Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGarfield CountyUtahUnited States
English32.7%28.2%9.5%
Irish5.5%6.1%9.4%
German5.4%10.0%12.5%
American5.2%3.9%5.3%
Scottish3.4%3.9%1.3%
Norwegian3.1%——
Danish2.5%3.9%—
Italian2.3%2.5%4.8%
Mexican3.6%10.7%11.3%
Cuban2.0%—0.7%
Puerto Rican1.2%0.4%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Garfield County
Utah
United States
Median age
40.7
32.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
11.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.4%
11.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Garfield County
Utah
United States
Median household income
$61,875
$95,166
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.8%
8.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.3%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Garfield County
Utah
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.5%
15.9%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
10.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Garfield County
Utah
United States
Catholic
6.0%
6.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
0.7%
2.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
2.7%
26.8%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
90.6%
62.2%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Garfield County, Utah
Precinct data
Results by precinct
11 precincts · 2,809 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Garfield County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PA7PA7
68
575
10
653
10.4%
88.1%
R+77.6
Precinct -PA8PA8
78
470
5
553
14.1%
85.0%
R+70.9
Precinct -ES4ES4
150
324
14
488
30.7%
66.4%
R+35.7
Precinct -TR10TR10
34
258
2
294
11.6%
87.8%
R+76.2
Precinct -BO2BO2
130
83
19
232
56.0%
35.8%
D+20.3
Precinct -HA5HA5
38
185
1
224
17.0%
82.6%
R+65.6
Precinct -HE6HE6
23
107
5
135
17.0%
79.3%
R+62.2
Precinct -CA3CA3
3
87
3
93
3.2%
93.5%
R+90.3
Precinct -AN1AN1
6
61
0
67
9.0%
91.0%
R+82.1
Precinct -BR11BR11
8
40
0
48
16.7%
83.3%
R+66.7
Precinct -TI9TI9
3
19
0
22
13.6%
86.4%
R+72.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1896
+42.4%
1900
−24.3%
1904
−44.1%
1908
−41.0%
1912
−39.4%
1916
+23.8%
1920
−44.0%
1924
−43.5%
1928
−51.6%
1932
−38.4%
1936
+4.9%
1940
−11.7%
1944
−20.2%
1948
−18.0%
1952
−38.1%
1956
−51.9%
1960
−39.4%
1964
−11.0%
1968
−48.4%
1972
−65.4%
1976
−35.1%
1980
−59.7%
1984
−66.9%
1988
−59.3%
1992
−46.7%
1996
−56.7%
2000
−78.3%
2004
−73.3%
2008
−60.4%
2012
−69.8%
2016
−52.8%
2020
−60.2%
2024
−59.4%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
19.2%Harris541
78.7%Trump2,211
0.6%Skousen18 +5
R+59.4
D+0.8
R+57.9
2,811
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican78.7%2,211
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.2%541
Joel SkousenIndependent0.6%18
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%17
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%15
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.2%5
Lucifer "justin Case" EveryloveNonpartisan0.1%3
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%1
R
18.8%Biden514
79.0%Trump2,158
1.4%Jorgensen37
R+60.2
R+7.4
R+64.6
2,732
R
15.2%Clinton358
68.0%Trump1,606
12.1%McMullin286
R+52.8
D+17.0
R+54.9
2,363
R
14.1%Obama308
84.0%Romney1,832
1.9%
R+69.8
R+9.4
R+73.7
2,182
R
18.8%Obama405
79.2%McCain1,710
2.0%
R+60.4
D+12.8
R+67.7
2,159
R
12.2%Kerry264
85.5%Bush1,848
2.3%
R+73.3
D+5.0
R+70.8
2,162
R
9.0%Gore178
87.3%Bush1,719
2.2%Nader43
R+78.3
R+21.6
R+78.8
1,968
R
15.3%Clinton283
72.0%Dole1,330
12.0%Perot222
R+56.7
R+10.0
R+65.2
1,847
R
15.6%Clinton309
62.3%Bush1,235
17.9%Perot355
R+46.7
D+12.6
R+52.3
1,983
R
19.9%Dukakis370
79.2%Bush1,470
0.8%
R+59.3
D+7.6
R+51.6
1,855
R
16.3%Mondale315
