Big Horn County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+72%. Republican peak: R+72 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+72MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,8282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,1012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Niobrara County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Big Horn CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Big Horn 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 | +4.6% |
| 1900 | −27.5% |
| 1904 | −43.7% |
| 1908 | −22.6% |
| 1912 | −4.6% |
| 1916 | +9.2% |
| 1920 | −32.8% |
| 1924 | −21.3% |
| 1928 | −47.6% |
| 1932 | −3.9% |
| 1936 | +22.2% |
| 1940 | −4.8% |
| 1944 | −6.9% |
| 1948 | −1.2% |
| 1952 | −37.4% |
| 1956 | −30.0% |
| 1960 | −25.6% |
| 1964 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | −36.3% |
| 1972 | −51.0% |
| 1976 | −31.6% |
| 1980 | −47.8% |
| 1984 | −54.1% |
| 1988 | −37.4% |
| 1992 | −21.0% |
| 1996 | −28.6% |
| 2000 | −55.2% |
| 2004 | −61.9% |
| 2008 | −55.3% |
| 2012 | −64.2% |
| 2016 | −65.1% |
| 2020 | −69.9% |
| 2024 | −71.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 742 | 4,867 | 5,735 | ||
| R | 788 | 4,806 | 5,752 | ||
| R | 604 | 4,067 | 5,317 | ||
| R | 868 | 4,285 | 5,324 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 4,045 | 5,310 | ||
| R | 960 | 4,232 | 5,283 | ||
| R | 1,004 | 3,720 | 4,918 | ||
| R | 1,438 | 2,821 | 4,839 | ||
| R | 1,216 | 2,216 | 4,762 | ||
| R | 1,469 | 3,258 | 4,780 | ||
| R | 1,175 | 4,019 | 5,253 | ||
| R | 1,212 | 3,709 | 5,223 | ||
| R | 1,618 | 3,117 | 4,747 | ||
| R | 1,049 | 3,244 | 4,300 | ||
| R | 1,201 | 2,771 | 4,325 | ||
| D | 2,690 | 2,668 | 5,358 | ||
| R | 2,044 | 3,449 | 5,493 | ||
| R | 1,813 | 3,369 | 5,182 | ||
| R | 1,755 | 3,859 | 5,620 | ||
| R | 2,370 | 2,429 | 4,823 | ||
| R | 2,314 | 2,659 | 4,973 | ||
| R | 2,594 | 2,859 | 5,475 | ||
| D | 3,156 | 1,996 | 5,236 | ||
| R | 2,155 | 2,334 | 4,563 | ||
| R | 933 | 2,646 | 3,596 | ||
| R | 1,233 | 2,023 | 3,715 | ||
| R | 1,082 | 2,157 | 3,278 | ||
| D | 1,493 | 1,239 | 2,769 | ||
| R | 691 | 794 | 2,241 | ||
| R | 1,648 | 2,638 | 4,376 | ||
| R | 751 | 1,962 | 2,770 | ||
| R | 479 | 843 | 1,322 | ||
| D | 591 | 538 | 1,146 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.0%
English
16.4%
Irish
8.0%
American
6.9%
Scottish
6.6%
Italian
4.5%
French
1.7%
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: 41.7 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
$62,101
Big Horn County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Big Horn County$62,101
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Big Horn 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
12.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)18.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 37.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Big Horn County sits in the Bighorn Basin along Wyoming's northern edge, where a ranching and energy economy anchors a voter profile that has delivered Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-two points.
A population of 11,828, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,101 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Niobrara County and Oneida County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Big Horn County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Big Horn County, Wyoming voted Republican by 71.9 points (R+72), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,735 votes cast, 742 went Democratic and 4,867 went Republican.
What is Big Horn County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Big Horn County, Wyoming 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 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Big Horn County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Big Horn County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Big Horn County, Wyoming?
Big Horn County, Wyoming has a population of 11,828 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Big Horn County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Big Horn County, Wyoming is $62,101 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Big Horn County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Big Horn County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.