Wayne County, Utah: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+68 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,5842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,6072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Iron County, UT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wayne CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wayne County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +67.7% |
| 1900 | −6.9% |
| 1904 | −10.1% |
| 1908 | −17.0% |
| 1912 | −18.3% |
| 1916 | +26.8% |
| 1920 | −26.9% |
| 1924 | −15.6% |
| 1928 | −36.7% |
| 1932 | +0.4% |
| 1936 | +22.6% |
| 1940 | +13.6% |
| 1944 | +13.9% |
| 1948 | +11.2% |
| 1952 | −32.2% |
| 1956 | −27.6% |
| 1960 | −7.7% |
| 1964 | +1.5% |
| 1968 | −32.3% |
| 1972 | −49.8% |
| 1976 | −23.5% |
| 1980 | −55.5% |
| 1984 | −60.9% |
| 1988 | −37.7% |
| 1992 | −38.4% |
| 1996 | −41.7% |
| 2000 | −61.3% |
| 2004 | −57.6% |
| 2008 | −46.0% |
| 2012 | −65.9% |
| 2016 | −48.7% |
| 2020 | −53.0% |
| 2024 | −51.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 381 | 1,238 | 1,651 | ||
| R | 365 | 1,229 | 1,630 | ||
| R | 271 | 966 | 1,426 | ||
| R | 215 | 1,089 | 1,327 | ||
| R | 335 | 940 | 1,314 | ||
| R | 279 | 1,062 | 1,360 | ||
| R | 202 | 953 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 265 | 741 | 1,142 | ||
| R | 236 | 706 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 353 | 784 | 1,143 | ||
| R | 224 | 930 | 1,159 | ||
| R | 226 | 835 | 1,098 | ||
| R | 334 | 555 | 939 | ||
| R | 183 | 597 | 832 | ||
| R | 248 | 511 | 813 | ||
| D | 412 | 400 | 812 | ||
| R | 382 | 446 | 828 | ||
| R | 283 | 499 | 782 | ||
| R | 275 | 536 | 811 | ||
| D | 460 | 367 | 831 | ||
| D | 430 | 325 | 755 | ||
| D | 500 | 380 | 881 | ||
| D | 522 | 329 | 854 | ||
| D | 401 | 398 | 808 | ||
| R | 195 | 422 | 619 | ||
| R | 241 | 331 | 578 | ||
| R | 224 | 396 | 639 | ||
| D | 393 | 225 | 627 | ||
| R | 183 | 282 | 542 | ||
| R | 184 | 279 | 559 | ||
| R | 251 | 310 | 582 | ||
| R | 282 | 324 | 612 | ||
| D | 405 | 78 | 483 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
23.8%
German
11.9%
Irish
4.6%
American
4.6%
Scottish
4.1%
Italian
0.9%
French
0.6%
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: 46.0 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
$76,607
Wayne County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Wayne County$76,607
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Wayne 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
10.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)6.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.2%
Spanish0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wayne County's roughly 2,500 residents are spread across a vast plateau-and-canyon landscape that includes Capitol Reef National Park. It has voted Republican by lopsided margins for decades, with 2024's R+51.6 result typical of its modern pattern.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-six points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-two points.
A population of 2,584, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,607 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Iron County and Haskell County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wayne County, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wayne County, Utah voted Republican by 51.9 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,651 votes cast, 381 went Democratic and 1,238 went Republican.
What is Wayne County, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Wayne County, Utah in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wayne County, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wayne County, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wayne County, Utah?
Wayne County, Utah has a population of 2,584 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wayne County, Utah?
Median household income in Wayne County, Utah is $76,607 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Wayne County, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wayne County, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.