Lincoln County, Idaho: New American county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,3582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,4532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gooding County, ID · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln 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 | −36.6% |
| 1896 | +60.8% |
| 1900 | −2.7% |
| 1904 | −42.2% |
| 1908 | −20.9% |
| 1912 | +6.9% |
| 1916 | −1.6% |
| 1920 | −27.7% |
| 1924 | −42.3% |
| 1928 | −41.3% |
| 1932 | +11.2% |
| 1936 | +8.7% |
| 1940 | −6.5% |
| 1944 | −8.7% |
| 1948 | −6.4% |
| 1952 | −42.2% |
| 1956 | −23.7% |
| 1960 | −10.7% |
| 1964 | −22.2% |
| 1968 | −40.3% |
| 1972 | −53.6% |
| 1976 | −18.7% |
| 1980 | −44.4% |
| 1984 | −51.1% |
| 1988 | −22.6% |
| 1992 | −8.4% |
| 1996 | −17.0% |
| 2000 | −38.9% |
| 2004 | −49.1% |
| 2008 | −36.7% |
| 2012 | −40.4% |
| 2016 | −47.1% |
| 2020 | −54.4% |
| 2024 | −56.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 392 | 1,466 | 1,917 | ||
| R | 414 | 1,469 | 1,941 | ||
| R | 360 | 1,184 | 1,748 | ||
| R | 469 | 1,141 | 1,662 | ||
| R | 545 | 1,232 | 1,870 | ||
| R | 466 | 1,388 | 1,876 | ||
| R | 437 | 1,049 | 1,574 | ||
| R | 478 | 744 | 1,562 | ||
| R | 514 | 656 | 1,699 | ||
| R | 574 | 918 | 1,525 | ||
| R | 386 | 1,211 | 1,615 | ||
| R | 462 | 1,294 | 1,872 | ||
| R | 615 | 909 | 1,574 | ||
| R | 313 | 1,120 | 1,506 | ||
| R | 350 | 972 | 1,545 | ||
| R | 617 | 969 | 1,586 | ||
| R | 783 | 970 | 1,753 | ||
| R | 660 | 1,069 | 1,729 | ||
| R | 562 | 1,383 | 1,945 | ||
| R | 748 | 851 | 1,617 | ||
| R | 784 | 934 | 1,720 | ||
| R | 886 | 1,009 | 1,902 | ||
| D | 916 | 766 | 1,721 | ||
| D | 869 | 691 | 1,588 | ||
| R | 358 | 865 | 1,227 | ||
| R | 154 | 692 | 1,273 | ||
| R | 427 | 755 | 1,182 | ||
| R | 1,084 | 1,121 | 2,307 | ||
| O | 1,541 | 1,191 | 5,087 | ||
| R | 805 | 1,310 | 2,413 | ||
| R | 262 | 688 | 1,009 | ||
| R | 355 | 375 | 740 | ||
| D | 305 | 74 | 380 | ||
| O | 1 | 306 | 834 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.1%
American
9.9%
German
7.3%
Irish
5.4%
Scottish
3.4%
French
1.2%
Italian
0.7%
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: 37.2 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
$71,453
Lincoln County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lincoln County$71,453
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Lincoln 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
10.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.9%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.2%
speak English only
Spanish27.4%
Other languages0.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With just over 4,000 residents spread across the Snake River Plain, Lincoln County has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the lightly populated agricultural interior's consistent rightward lean.
Lincoln County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-one points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved two points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,453, and a population of 5,358. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gooding County and Lassen County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Idaho voted Republican by 56.0 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,917 votes cast, 392 went Democratic and 1,466 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln County, Idaho in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 3 times, Republican 29 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lincoln County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Idaho voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Idaho?
Lincoln County, Idaho has a population of 5,358 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Idaho?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Idaho is $71,453 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.