Latah County, Idaho: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+8%. Republican peak: R+50 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 41,0492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,4242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Scotland County, NC · similarity 0.86
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Latah CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Latah County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −45.5% |
| 1896 | +28.5% |
| 1900 | −0.2% |
| 1904 | −50.1% |
| 1908 | −23.5% |
| 1912 | +11.6% |
| 1916 | +0.6% |
| 1920 | −42.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −44.8% |
| 1932 | +7.0% |
| 1936 | +20.4% |
| 1940 | +6.2% |
| 1944 | −0.2% |
| 1948 | +0.1% |
| 1952 | −25.1% |
| 1956 | −15.4% |
| 1960 | −1.6% |
| 1964 | +20.3% |
| 1968 | −10.1% |
| 1972 | −13.7% |
| 1976 | −12.3% |
| 1980 | −13.0% |
| 1984 | −15.8% |
| 1988 | +1.3% |
| 1992 | +11.5% |
| 1996 | +8.8% |
| 2000 | −16.3% |
| 2004 | −1.5% |
| 2008 | +6.8% |
| 2012 | +4.3% |
| 2016 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | −8.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 9,039 | 10,669 | 20,440 | ||
| D | 10,236 | 9,472 | 20,570 | ||
| D | 8,093 | 7,265 | 18,156 | ||
| D | 8,306 | 7,589 | 16,759 | ||
| D | 9,195 | 7,988 | 17,714 | ||
| R | 8,430 | 8,686 | 17,553 | ||
| R | 5,661 | 8,161 | 15,311 | ||
| D | 7,741 | 6,311 | 16,290 | ||
| D | 7,233 | 5,353 | 16,330 | ||
| D | 6,544 | 6,367 | 13,136 | ||
| R | 5,571 | 7,709 | 13,500 | ||
| R | 5,037 | 6,967 | 14,892 | ||
| R | 5,314 | 6,846 | 12,470 | ||
| R | 4,548 | 6,043 | 10,918 | ||
| R | 3,782 | 4,708 | 9,126 | ||
| D | 5,249 | 3,475 | 8,724 | ||
| R | 4,636 | 4,789 | 9,425 | ||
| R | 3,682 | 5,024 | 8,706 | ||
| R | 3,254 | 5,440 | 8,702 | ||
| D | 3,810 | 3,805 | 7,889 | ||
| R | 3,514 | 3,526 | 7,083 | ||
| D | 4,494 | 3,971 | 8,500 | ||
| D | 4,359 | 2,838 | 7,458 | ||
| D | 3,554 | 3,079 | 6,751 | ||
| R | 1,681 | 4,472 | 6,225 | ||
| R | 838 | 3,053 | 5,840 | ||
| R | 1,568 | 3,855 | 5,423 | ||
| D | 2,811 | 2,777 | 6,172 | ||
| O | 1,507 | 904 | 5,220 | ||
| R | 1,802 | 3,101 | 5,526 | ||
| R | 940 | 3,276 | 4,667 | ||
| R | 2,004 | 2,013 | 4,237 | ||
| D | 1,870 | 1,036 | 2,922 | ||
| O | 0 | 1,242 | 2,732 | ||
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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
15.7%
Irish
12.0%
American
3.8%
Italian
3.5%
Scottish
3.3%
French
2.3%
African American
0.8%
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: 30.6 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
$65,424
Latah County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Latah County$65,424
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Latah 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
17.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.1%
Working age (18–64)19.7%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Latah County hosts the University of Idaho in Moscow, giving it a college-town demographic profile unusual for rural Idaho — yet the 2024 presidential margin landed at R+8, reflecting a broader rural realignment that has eroded onetime Democratic competitiveness here.
The Democratic margin here reached twenty-nine points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved twelve points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eight points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $65,424 and a 18% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scotland County and Pasquotank County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Latah County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Latah County, Idaho voted Republican by 8.0 points (R+8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,440 votes cast, 9,039 went Democratic and 10,669 went Republican.
What is Latah County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Latah County, Idaho in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 14 times, Republican 18 times, and other 2 times.
When did Latah County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Latah County, Idaho voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Latah County, Idaho?
Latah County, Idaho has a population of 41,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Latah County, Idaho?
Median household income in Latah County, Idaho is $65,424 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Latah County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Latah County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.