Shoshone County, Idaho: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,7852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,5272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Marion County, KY · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Shoshone CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Shoshone 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 | −49.0% |
| 1896 | +55.9% |
| 1900 | +11.4% |
| 1904 | −46.2% |
| 1908 | −19.4% |
| 1912 | +4.6% |
| 1916 | +25.2% |
| 1920 | −28.5% |
| 1924 | −37.0% |
| 1928 | −19.9% |
| 1932 | +19.7% |
| 1936 | +42.6% |
| 1940 | +29.9% |
| 1944 | +25.1% |
| 1948 | +15.4% |
| 1952 | −4.4% |
| 1956 | −1.7% |
| 1960 | +18.6% |
| 1964 | +28.6% |
| 1968 | +10.1% |
| 1972 | −11.8% |
| 1976 | −5.1% |
| 1980 | −11.6% |
| 1984 | −2.0% |
| 1988 | +22.3% |
| 1992 | +26.6% |
| 1996 | +23.4% |
| 2000 | −12.1% |
| 2004 | −11.1% |
| 2008 | −7.6% |
| 2012 | −8.2% |
| 2016 | −37.4% |
| 2020 | −41.7% |
| 2024 | −49.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,472 | 4,500 | 6,132 | ||
| R | 1,693 | 4,216 | 6,049 | ||
| R | 1,384 | 3,297 | 5,120 | ||
| R | 2,277 | 2,699 | 5,148 | ||
| R | 2,521 | 2,953 | 5,666 | ||
| R | 2,331 | 2,922 | 5,337 | ||
| R | 2,225 | 2,879 | 5,385 | ||
| D | 2,981 | 1,588 | 5,954 | ||
| D | 3,182 | 1,441 | 6,548 | ||
| D | 3,379 | 2,134 | 5,586 | ||
| R | 3,033 | 3,156 | 6,284 | ||
| R | 3,102 | 3,994 | 7,675 | ||
| R | 3,216 | 3,570 | 6,909 | ||
| R | 3,020 | 3,868 | 7,207 | ||
| D | 3,850 | 3,080 | 7,587 | ||
| D | 5,194 | 2,884 | 8,078 | ||
| D | 5,001 | 3,432 | 8,433 | ||
| R | 4,448 | 4,598 | 9,046 | ||
| R | 4,684 | 5,119 | 9,862 | ||
| D | 4,472 | 3,200 | 8,261 | ||
| D | 5,290 | 3,162 | 8,463 | ||
| D | 6,565 | 3,525 | 10,172 | ||
| D | 5,377 | 2,146 | 7,582 | ||
| D | 4,347 | 2,902 | 7,349 | ||
| R | 2,430 | 3,648 | 6,117 | ||
| R | 835 | 3,034 | 5,947 | ||
| R | 1,733 | 3,112 | 4,845 | ||
| D | 4,239 | 2,431 | 7,171 | ||
| O | 1,634 | 1,399 | 5,054 | ||
| R | 2,109 | 3,256 | 5,912 | ||
| R | 1,116 | 3,695 | 5,588 | ||
| D | 2,994 | 2,378 | 5,407 | ||
| D | 1,760 | 497 | 2,261 | ||
| O | 0 | 936 | 1,912 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.7%
English
18.0%
Irish
13.3%
American
5.1%
Italian
3.9%
Scottish
3.1%
French
3.0%
African American
0.8%
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: 44.8 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
$55,527
Shoshone County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Shoshone County$55,527
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Shoshone 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
13.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.7%
Working age (18–64)12.9%
Seniors (65+)7.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 82.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Shoshone County anchored Idaho's historic silver-mining boom along the Coeur d'Alene belt, and its working-class industrial past makes it a rare inland Northwest county with a Democratic labor tradition — though recent cycles show that legacy fading fast.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-six points in 1896 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by twelve points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $55,527 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 13% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and Reynolds County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Shoshone County, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shoshone County, Idaho voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,132 votes cast, 1,472 went Democratic and 4,500 went Republican.
What is Shoshone County, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Shoshone County, Idaho in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 Shoshone County, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shoshone County, Idaho voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Shoshone County, Idaho?
Shoshone County, Idaho has a population of 13,785 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shoshone County, Idaho?
Median household income in Shoshone County, Idaho is $55,527 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Shoshone County, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Shoshone County, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.