Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+33%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,0882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,7502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wrangell City and BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wrangell City and 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 | +31.7% |
| 1964 | +78.4% |
| 1968 | −8.4% |
| 1972 | −23.4% |
| 1976 | −15.8% |
| 1980 | −31.5% |
| 1984 | −43.3% |
| 1988 | −37.1% |
| 1992 | −22.0% |
| 1996 | −36.8% |
| 2000 | −63.4% |
| 2004 | −58.2% |
| 2008 | −40.9% |
| 2012 | −32.9% |
| 2016 | −42.0% |
| 2020 | −32.0% |
| 2024 | −33.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 357 | 738 | 1,141 | ||
| R | 413 | 826 | 1,291 | ||
| R | 268 | 728 | 1,096 | ||
| R | 363 | 739 | 1,142 | ||
| R | 349 | 853 | 1,233 | ||
| R | 222 | 897 | 1,160 | ||
| R | 192 | 1,038 | 1,334 | ||
| R | 249 | 698 | 1,221 | ||
| R | 289 | 590 | 1,367 | ||
| R | 363 | 811 | 1,209 | ||
| R | 307 | 795 | 1,126 | ||
| R | 296 | 629 | 1,058 | ||
| R | 327 | 461 | 847 | ||
| R | 255 | 422 | 715 | ||
| R | 305 | 365 | 718 | ||
| D | 635 | 77 | 712 | ||
| D | 291 | 151 | 442 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.8%
English
11.9%
Irish
11.3%
American
2.5%
French
2.2%
Scottish
2.2%
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: 48.1 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
$63,750
Wrangell City and Borough ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wrangell City and Borough$63,750
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Wrangell City and Borough ranks near the middle 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
12.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.9%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander3.6%
Other languages1.6%
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wrangell's roughly 2,100 residents, spread across an island community accessible mainly by sea or air, have backed Republican presidential candidates by wide margins, reflecting the resource-industry economy and geographic isolation common to rural Southeast Alaska.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points.
A population of 2,088, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,750 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairbanks North Star Borough and Guadalupe County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 33.4 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,141 votes cast, 357 went Democratic and 738 went Republican.
What is Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska?
Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska has a population of 2,088 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska is $63,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.