Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+4%. Democratic peak: D+54 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,4412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,0182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+21 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dillingham Census Area, AK · similarity 0.92
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Northwest Arctic BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Northwest Arctic 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 | −4.8% |
| 1964 | +53.7% |
| 1968 | −3.4% |
| 1972 | −14.8% |
| 1976 | +19.3% |
| 1980 | +9.5% |
| 1984 | −20.7% |
| 1988 | −16.9% |
| 1992 | −1.9% |
| 1996 | +11.9% |
| 2000 | −12.4% |
| 2004 | −16.2% |
| 2008 | −15.9% |
| 2012 | +35.0% |
| 2016 | +27.9% |
| 2020 | +15.4% |
| 2024 | −4.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 666 | 737 | 1,582 | ||
| D | 1,056 | 756 | 1,942 | ||
| D | 1,097 | 521 | 2,062 | ||
| D | 1,309 | 609 | 2,000 | ||
| R | 952 | 1,328 | 2,367 | ||
| R | 919 | 1,289 | 2,288 | ||
| R | 818 | 1,081 | 2,122 | ||
| D | 1,031 | 784 | 2,078 | ||
| R | 828 | 869 | 2,176 | ||
| R | 663 | 946 | 1,674 | ||
| R | 744 | 1,146 | 1,946 | ||
| D | 728 | 588 | 1,481 | ||
| D | 712 | 476 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 549 | 743 | 1,315 | ||
| R | 467 | 501 | 1,014 | ||
| D | 727 | 219 | 946 | ||
| R | 355 | 391 | 746 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
3.2%
Irish
1.7%
English
1.4%
Italian
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: 28.8 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
$84,018
Northwest Arctic Borough ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Northwest Arctic Borough$84,018
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Northwest Arctic 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
17.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.5%
Working age (18–64)13.9%
Seniors (65+)3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.9%
speak English only
Other languages21.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.0%
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 81.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to roughly 7,200 residents spread across roadless tundra villages, Northwest Arctic Borough is majority Iñupiaq and has trended toward closer federal contests in recent cycles, with 2024 marking a modest Republican margin of 4.2 points.
Northwest Arctic Borough has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-four points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved twenty 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 10% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,018, and a population of 7,441. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dillingham Census Area and Nome Census Area.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 4.5 points (R+4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,582 votes cast, 666 went Democratic and 737 went Republican.
What is Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Northwest Arctic 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 7 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska?
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska has a population of 7,441 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska is $84,018 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Northwest Arctic Borough, 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.