Caribou County, Idaho: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+71%. Republican peak: R+73 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,1622024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,7822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Caribou CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Caribou County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | −49.9% |
| 1924 | −41.7% |
| 1928 | −23.5% |
| 1932 | +9.8% |
| 1936 | +33.2% |
| 1940 | +25.5% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +3.0% |
| 1952 | −37.7% |
| 1956 | −27.4% |
| 1960 | −8.8% |
| 1964 | +4.4% |
| 1968 | −36.1% |
| 1972 | −49.2% |
| 1976 | −32.9% |
| 1980 | −70.7% |
| 1984 | −69.4% |
| 1988 | −43.6% |
| 1992 | −24.4% |
| 1996 | −28.8% |
| 2000 | −66.9% |
| 2004 | −68.9% |
| 2008 | −63.7% |
| 2012 | −72.8% |
| 2016 | −66.0% |
| 2020 | −72.5% |
| 2024 | −71.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 445 | 2,906 | 3,456 | ||
| R | 431 | 2,906 | 3,416 | ||
| R | 271 | 2,275 | 3,035 | ||
| R | 386 | 2,608 | 3,052 | ||
| R | 553 | 2,656 | 3,302 | ||
| R | 491 | 2,753 | 3,281 | ||
| R | 475 | 2,601 | 3,177 | ||
| R | 841 | 1,740 | 3,120 | ||
| R | 562 | 1,350 | 3,236 | ||
| R | 867 | 2,239 | 3,144 | ||
| R | 535 | 3,032 | 3,597 | ||
| R | 481 | 3,234 | 3,892 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 2,253 | 3,475 | ||
| R | 614 | 2,069 | 2,958 | ||
| R | 727 | 1,731 | 2,785 | ||
| D | 1,422 | 1,303 | 2,725 | ||
| R | 1,293 | 1,544 | 2,837 | ||
| R | 950 | 1,668 | 2,618 | ||
| R | 809 | 1,788 | 2,598 | ||
| D | 475 | 447 | 930 | ||
| D | 516 | 462 | 978 | ||
| D | 658 | 390 | 1,049 | ||
| D | 640 | 321 | 962 | ||
| D | 499 | 409 | 920 | ||
| R | 291 | 471 | 766 | ||
| R | 148 | 508 | 864 | ||
| R | 181 | 541 | 722 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
30.2%
German
8.6%
Irish
5.2%
American
4.8%
Scottish
4.7%
Italian
4.1%
Polish
1.8%
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: 38.5 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
$68,782
Caribou County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Caribou County$68,782
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Caribou County 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
9.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.3%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)6.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 7,300 residents spread across high desert and range land in southeastern Idaho, Caribou County recorded a 71.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-three points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-one points.
A population of 7,162, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,782 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Oneida County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Caribou County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Caribou County, Idaho voted Republican by 71.2 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,456 votes cast, 445 went Democratic and 2,906 went Republican.
What is Caribou County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Caribou County, Idaho 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 6 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Caribou County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Caribou County, Idaho voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Caribou County, Idaho?
Caribou County, Idaho has a population of 7,162 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Caribou County, Idaho?
Median household income in Caribou County, Idaho is $68,782 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Caribou County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Caribou County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.