Grand County, Utah: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,7542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,1062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Leelanau County, MI · similarity 0.93
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Grand CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Grand County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +80.8% |
| 1900 | +6.7% |
| 1904 | −21.2% |
| 1908 | −3.6% |
| 1912 | +3.7% |
| 1916 | +17.3% |
| 1920 | −4.7% |
| 1924 | −6.0% |
| 1928 | −5.6% |
| 1932 | +28.3% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +1.6% |
| 1944 | −5.9% |
| 1948 | −2.2% |
| 1952 | −44.5% |
| 1956 | −52.2% |
| 1960 | −16.8% |
| 1964 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | −30.9% |
| 1972 | −50.2% |
| 1976 | −29.8% |
| 1980 | −49.5% |
| 1984 | −47.1% |
| 1988 | −18.7% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | −5.7% |
| 2000 | −18.4% |
| 2004 | −6.5% |
| 2008 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | −6.8% |
| 2016 | −0.3% |
| 2020 | +10.7% |
| 2024 | +9.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,828 | 2,327 | 5,300 | ||
| D | 2,806 | 2,248 | 5,205 | ||
| R | 1,960 | 1,975 | 4,601 | ||
| R | 1,727 | 1,996 | 3,950 | ||
| D | 2,067 | 1,871 | 4,077 | ||
| R | 1,858 | 2,130 | 4,165 | ||
| R | 1,158 | 1,822 | 3,614 | ||
| R | 1,199 | 1,384 | 3,251 | ||
| D | 1,160 | 1,100 | 3,342 | ||
| R | 1,287 | 1,895 | 3,248 | ||
| R | 876 | 2,463 | 3,367 | ||
| R | 703 | 2,362 | 3,354 | ||
| R | 931 | 1,781 | 2,855 | ||
| R | 560 | 1,837 | 2,546 | ||
| R | 707 | 1,435 | 2,357 | ||
| D | 1,145 | 1,130 | 2,275 | ||
| R | 805 | 1,130 | 1,935 | ||
| R | 328 | 1,044 | 1,372 | ||
| R | 259 | 675 | 934 | ||
| R | 400 | 418 | 827 | ||
| R | 380 | 428 | 813 | ||
| D | 446 | 432 | 881 | ||
| D | 521 | 272 | 809 | ||
| D | 506 | 278 | 805 | ||
| R | 310 | 347 | 660 | ||
| R | 243 | 278 | 580 | ||
| R | 278 | 306 | 598 | ||
| D | 306 | 213 | 539 | ||
| D | 212 | 191 | 566 | ||
| R | 215 | 232 | 476 | ||
| R | 165 | 262 | 458 | ||
| D | 204 | 178 | 386 | ||
| D | 264 | 28 | 292 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
24.7%
German
12.8%
Irish
12.2%
American
4.6%
Scottish
2.8%
Italian
1.3%
French
1.3%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 40.8 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
$67,106
Grand County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Grand County$67,106
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Grand 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
13.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.5%
Working age (18–64)13.9%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.3%
speak English only
Spanish5.7%
Other languages2.3%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Moab and the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands, Grand County draws an unusually high share of outdoor-recreation workers and transplants, producing a consistent Democratic lean that stands out sharply against Utah's statewide Republican margins.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-two points in 1956 at its widest — Grand County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A median household income of $67,106 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 9,754 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Leelanau County and Nevada County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grand County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand County, Utah voted Democratic by 9.5 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,300 votes cast, 2,828 went Democratic and 2,327 went Republican.
What is Grand County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Grand 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 12 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Grand County, Utah last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand County, Utah voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Grand County, Utah?
Grand County, Utah has a population of 9,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand County, Utah?
Median household income in Grand County, Utah is $67,106 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Grand County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grand County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.