Carbon County, Utah: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+44%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,5172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,3772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fisher County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Carbon CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Carbon County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +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% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,525 | 6,719 | 9,445 | ||
| R | 2,392 | 6,693 | 9,420 | ||
| R | 1,717 | 5,275 | 7,999 | ||
| R | 2,275 | 5,090 | 7,567 | ||
| R | 3,468 | 4,091 | 7,777 | ||
| R | 3,415 | 4,950 | 8,508 | ||
| R | 3,298 | 3,758 | 7,384 | ||
| D | 4,172 | 2,343 | 7,582 | ||
| D | 4,480 | 2,038 | 8,817 | ||
| D | 5,521 | 3,019 | 8,603 | ||
| R | 4,357 | 4,393 | 8,818 | ||
| R | 4,317 | 4,320 | 9,063 | ||
| D | 5,157 | 3,360 | 8,683 | ||
| R | 3,335 | 3,956 | 7,438 | ||
| D | 4,344 | 2,618 | 7,239 | ||
| D | 5,672 | 2,130 | 7,802 | ||
| D | 6,039 | 2,953 | 9,006 | ||
| R | 4,460 | 4,507 | 8,967 | ||
| D | 5,790 | 3,770 | 9,560 | ||
| D | 6,397 | 2,704 | 9,360 | ||
| D | 5,364 | 2,318 | 7,696 | ||
| D | 5,180 | 2,242 | 7,456 | ||
| D | 5,040 | 1,348 | 6,510 | ||
| D | 4,239 | 1,655 | 6,120 | ||
| D | 2,954 | 2,184 | 5,188 | ||
| R | 1,528 | 1,878 | 4,996 | ||
| R | 1,559 | 1,675 | 3,560 | ||
| D | 1,478 | 1,301 | 2,931 | ||
| O | 514 | 771 | 2,177 | ||
| R | 581 | 1,023 | 1,710 | ||
| R | 508 | 1,224 | 1,872 | ||
| R | 621 | 748 | 1,385 | ||
| D | 663 | 85 | 748 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
23.7%
German
8.1%
Irish
6.8%
Italian
6.1%
American
4.0%
Scottish
3.4%
French
1.8%
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: 38.6 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
$58,377
Carbon County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Carbon County$58,377
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Carbon 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
17.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.9%
Working age (18–64)15.6%
Seniors (65+)13.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.0%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.3%
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 38.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Republican margin here reached forty-six points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-four points.
A population of 20,517, a 88% 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 Fisher County and Union County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Carbon County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Carbon County, Utah voted Republican by 44.4 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,445 votes cast, 2,525 went Democratic and 6,719 went Republican.
What is Carbon County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Carbon County, Utah in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Carbon County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Carbon County, Utah voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Carbon County, Utah?
Carbon County, Utah has a population of 20,517 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carbon County, Utah?
Median household income in Carbon County, Utah is $58,377 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Carbon County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Carbon County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.