Butte County, Idaho: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+72%. Republican peak: R+72 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+72MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,6842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,0152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Live Oak County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Butte CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Butte 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 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | −34.3% |
| 1924 | −24.0% |
| 1928 | −24.1% |
| 1932 | +18.8% |
| 1936 | +26.9% |
| 1940 | +2.9% |
| 1944 | −1.8% |
| 1948 | +1.7% |
| 1952 | −31.9% |
| 1956 | −7.3% |
| 1960 | +19.1% |
| 1964 | +13.3% |
| 1968 | −12.5% |
| 1972 | −28.7% |
| 1976 | −6.0% |
| 1980 | −48.2% |
| 1984 | −48.4% |
| 1988 | −26.2% |
| 1992 | −11.2% |
| 1996 | −15.7% |
| 2000 | −47.9% |
| 2004 | −53.8% |
| 2008 | −52.3% |
| 2012 | −57.8% |
| 2016 | −61.3% |
| 2020 | −71.7% |
| 2024 | −72.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 185 | 1,268 | 1,494 | ||
| R | 188 | 1,202 | 1,415 | ||
| R | 160 | 914 | 1,230 | ||
| R | 258 | 1,001 | 1,286 | ||
| R | 318 | 1,056 | 1,410 | ||
| R | 321 | 1,077 | 1,406 | ||
| R | 354 | 1,054 | 1,460 | ||
| R | 507 | 741 | 1,491 | ||
| R | 433 | 602 | 1,503 | ||
| R | 521 | 899 | 1,444 | ||
| R | 429 | 1,245 | 1,685 | ||
| R | 424 | 1,275 | 1,765 | ||
| R | 663 | 751 | 1,468 | ||
| R | 387 | 788 | 1,396 | ||
| R | 521 | 691 | 1,356 | ||
| D | 848 | 649 | 1,497 | ||
| D | 1,001 | 680 | 1,681 | ||
| R | 669 | 774 | 1,443 | ||
| R | 473 | 916 | 1,389 | ||
| D | 426 | 412 | 846 | ||
| R | 416 | 431 | 849 | ||
| D | 448 | 423 | 871 | ||
| D | 546 | 312 | 869 | ||
| D | 581 | 396 | 982 | ||
| R | 301 | 493 | 797 | ||
| R | 196 | 409 | 889 | ||
| R | 316 | 646 | 962 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
21.7%
German
10.3%
American
7.5%
Irish
3.9%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
3.2%
Polish
1.2%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.3 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
$53,015
Butte County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Butte County$53,015
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Butte 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
19.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.0%
Working age (18–64)16.3%
Seniors (65+)17.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 11.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Butte County's sagebrush high desert and population under 3,000 make it one of Idaho's most sparsely settled jurisdictions; its 2024 presidential margin of R+72.5 reflects the lopsided partisanship typical of rural Intermountain West counties.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-two points.
A median household income of $53,015, a 19% poverty rate, and a 92% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Live Oak County and Aransas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Butte County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Butte County, Idaho voted Republican by 72.5 points (R+72), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,494 votes cast, 185 went Democratic and 1,268 went Republican.
What is Butte County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Butte County, Idaho in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 6 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Butte County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Butte County, Idaho voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Butte County, Idaho?
Butte County, Idaho has a population of 2,684 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Butte County, Idaho?
Median household income in Butte County, Idaho is $53,015 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Butte County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Butte County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.