Clearwater County, Idaho: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+63%. Republican peak: R+63 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,0122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,0002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lewis County, ID · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Clearwater CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Clearwater County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | −9.1% |
| 1920 | −32.5% |
| 1924 | −31.3% |
| 1928 | −16.5% |
| 1932 | +34.4% |
| 1936 | +39.2% |
| 1940 | +33.7% |
| 1944 | +33.5% |
| 1948 | +29.5% |
| 1952 | +10.0% |
| 1956 | +14.6% |
| 1960 | +33.7% |
| 1964 | +52.3% |
| 1968 | +15.9% |
| 1972 | −5.7% |
| 1976 | +8.5% |
| 1980 | −11.1% |
| 1984 | −14.8% |
| 1988 | +5.6% |
| 1992 | +7.5% |
| 1996 | −3.9% |
| 2000 | −52.5% |
| 2004 | −42.7% |
| 2008 | −34.8% |
| 2012 | −40.8% |
| 2016 | −56.5% |
| 2020 | −58.3% |
| 2024 | −62.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 774 | 3,550 | 4,418 | ||
| R | 877 | 3,453 | 4,419 | ||
| R | 704 | 2,852 | 3,801 | ||
| R | 1,032 | 2,541 | 3,696 | ||
| R | 1,211 | 2,569 | 3,906 | ||
| R | 1,117 | 2,839 | 4,034 | ||
| R | 841 | 2,885 | 3,896 | ||
| R | 1,507 | 1,658 | 3,883 | ||
| D | 1,433 | 1,152 | 3,732 | ||
| D | 1,861 | 1,659 | 3,617 | ||
| R | 1,608 | 2,176 | 3,848 | ||
| R | 1,699 | 2,178 | 4,314 | ||
| D | 1,752 | 1,469 | 3,338 | ||
| R | 1,412 | 1,590 | 3,138 | ||
| D | 1,838 | 1,287 | 3,468 | ||
| D | 2,446 | 767 | 3,213 | ||
| D | 2,407 | 1,193 | 3,600 | ||
| D | 2,024 | 1,508 | 3,532 | ||
| D | 1,826 | 1,494 | 3,327 | ||
| D | 1,571 | 820 | 2,549 | ||
| D | 1,744 | 865 | 2,626 | ||
| D | 2,284 | 1,128 | 3,429 | ||
| D | 1,959 | 812 | 2,926 | ||
| D | 1,699 | 822 | 2,553 | ||
| R | 852 | 1,195 | 2,074 | ||
| R | 322 | 946 | 1,993 | ||
| R | 482 | 947 | 1,430 | ||
| R | 678 | 839 | 1,771 | ||
| O | 549 | 373 | 1,573 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.6%
English
12.6%
Irish
11.2%
American
4.5%
Italian
3.9%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.3%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 52.2 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
$60,000
Clearwater County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Clearwater County$60,000
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Clearwater 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
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)16.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Other Indo-European0.6%
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 67.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clearwater County's timber-economy roots and sparse, rural population have made it one of Idaho's most consistently one-sided presidential counties, with the 2024 margin exceeding 60 points.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-three points.
A median household income of $60,000, a 13% poverty rate, and a 89% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewis County and Benewah County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Clearwater County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clearwater County, Idaho voted Republican by 62.8 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,418 votes cast, 774 went Democratic and 3,550 went Republican.
What is Clearwater County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Clearwater 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 13 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Clearwater County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Clearwater County, Idaho voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Clearwater County, Idaho?
Clearwater County, Idaho has a population of 9,012 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clearwater County, Idaho?
Median household income in Clearwater County, Idaho is $60,000 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Clearwater County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clearwater County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.