Carbon County, Utah
Precinct data
Results by precinct
20 precincts · 9,438 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -3737 | 165 | 524 | 32 | 721 | 22.9% | 72.7% | R+49.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -2222 | 94 | 576 | 13 | 683 | 13.8% | 84.3% | R+70.6 |
| Precinct -3838 | 152 | 509 | 12 | 673 | 22.6% | 75.6% | R+53.0 |
| Precinct -1919 | 138 | 514 | 15 | 667 | 20.7% | 77.1% | R+56.4 |
| Precinct -2020 | 188 | 407 | 19 | 614 | 30.6% | 66.3% | R+35.7 |
| Precinct -3939 | 144 | 452 | 10 | 606 | 23.8% | 74.6% | R+50.8 |
| Precinct -3030 | 170 | 415 | 9 | 594 | 28.6% | 69.9% | R+41.2 |
| Precinct -1717 | 173 | 389 | 11 | 573 | 30.2% | 67.9% | R+37.7 |
| Precinct -2121 | 227 | 336 | 5 | 568 | 40.0% | 59.2% | R+19.2 |
| Precinct -1616 | 168 | 379 | 8 | 555 | 30.3% | 68.3% | R+38.0 |
| Precinct -3636 | 103 | 389 | 11 | 503 | 20.5% | 77.3% | R+56.9 |
| Precinct -3434 | 116 | 371 | 11 | 498 | 23.3% | 74.5% | R+51.2 |
| Precinct -3232 | 159 | 311 | 14 | 484 | 32.9% | 64.3% | R+31.4 |
| Precinct -77 | 185 | 268 | 10 | 463 | 40.0% | 57.9% | R+17.9 |
| Precinct -3333 | 116 | 288 | 6 | 410 | 28.3% | 70.2% | R+42.0 |
| Precinct -3131 | 103 | 205 | 7 | 315 | 32.7% | 65.1% | R+32.4 |
| Precinct -2727 | 67 | 184 | 4 | 255 | 26.3% | 72.2% | R+45.9 |
| Precinct -4040 | 36 | 156 | 3 | 195 | 18.5% | 80.0% | R+61.5 |
| Precinct -33 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 38.7% | 61.3% | R+22.6 |
| Precinct -22 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 20.0% | 76.7% | R+56.7 |
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1896 | +77.3% |
| 1900 | −9.2% |
| 1904 | −38.2% |
| 1908 | −25.8% |
| 1912 | −11.8% |
| 1916 | +6.0% |
| 1920 | −3.3% |
| 1924 | −7.0% |
| 1928 | +14.8% |
| 1932 | +42.2% |
| 1936 | +56.7% |
| 1940 | +39.4% |
| 1944 | +39.6% |
| 1948 | +39.5% |
| 1952 | +21.1% |
| 1956 | −0.5% |
| 1960 | +34.3% |
| 1964 | +45.4% |
| 1968 | +23.8% |
| 1972 | −8.3% |
| 1976 | +20.7% |
| 1980 | −0.0% |
| 1984 | −0.4% |
| 1988 | +29.1% |
| 1992 | +27.7% |
| 1996 | +24.1% |
| 2000 | −6.2% |
| 2004 | −18.0% |
| 2008 | −8.0% |
| 2012 | −37.2% |
| 2016 | −44.5% |
| 2020 | −45.7% |
| 2024 | −44.4% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.8 points more Democratic.
10,973 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+142 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,075 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,751 in average income, against $67,079 for residents who stayed — 30% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+26.7 on average — 18 points more Democratic-leaning than Carbon County, UT itself (R+44.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Salt Lake County, UT89D+10.2
- Utah County, UT64R+39.8
- Emery County, UT52R+74.6
- Davis County, UT21R+24.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Utah County, UT67
- Salt Lake County, UT55
- Emery County, UT48
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −215 |
| 2012 | −232 |
| 2013 | −424 |
| 2014 | −334 |
| 2015 | −298 |
| 2016 | −96 |
| 2017 | −189 |
| 2018 | +57 |
| 2019 | +180 |
| 2021 | −94 |
| 2022 | +237 |
| 2023 | +148 |
| 2024 | +43 |
| 2025 | +142 |
Carbon County's economy was built on coal mining, and that heritage tracks closely with its voting patterns — the county swung to Republicans by 44 points in 2024, among the widest margins in a state already tilted heavily right.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 45.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.4 points.
A population of 20,517, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,377 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sweetwater County and Tooele County.
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Carbon County, Utah. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/49007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.