Sanpete County, Utah: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+78 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,7192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,0832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Uintah County, UT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sanpete CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sanpete 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 | +30.3% |
| 1900 | −18.8% |
| 1904 | −36.3% |
| 1908 | −17.8% |
| 1912 | −8.5% |
| 1916 | +7.2% |
| 1920 | −21.5% |
| 1924 | −19.2% |
| 1928 | −19.6% |
| 1932 | +6.6% |
| 1936 | +18.1% |
| 1940 | −2.7% |
| 1944 | −2.0% |
| 1948 | −4.6% |
| 1952 | −30.2% |
| 1956 | −37.2% |
| 1960 | −20.7% |
| 1964 | −1.4% |
| 1968 | −30.3% |
| 1972 | −49.1% |
| 1976 | −29.6% |
| 1980 | −58.7% |
| 1984 | −63.2% |
| 1988 | −42.3% |
| 1992 | −25.3% |
| 1996 | −33.4% |
| 2000 | −61.5% |
| 2004 | −68.4% |
| 2008 | −57.4% |
| 2012 | −77.8% |
| 2016 | −54.8% |
| 2020 | −68.1% |
| 2024 | −67.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,906 | 10,653 | 12,944 | ||
| R | 1,794 | 10,459 | 12,725 | ||
| R | 1,061 | 6,673 | 10,247 | ||
| R | 980 | 8,406 | 9,547 | ||
| R | 1,631 | 6,664 | 8,771 | ||
| R | 1,189 | 7,004 | 8,507 | ||
| R | 1,211 | 5,781 | 7,430 | ||
| R | 1,568 | 3,631 | 6,177 | ||
| R | 1,302 | 2,995 | 6,685 | ||
| R | 1,822 | 4,579 | 6,517 | ||
| R | 1,227 | 5,507 | 6,777 | ||
| R | 1,260 | 5,143 | 6,614 | ||
| R | 1,925 | 3,683 | 5,935 | ||
| R | 1,220 | 3,995 | 5,652 | ||
| R | 1,696 | 3,304 | 5,312 | ||
| R | 2,547 | 2,620 | 5,167 | ||
| R | 2,180 | 3,322 | 5,505 | ||
| R | 1,778 | 3,883 | 5,661 | ||
| R | 2,221 | 4,146 | 6,367 | ||
| R | 3,041 | 3,336 | 6,413 | ||
| R | 3,071 | 3,196 | 6,267 | ||
| R | 3,524 | 3,722 | 7,250 | ||
| D | 3,959 | 2,738 | 6,748 | ||
| D | 3,600 | 3,147 | 6,833 | ||
| R | 2,482 | 3,694 | 6,195 | ||
| R | 2,228 | 3,374 | 5,983 | ||
| R | 2,406 | 3,741 | 6,219 | ||
| D | 3,382 | 2,918 | 6,462 | ||
| R | 1,984 | 2,488 | 5,927 | ||
| R | 2,307 | 3,334 | 5,772 | ||
| R | 1,741 | 3,829 | 5,745 | ||
| R | 2,441 | 3,575 | 6,047 | ||
| D | 3,387 | 1,813 | 5,200 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
30.0%
German
7.5%
Irish
5.2%
Scottish
3.0%
American
1.9%
Italian
1.1%
French
1.0%
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: 33.8 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
$70,083
Sanpete County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sanpete County$70,083
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Sanpete 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
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.9%
Working age (18–64)13.9%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.4%
speak English only
Spanish7.8%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
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 34.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sanpete County, a rural stretch of central Utah anchored by small LDS-majority towns, recorded an R+66.7 margin in 2024 — placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions and reflecting the deep Republican lean of agrarian Intermountain West communities.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-eight points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-eight points.
A median household income of $70,083, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 29,719 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Uintah County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sanpete County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sanpete County, Utah voted Republican by 67.6 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,944 votes cast, 1,906 went Democratic and 10,653 went Republican.
What is Sanpete County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Sanpete County, Utah in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sanpete County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sanpete County, Utah voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Sanpete County, Utah?
Sanpete County, Utah has a population of 29,719 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sanpete County, Utah?
Median household income in Sanpete County, Utah is $70,083 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Sanpete County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sanpete County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.