Washington County, Utah: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 196,4312024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,6322024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Iron County, UT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Washington CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Washington 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 | +75.4% |
| 1900 | +42.0% |
| 1904 | +2.9% |
| 1908 | +4.5% |
| 1912 | +8.0% |
| 1916 | +33.0% |
| 1920 | −6.0% |
| 1924 | −14.6% |
| 1928 | −32.5% |
| 1932 | +8.9% |
| 1936 | +27.2% |
| 1940 | +10.2% |
| 1944 | +3.6% |
| 1948 | −12.4% |
| 1952 | −46.4% |
| 1956 | −56.7% |
| 1960 | −37.8% |
| 1964 | −17.2% |
| 1968 | −45.0% |
| 1972 | −63.3% |
| 1976 | −48.1% |
| 1980 | −69.7% |
| 1984 | −73.0% |
| 1988 | −61.9% |
| 1992 | −37.0% |
| 1996 | −51.2% |
| 2000 | −61.7% |
| 2004 | −63.9% |
| 2008 | −53.5% |
| 2012 | −67.1% |
| 2016 | −51.9% |
| 2020 | −51.3% |
| 2024 | −52.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 22,327 | 73,165 | 97,256 | ||
| R | 20,530 | 67,294 | 91,160 | ||
| R | 10,288 | 42,650 | 62,371 | ||
| R | 8,337 | 44,698 | 54,226 | ||
| R | 10,826 | 37,311 | 49,529 | ||
| R | 7,513 | 35,633 | 44,018 | ||
| R | 5,465 | 25,481 | 32,461 | ||
| R | 4,816 | 17,637 | 25,020 | ||
| R | 3,364 | 11,310 | 21,476 | ||
| R | 3,054 | 13,306 | 16,565 | ||
| R | 1,846 | 12,049 | 13,977 | ||
| R | 1,678 | 10,181 | 12,197 | ||
| R | 1,893 | 5,944 | 8,414 | ||
| R | 956 | 5,176 | 6,662 | ||
| R | 975 | 3,226 | 5,000 | ||
| R | 1,789 | 2,534 | 4,323 | ||
| R | 1,298 | 2,876 | 4,174 | ||
| R | 877 | 3,172 | 4,049 | ||
| R | 1,076 | 2,941 | 4,017 | ||
| R | 1,580 | 2,029 | 3,617 | ||
| D | 1,694 | 1,575 | 3,270 | ||
| D | 1,993 | 1,625 | 3,621 | ||
| D | 2,005 | 1,145 | 3,164 | ||
| D | 1,648 | 1,378 | 3,047 | ||
| R | 857 | 1,686 | 2,547 | ||
| R | 868 | 1,181 | 2,149 | ||
| R | 1,008 | 1,138 | 2,156 | ||
| D | 1,397 | 703 | 2,104 | ||
| D | 842 | 712 | 1,633 | ||
| D | 810 | 740 | 1,556 | ||
| D | 761 | 718 | 1,484 | ||
| D | 1,003 | 409 | 1,414 | ||
| D | 1,210 | 170 | 1,380 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
30.7%
German
12.9%
Irish
8.1%
American
4.9%
Scottish
4.3%
Italian
3.0%
French
1.5%
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: 39.1 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
$80,632
Washington County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Washington County$80,632
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Washington County ranks in the top 25% 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
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)9.1%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.1%
speak English only
Spanish8.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European1.2%
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 25.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Washington County's population has more than doubled since 2000, driven by retirees and families relocating from California and the Mountain West. That growth has done little to shift its deep-red presidential margins, which have held above R+50 for over a decade.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy-three points in 1984 at its widest — Washington County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-two points.
A median household income of $80,632 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 196,431 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Iron County and Bonneville County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Washington County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Washington County, Utah voted Republican by 52.3 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 97,256 votes cast, 22,327 went Democratic and 73,165 went Republican.
What is Washington County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Washington 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 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Washington County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Washington County, Utah voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Washington County, Utah?
Washington County, Utah has a population of 196,431 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington County, Utah?
Median household income in Washington County, Utah is $80,632 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Washington County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Washington County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.