Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupButte CountyIdahoUnited States
English21.7%19.3%9.5%
German10.3%16.5%12.5%
American7.5%5.3%5.3%
Irish3.9%9.5%9.4%
Danish3.8%——
Italian3.3%2.9%4.8%
Scottish3.2%3.2%1.3%
Dutch2.8%——
Mexican6.2%11.0%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Butte County
Idaho
United States
Median age
41.3
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.4%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Butte County
Idaho
United States
Median household income
$53,015
$77,800
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.3%
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.5%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Butte County
Idaho
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
11.0%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Butte County
Idaho
United States
Catholic
6.1%
11.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.2%
12.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
11.9%
50.2%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
61.8%
22.1%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Butte County, Idaho
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 1,494 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Butte County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -003003
59
440
9
508
11.6%
86.6%
R+75.0
Precinct -001001
77
411
16
504
15.3%
81.5%
R+66.3
Precinct -002002
44
252
12
308
14.3%
81.8%
R+67.5
Precinct -004004
5
165
4
174
2.9%
94.8%
R+92.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1920–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
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
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
12.4%Harris185
84.9%Trump1,268
1.2%Kennedy18
R+72.5
R+0.8
R+71.0
1,494
R
13.3%Biden188
84.9%Trump1,202
0.8%Jorgensen11
R+71.7
R+10.4
R+76.1
1,415
R
13.0%Clinton160
74.3%Trump914
9.3%McMullin114
R+61.3
R+3.5
R+63.4
1,230
R
20.1%Obama258
77.8%Romney1,001
0.6%Johnson8
R+57.8
R+5.4
R+61.6
1,286
R
22.6%Obama318
74.9%McCain1,056
2.6%
R+52.3
D+1.4
R+59.6
1,410
R
22.8%Kerry321
76.6%Bush1,077
0.6%
R+53.8
R+5.8
R+51.3
1,406
R
24.2%Gore354
72.2%Bush1,054
0.3%Nader5
R+47.9
R+32.3
R+48.5
1,460
R
34.0%Clinton507
49.7%Dole741
15.6%Perot233
R+15.7
R+4.4
R+24.2
1,491
R
28.8%Clinton433
40.1%Bush602
26.1%Perot392
R+11.2
D+14.9
R+16.8
1,503
R
36.1%Dukakis521
62.3%Bush899
1.7%
R+26.2
D+22.3
R+18.5
1,444
R
25.5%Mondale429
73.9%Reagan1,245
0.7%
R+48.4
R+0.2
R+30.2
1,685
R
24.0%Carter424
72.2%Reagan1,275
3.7%
R+48.2
R+42.2
R+38.5
1,765
R
45.2%Carter663
51.2%Ford751
3.7%
R+6.0
D+22.7
R+8.1
1,468
R
27.7%McGovern387
56.4%Nixon788
15.8%
R+28.7
R+16.2
R+5.6
1,396
R
38.4%Humphrey521
51.0%Nixon691
10.6%
R+12.5
R+25.8
R+11.8
1,356
D
56.6%Johnson848
43.4%Goldwater649
0.0%
D+13.3
R+5.8
R+9.3
1,497
D
59.5%Kennedy1,001
40.5%Nixon680
0.0%
D+19.1
D+26.4
D+18.9
1,681
R
46.4%Stevenson669
53.6%Eisenhower774
0.0%
R+7.3
D+24.6
D+8.1
1,443
R
34.1%Stevenson473
65.9%Eisenhower916
0.0%
R+31.9
R+33.5
R+21.1
1,389
D
50.4%Truman426
48.7%Dewey412
0.9%
D+1.7
D+3.4
R+2.8
846
R
49.0%Roosevelt416
50.8%Dewey431
0.2%
R+1.8
R+4.6
R+9.3
849
D
51.4%Roosevelt448
48.6%Willkie423
0.0%
D+2.9
R+24.1
R+7.1
871
D
62.8%Roosevelt546
35.9%Landon312
1.3%
D+26.9
D+8.1
D+2.7
869
D
59.2%Roosevelt581
40.3%Hoover396
0.5%
D+18.8
D+42.9
D+1.0
982
R
37.8%Smith301
61.9%Hoover493
0.4%
R+24.1
R+0.1
R+6.6
797
R
22.0%Davis196
46.0%Coolidge409
31.9%La Follette284
R+24.0
D+10.3
D+1.2
889
R
32.8%Cox316
67.2%Harding646
0.0%
R+34.3
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
11.5%228
78.9%1,566
1,986
2020
R
15.7%222
79.4%1,120
1,410
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+74.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+72.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.1 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Butte County, ID
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018
1,489
60
1,149
271
9
2020
1,548
77
1,200
259
12
2022
1,499
66
1,181
242
10
2024
1,593
75
1,264
243
11
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+70 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −85 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $55,838 in average income, against $69,038 for residents who stayed — 19% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Butte County, ID in Butte County, ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−82
2012
−78
2013
−90
2014
0
2015
−105
2016
+1
2017
+14
2018
−3
2019
+7
2021
+81
2022
+44
2023
+64
2024
−8
2025
+70
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 72.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.5 points.
A population of 2,684, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,015 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bear Lake County and Caribou County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Butte County, Idaho voted Republican by 72.5 points (R+72.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,494 votes cast, 185 went Democratic and 1,268 went Republican.
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.
