Sandoval County, New Mexico: New American county. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+51 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 153,6042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,6362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+19 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Peoria County, IL · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sandoval CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sandoval 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | −9.2% |
| 1916 | +9.1% |
| 1920 | −14.9% |
| 1924 | −18.1% |
| 1928 | −18.9% |
| 1932 | +7.3% |
| 1936 | +7.5% |
| 1940 | +1.7% |
| 1944 | −3.0% |
| 1948 | +5.0% |
| 1952 | −4.3% |
| 1956 | −11.4% |
| 1960 | +29.7% |
| 1964 | +51.0% |
| 1968 | +13.7% |
| 1972 | −3.1% |
| 1976 | +10.4% |
| 1980 | −16.1% |
| 1984 | −11.8% |
| 1988 | −0.4% |
| 1992 | +10.4% |
| 1996 | +7.8% |
| 2000 | −1.7% |
| 2004 | −2.7% |
| 2008 | +12.8% |
| 2012 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | +8.4% |
| 2024 | +5.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 41,205 | 36,605 | 79,540 | ||
| D | 40,588 | 34,174 | 76,562 | ||
| D | 27,707 | 25,905 | 61,690 | ||
| D | 27,236 | 24,387 | 54,078 | ||
| D | 32,669 | 25,193 | 58,630 | ||
| R | 21,421 | 22,628 | 44,541 | ||
| R | 14,899 | 15,423 | 31,755 | ||
| D | 13,081 | 11,015 | 26,448 | ||
| D | 10,951 | 8,491 | 23,574 | ||
| R | 9,332 | 9,411 | 19,011 | ||
| R | 7,080 | 9,005 | 16,246 | ||
| R | 4,740 | 6,762 | 12,582 | ||
| D | 5,072 | 4,110 | 9,269 | ||
| R | 3,293 | 3,507 | 6,979 | ||
| D | 2,609 | 1,959 | 4,728 | ||
| D | 3,332 | 1,077 | 4,420 | ||
| D | 2,672 | 1,447 | 4,119 | ||
| R | 1,574 | 1,979 | 3,554 | ||
| R | 1,647 | 1,795 | 3,448 | ||
| D | 1,851 | 1,675 | 3,539 | ||
| R | 1,354 | 1,439 | 2,795 | ||
| D | 2,060 | 1,990 | 4,051 | ||
| D | 2,094 | 1,800 | 3,898 | ||
| D | 1,808 | 1,562 | 3,378 | ||
| R | 1,159 | 1,700 | 2,860 | ||
| R | 1,096 | 1,587 | 2,712 | ||
| R | 884 | 1,194 | 2,078 | ||
| D | 734 | 611 | 1,345 | ||
| O | 126 | 211 | 920 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.2%
English
10.0%
Irish
8.4%
Italian
4.1%
American
3.0%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.1%
African American
1.8%
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: 41.3 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
$86,636
Sandoval County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Sandoval County$86,636
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Sandoval County ranks in the top 10% 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
10.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.4%
speak English only
Spanish14.1%
Other languages7.9%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sandoval County sits northwest of Albuquerque and has urbanized rapidly, with population growth pulling its presidential margins from double-digit Democratic leads toward single digits over the past decade.
Sandoval County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-one points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved three 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 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,636, and a population of 153,604. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Peoria County and Boone County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sandoval County, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sandoval County, New Mexico voted Democratic by 5.8 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 79,540 votes cast, 41,205 went Democratic and 36,605 went Republican.
What is Sandoval County, New Mexico's political typology?
Akashic places Sandoval County, New Mexico 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 16 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Sandoval County, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandoval County, New Mexico voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Sandoval County, New Mexico?
Sandoval County, New Mexico has a population of 153,604 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandoval County, New Mexico?
Median household income in Sandoval County, New Mexico is $86,636 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Sandoval County, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sandoval County, New Mexico from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.