490 | 2,663 | ||
| R | 857 | 1,172 | 2,089 | ||
| R | 862 | 986 | 2,095 | ||
| D | 1,183 | 399 | 1,582 | ||
| D | 867 | 631 | 1,498 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
9.8%
English
6.5%
Irish
4.9%
Italian
2.3%
American
1.7%
Scottish
1.1%
French
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: 35.1 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
$86,250
Kodiak Island Borough ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Kodiak Island Borough$86,250
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Kodiak Island Borough 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
8.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.7%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)5.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander16.6%
Other languages2.3%
Spanish2.2%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kodiak Island Borough's economy revolves around one of the nation's largest fishing ports, and its small, dispersed population—spread across the island and roadless outer villages—has consistently leaned Republican in recent presidential cycles by double-digit margins.
Kodiak Island Borough has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,250, and a population of 12,771. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairbanks North Star Borough and Wrangell City and Borough.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 17.3 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,221 votes cast, 2,421 went Democratic and 3,499 went Republican.
What is Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska has a population of 12,771 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska is $86,250 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kodiak Island 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.