La Paz County, Arizona: Texan Right county. In 2024, voted R+44%. Republican peak: R+44 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Texan RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,6642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,4782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+4 in 1992MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gilchrist County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of La Paz CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for La Paz County, 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) |
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| 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 | No data |
| 1964 | No data |
| 1968 | No data |
| 1972 | No data |
| 1976 | No data |
| 1980 | No data |
| 1984 | −29.1% |
| 1988 | −18.6% |
| 1992 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | −17.3% |
| 2004 | −25.9% |
| 2008 | −28.5% |
| 2012 | −32.0% |
| 2016 | −40.8% |
| 2020 | −38.7% |
| 2024 | −44.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 2,101 | 5,470 | 7,643 | ||
| R | 2,236 | 5,129 | 7,472 | ||
| R | 1,575 | 4,003 | 5,951 | ||
| R | 1,880 | 3,714 | 5,735 | ||
| R | 1,929 | 3,509 | 5,552 | ||
| R | 1,849 | 3,158 | 5,059 | ||
| R | 1,769 | 2,543 | 4,483 | ||
| D | 1,964 | 1,902 | 4,493 | ||
| D | 1,808 | 1,599 | 4,961 | ||
| R | 1,746 | 2,562 | 4,376 | ||
| R | 1,502 | 2,757 | 4,313 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.3%
English
10.2%
American
8.6%
Irish
7.5%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
2.5%
Polish
1.3%
African American
1.1%
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: 60.2 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
$49,478
La Paz County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
La Paz County$49,478
Arizona$79,964
United States$80,734
La Paz County ranks in the bottom 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
17.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.9%
Working age (18–64)17.7%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.9%
speak English only
Spanish16.6%
Other Indo-European2.3%
Other languages2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
La Paz County, anchored by Parker along the Colorado River, posted a 44-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in Arizona — driven by a sparse, rural electorate that has leaned heavily right for decades.
The Republican margin here reached forty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-four points.
A population of 16,664, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,478 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gilchrist County and Candler County. A non-English-speaking share of 22% reflects a meaningful Latino presence that votes, here, with the Republican grain.
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Frequently asked questions
How did La Paz County, Arizona vote in 2024?
In 2024, La Paz County, Arizona voted Republican by 44.1 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,643 votes cast, 2,101 went Democratic and 5,470 went Republican.
What is La Paz County, Arizona's political typology?
Akashic places La Paz County, Arizona in the "Texan Right" typology — East Texas and the Piney Woods — solidly Republican, with a meaningful Latino presence. 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 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did La Paz County, Arizona last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which La Paz County, Arizona voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in La Paz County, Arizona?
La Paz County, Arizona has a population of 16,664 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Paz County, Arizona?
Median household income in La Paz County, Arizona is $49,478 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of La Paz County, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in La Paz County, Arizona from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Texan Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.