Navajo County, Arizona: New American county. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+48 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 108,4152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,6062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wilkes County, GA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Navajo CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Navajo 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) |
|---|---|
| 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 | +16.2% |
| 1916 | +35.4% |
| 1920 | −2.2% |
| 1924 | −15.2% |
| 1928 | −10.0% |
| 1932 | +32.7% |
| 1936 | +47.9% |
| 1940 | +33.0% |
| 1944 | +25.4% |
| 1948 | +18.1% |
| 1952 | −14.6% |
| 1956 | −31.7% |
| 1960 | −14.5% |
| 1964 | −1.0% |
| 1968 | −18.5% |
| 1972 | −25.9% |
| 1976 | +3.6% |
| 1980 | −33.6% |
| 1984 | −17.2% |
| 1988 | −7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.7% |
| 1996 | +14.6% |
| 2000 | −2.4% |
| 2004 | −7.6% |
| 2008 | −11.7% |
| 2012 | −7.8% |
| 2016 | −10.2% |
| 2020 | −8.2% |
| 2024 | −17.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 20,754 | 29,480 | 50,847 | ||
| R | 23,383 | 27,657 | 51,930 | ||
| R | 16,459 | 20,577 | 40,294 | ||
| R | 16,945 | 19,884 | 37,465 | ||
| R | 15,579 | 19,761 | 35,800 | ||
| R | 14,815 | 17,277 | 32,404 | ||
| R | 11,794 | 12,386 | 25,147 | ||
| D | 12,912 | 9,262 | 24,938 | ||
| D | 10,882 | 7,994 | 24,638 | ||
| R | 9,023 | 10,393 | 19,677 | ||
| R | 8,017 | 11,379 | 19,578 | ||
| R | 5,110 | 10,790 | 16,882 | ||
| D | 7,323 | 6,796 | 14,560 | ||
| R | 4,003 | 6,999 | 11,572 | ||
| R | 2,930 | 4,596 | 9,012 | ||
| R | 4,770 | 4,870 | 9,649 | ||
| R | 3,052 | 4,090 | 7,151 | ||
| R | 2,033 | 3,928 | 5,970 | ||
| R | 2,593 | 3,478 | 6,071 | ||
| D | 2,669 | 1,841 | 4,566 | ||
| D | 2,660 | 1,579 | 4,252 | ||
| D | 3,052 | 1,533 | 4,597 | ||
| D | 3,037 | 1,052 | 4,142 | ||
| D | 2,602 | 1,248 | 4,146 | ||
| R | 1,316 | 1,608 | 2,924 | ||
| R | 684 | 1,060 | 2,471 | ||
| R | 1,031 | 1,078 | 2,109 | ||
| D | 1,240 | 574 | 1,881 | ||
| D | 287 | 168 | 735 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.6%
German
7.8%
Irish
6.3%
American
5.1%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.3%
French
1.1%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 39.5 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
$54,606
Navajo County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Navajo County$54,606
Arizona$79,964
United States$80,734
Navajo 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
24.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.9%
Working age (18–64)22.9%
Seniors (65+)20.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.0%
speak English only
Other languages26.1%
Spanish4.7%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Navajo County spans nearly 10,000 square miles of plateau and canyon country, with the Navajo and Hopi nations covering much of its interior. That reservation geography drives turnout patterns and ballot-access logistics unlike almost any other Arizona county.
Navajo County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-eight points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nine 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 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $54,606, and a population of 108,415. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilkes County and Natchitoches Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Navajo County, Arizona vote in 2024?
In 2024, Navajo County, Arizona voted Republican by 17.2 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 50,847 votes cast, 20,754 went Democratic and 29,480 went Republican.
What is Navajo County, Arizona's political typology?
Akashic places Navajo County, Arizona 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 10 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Navajo County, Arizona last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Navajo County, Arizona voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Navajo County, Arizona?
Navajo County, Arizona has a population of 108,415 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Navajo County, Arizona?
Median household income in Navajo County, Arizona is $54,606 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Navajo County, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Navajo County, Arizona from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.