Davis County, Utah: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1980.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 370,9242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $110,8842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cache County, UT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Davis CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Davis 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 | +59.1% |
| 1900 | +5.4% |
| 1904 | −13.6% |
| 1908 | −13.0% |
| 1912 | −5.2% |
| 1916 | +12.9% |
| 1920 | −20.2% |
| 1924 | −18.6% |
| 1928 | −4.4% |
| 1932 | +7.9% |
| 1936 | +36.0% |
| 1940 | +15.3% |
| 1944 | +17.1% |
| 1948 | +13.1% |
| 1952 | −20.7% |
| 1956 | −33.4% |
| 1960 | −14.7% |
| 1964 | −1.0% |
| 1968 | −29.4% |
| 1972 | −53.2% |
| 1976 | −36.4% |
| 1980 | −63.3% |
| 1984 | −61.4% |
| 1988 | −49.1% |
| 1992 | −29.7% |
| 1996 | −33.1% |
| 2000 | −51.8% |
| 2004 | −59.8% |
| 2008 | −42.3% |
| 2012 | −61.9% |
| 2016 | −23.8% |
| 2020 | −26.9% |
| 2024 | −24.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 59,895 | 101,293 | 166,570 | ||
| R | 57,411 | 104,135 | 173,434 | ||
| R | 28,776 | 62,219 | 140,288 | ||
| R | 21,889 | 96,861 | 121,069 | ||
| R | 30,477 | 77,341 | 110,902 | ||
| R | 20,893 | 86,187 | 109,268 | ||
| R | 18,845 | 64,375 | 87,855 | ||
| R | 19,301 | 42,768 | 70,981 | ||
| R | 14,924 | 39,087 | 81,350 | ||
| R | 16,868 | 50,469 | 68,384 | ||
| R | 11,727 | 49,863 | 62,102 | ||
| R | 9,065 | 45,695 | 57,859 | ||
| R | 14,084 | 31,216 | 47,097 | ||
| R | 7,954 | 29,706 | 40,911 | ||
| R | 10,624 | 20,658 | 34,087 | ||
| R | 14,177 | 14,477 | 28,654 | ||
| R | 10,244 | 13,782 | 24,034 | ||
| R | 6,050 | 12,122 | 18,172 | ||
| R | 5,960 | 9,067 | 15,027 | ||
| D | 6,147 | 4,718 | 10,936 | ||
| D | 5,179 | 3,663 | 8,851 | ||
| D | 3,865 | 2,836 | 6,707 | ||
| D | 3,920 | 1,841 | 5,782 | ||
| D | 3,006 | 2,562 | 5,618 | ||
| R | 2,296 | 2,508 | 4,818 | ||
| R | 1,507 | 2,265 | 4,080 | ||
| R | 1,632 | 2,463 | 4,122 | ||
| D | 2,131 | 1,641 | 3,800 | ||
| R | 1,142 | 1,295 | 2,919 | ||
| R | 1,331 | 1,736 | 3,106 | ||
| R | 1,255 | 1,657 | 2,949 | ||
| D | 1,380 | 1,238 | 2,633 | ||
| D | 1,753 | 450 | 2,203 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
32.2%
German
10.5%
Irish
6.1%
Scottish
4.2%
American
3.7%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.4%
African American
1.0%
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: 32.5 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
$110,884
Davis County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Davis County$110,884
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Davis County ranks in the top 0.5% 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
6.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.9%
Working age (18–64)5.6%
Seniors (65+)8.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.2%
speak English only
Spanish7.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Davis County's large active-duty and veteran population ties its economy tightly to Hill AFB, reinforcing the conservative lean that has held the county at R+20 or better in every recent presidential cycle.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-three points in 1980 at its widest — Davis County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A median household income of $110,884 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 370,924 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cache County and Utah County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Davis County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Davis County, Utah voted Republican by 24.9 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 166,570 votes cast, 59,895 went Democratic and 101,293 went Republican.
What is Davis County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Davis County, Utah in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Davis County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Davis County, Utah voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Davis County, Utah?
Davis County, Utah has a population of 370,924 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Davis County, Utah?
Median household income in Davis County, Utah is $110,884 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Davis County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Davis County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.