Tooele County, Utah: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+41%. Democratic peak: D+72 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 79,3472024 5-year
- Median household income
- $106,5872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Juab County, UT · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tooele CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tooele County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +72.0% |
| 1900 | −6.1% |
| 1904 | −32.0% |
| 1908 | −15.1% |
| 1912 | −14.1% |
| 1916 | +14.6% |
| 1920 | −19.1% |
| 1924 | −25.2% |
| 1928 | −9.1% |
| 1932 | +13.8% |
| 1936 | +39.2% |
| 1940 | +28.0% |
| 1944 | +23.0% |
| 1948 | +15.6% |
| 1952 | +4.6% |
| 1956 | −11.6% |
| 1960 | +9.7% |
| 1964 | +35.2% |
| 1968 | +10.0% |
| 1972 | −35.3% |
| 1976 | −3.1% |
| 1980 | −29.8% |
| 1984 | −28.6% |
| 1988 | −14.0% |
| 1992 | −4.0% |
| 1996 | +1.2% |
| 2000 | −30.5% |
| 2004 | −48.3% |
| 2008 | −29.8% |
| 2012 | −50.4% |
| 2016 | −30.0% |
| 2020 | −38.3% |
| 2024 | −40.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 9,560 | 23,484 | 34,006 | ||
| R | 8,943 | 21,014 | 31,518 | ||
| R | 4,573 | 11,169 | 21,992 | ||
| R | 4,524 | 14,268 | 19,342 | ||
| R | 5,830 | 10,998 | 17,337 | ||
| R | 4,130 | 12,181 | 16,664 | ||
| R | 4,001 | 7,807 | 12,480 | ||
| D | 3,992 | 3,881 | 9,312 | ||
| R | 3,270 | 3,676 | 10,271 | ||
| R | 4,166 | 5,539 | 9,804 | ||
| R | 3,584 | 6,478 | 10,130 | ||
| R | 3,132 | 6,024 | 9,712 | ||
| R | 4,371 | 4,657 | 9,251 | ||
| R | 2,621 | 5,641 | 8,545 | ||
| D | 4,250 | 3,422 | 8,267 | ||
| D | 5,239 | 2,511 | 7,750 | ||
| D | 3,665 | 3,016 | 6,688 | ||
| R | 2,683 | 3,390 | 6,073 | ||
| D | 3,521 | 3,209 | 6,730 | ||
| D | 2,798 | 2,036 | 4,884 | ||
| D | 2,802 | 1,753 | 4,559 | ||
| D | 2,625 | 1,476 | 4,108 | ||
| D | 2,361 | 1,029 | 3,399 | ||
| D | 1,865 | 1,407 | 3,323 | ||
| R | 1,421 | 1,707 | 3,148 | ||
| R | 674 | 1,295 | 2,468 | ||
| R | 916 | 1,387 | 2,470 | ||
| D | 1,528 | 1,124 | 2,768 | ||
| R | 646 | 950 | 2,149 | ||
| R | 808 | 1,106 | 1,974 | ||
| R | 639 | 1,289 | 2,032 | ||
| R | 1,114 | 1,259 | 2,389 | ||
| D | 1,684 | 274 | 1,958 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
26.6%
German
9.3%
Irish
5.0%
American
4.4%
Scottish
3.5%
Italian
3.1%
French
1.4%
African American
0.8%
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: 32.2 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
$106,587
Tooele County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Tooele County$106,587
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Tooele County ranks in the top 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
5.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.6%
Working age (18–64)4.8%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.7%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tooele County hosts the U.S. Army's Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and major defense logistics operations, anchoring a workforce that has voted Republican by roughly 40-point margins in recent presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached fifty points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points.
A median household income of $106,587, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 79,347 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Juab County and Bannock County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tooele County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tooele County, Utah voted Republican by 40.9 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,006 votes cast, 9,560 went Democratic and 23,484 went Republican.
What is Tooele County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Tooele 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 12 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Tooele County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tooele County, Utah voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Tooele County, Utah?
Tooele County, Utah has a population of 79,347 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tooele County, Utah?
Median household income in Tooele County, Utah is $106,587 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Tooele County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tooele County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.