Emery County, Utah: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+75%. Republican peak: R+75 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+75MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,0462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,2912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Coke County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Emery CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Emery County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1896 | +62.0% |
| 1900 | +9.0% |
| 1904 | −20.2% |
| 1908 | −17.4% |
| 1912 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | +21.3% |
| 1920 | −10.7% |
| 1924 | −2.8% |
| 1928 | −15.3% |
| 1932 | +17.6% |
| 1936 | +33.8% |
| 1940 | +30.7% |
| 1944 | +18.9% |
| 1948 | +13.6% |
| 1952 | −13.6% |
| 1956 | −28.1% |
| 1960 | −1.8% |
| 1964 | +13.0% |
| 1968 | −8.5% |
| 1972 | −35.2% |
| 1976 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | −38.5% |
| 1984 | −39.5% |
| 1988 | −12.9% |
| 1992 | −6.5% |
| 1996 | −16.1% |
| 2000 | −52.0% |
| 2004 | −63.1% |
| 2008 | −53.6% |
| 2012 | −72.1% |
| 2016 | −70.6% |
| 2020 | −74.2% |
| 2024 | −74.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 603 | 4,341 | 5,011 | ||
| R | 572 | 4,207 | 4,898 | ||
| R | 380 | 3,425 | 4,315 | ||
| R | 569 | 3,777 | 4,449 | ||
| R | 973 | 3,358 | 4,448 | ||
| R | 831 | 3,781 | 4,678 | ||
| R | 958 | 3,243 | 4,398 | ||
| R | 1,371 | 2,033 | 4,122 | ||
| R | 1,349 | 1,643 | 4,510 | ||
| R | 1,788 | 2,322 | 4,144 | ||
| R | 1,326 | 3,081 | 4,439 | ||
| R | 1,315 | 3,076 | 4,579 | ||
| D | 1,771 | 1,717 | 3,643 | ||
| R | 769 | 1,666 | 2,550 | ||
| R | 1,019 | 1,223 | 2,403 | ||
| D | 1,434 | 1,103 | 2,537 | ||
| R | 1,238 | 1,283 | 2,521 | ||
| R | 943 | 1,679 | 2,622 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 1,552 | 2,733 | ||
| D | 1,511 | 1,147 | 2,673 | ||
| D | 1,427 | 974 | 2,402 | ||
| D | 1,901 | 1,006 | 2,919 | ||
| D | 1,909 | 938 | 2,869 | ||
| D | 1,613 | 1,112 | 2,848 | ||
| R | 965 | 1,317 | 2,308 | ||
| R | 916 | 979 | 2,278 | ||
| R | 1,029 | 1,285 | 2,398 | ||
| D | 1,406 | 896 | 2,396 | ||
| O | 760 | 760 | 2,052 | ||
| R | 749 | 1,097 | 2,004 | ||
| R | 583 | 905 | 1,597 | ||
| D | 798 | 666 | 1,469 | ||
| D | 985 | 231 | 1,216 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
23.8%
Scottish
5.7%
German
4.7%
Irish
3.8%
Italian
3.7%
American
2.6%
French
0.5%
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: 38.9 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
$74,291
Emery County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Emery County$74,291
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Emery 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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.2%
Working age (18–64)9.1%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.6%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A sparsely populated plateau county where coal mining shaped both the economy and a political culture that has delivered Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-five points in 2024. The 2024 margin was seventy-five points.
A population of 10,046, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,291 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coke County and Erath County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Emery County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Emery County, Utah voted Republican by 74.6 points (R+75), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,011 votes cast, 603 went Democratic and 4,341 went Republican.
What is Emery County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Emery 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 10 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.
When did Emery County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Emery County, Utah voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Emery County, Utah?
Emery County, Utah has a population of 10,046 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Emery County, Utah?
Median household income in Emery County, Utah is $74,291 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Emery County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Emery County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.