83.2%Reagan1,609
0.6%
R+66.9
R+7.2
R+48.7
1,935
R
18.6%Carter375
78.3%Reagan1,578
3.1%
R+59.7
R+24.6
R+50.0
2,015
R
30.3%Carter539
65.5%Ford1,163
4.2%
R+35.1
D+30.2
R+37.2
1,776
R
15.1%McGovern242
80.5%Nixon1,290
4.4%
R+65.4
R+17.0
R+42.2
1,603
R
21.1%Humphrey314
69.5%Nixon1,033
9.4%
R+48.4
R+37.3
R+47.7
1,487
R
44.5%Johnson658
55.5%Goldwater821
0.0%
R+11.0
D+28.4
R+33.6
1,479
R
30.3%Kennedy471
69.7%Nixon1,083
0.0%
R+39.4
D+12.5
R+39.5
1,554
R
24.0%Stevenson353
76.0%Eisenhower1,115
0.0%
R+51.9
R+13.8
R+36.5
1,468
R
30.9%Stevenson477
69.1%Eisenhower1,065
0.0%
R+38.1
R+20.1
R+27.4
1,542
R
41.0%Truman642
59.0%Dewey924
0.1%
R+18.0
D+2.2
R+22.5
1,567
R
39.9%Roosevelt559
60.1%Dewey842
0.1%
R+20.2
R+8.5
R+27.7
1,402
R
44.1%Roosevelt814
55.9%Willkie1,030
0.0%
R+11.7
R+16.6
R+21.7
1,844
D
52.4%Roosevelt928
47.5%Landon842
0.1%
D+4.9
D+43.3
R+19.4
1,772
R
30.0%Roosevelt493
68.4%Hoover1,125
1.6%
R+38.4
D+13.2
R+56.2
1,644
R
24.0%Smith325
75.6%Hoover1,024
0.4%
R+51.6
R+8.1
R+34.2
1,354
R
26.0%Davis308
69.6%Coolidge823
4.4%La Follette52
R+43.5
D+0.5
R+18.4
1,183
R
27.5%Cox393
71.5%Harding1,023
1.0%
R+44.0
R+67.8
R+17.8
1,431
D
61.3%Wilson843
37.5%Hughes516
1.2%
D+23.8
D+63.2
D+20.6
1,376
R
23.2%Wilson249
62.6%Taft673
14.2%
R+39.4
D+1.5
R+59.0
1,075
R
27.5%Bryan290
68.5%Taft722
4.0%
R+41.0
D+3.1
R+31.4
1,054
R
26.0%Parker252
70.1%Roosevelt679
3.8%
R+44.1
R+19.8
R+24.4
968
R
37.8%Bryan395
62.2%McKinley649
0.0%
R+24.3
R+66.7
R+16.8
1,044
D
71.2%Bryan615
28.8%McKinley249
0.0%
D+42.4
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
16.8%463
77.9%2,147
2,755
2022
R
0.0%0
75.3%1,795
2,385
2018
R
18.1%388
76.0%1,626
2,140
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+67.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+59.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 8.2 points more Republican.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−69 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −154 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $62,955 in average income, against $95,447 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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.
Domestic migration in Garfield County, UT in Garfield County, UT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−57
2012
−107
2013
−59
2014
−41
2015
−63
2016
−20
2017
+41
2018
−23
2019
+33
2021
+40
2022
+132
2023
+59
2024
−20
2025
−69
Garfield County stretches across a vast slice of Utah's canyon country, including much of Grand Staircase-Escalante, and its sparse, rural electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 55 points in every cycle this decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 78.3 points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.4 points.
A population of 5,219, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,875 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rich County and Fremont County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Garfield County, Utah voted Republican by 59.4 points (R+59.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,811 votes cast, 541 went Democratic and 2,211 went Republican.
When did Garfield County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Garfield County, Utah voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Garfield County, Utah?
Garfield County, Utah has a population of 5,219 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Garfield County, Utah?
Median household income in Garfield County, Utah is $61,875 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Garfield County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Garfield County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
