Converse County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Republican peak: R+73 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,7622024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,5582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rusk County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Converse CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Converse 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 | −54.2% |
| 1896 | −11.9% |
| 1900 | −32.4% |
| 1904 | −46.3% |
| 1908 | −17.8% |
| 1912 | −7.5% |
| 1916 | +6.7% |
| 1920 | −39.2% |
| 1924 | −34.4% |
| 1928 | −41.3% |
| 1932 | +8.4% |
| 1936 | +2.6% |
| 1940 | −15.0% |
| 1944 | −24.1% |
| 1948 | −14.2% |
| 1952 | −41.4% |
| 1956 | −42.4% |
| 1960 | −35.2% |
| 1964 | −11.0% |
| 1968 | −49.0% |
| 1972 | −54.3% |
| 1976 | −31.0% |
| 1980 | −48.8% |
| 1984 | −57.8% |
| 1988 | −37.6% |
| 1992 | −17.9% |
| 1996 | −24.1% |
| 2000 | −54.9% |
| 2004 | −57.0% |
| 2008 | −54.9% |
| 2012 | −62.3% |
| 2016 | −72.9% |
| 2020 | −72.5% |
| 2024 | −72.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 845 | 5,756 | 6,739 | ||
| R | 861 | 5,917 | 6,970 | ||
| R | 668 | 5,520 | 6,654 | ||
| R | 1,089 | 5,043 | 6,343 | ||
| R | 1,380 | 4,922 | 6,451 | ||
| R | 1,184 | 4,447 | 5,725 | ||
| R | 1,076 | 3,919 | 5,175 | ||
| R | 1,520 | 2,702 | 4,911 | ||
| R | 1,307 | 2,159 | 4,751 | ||
| R | 1,301 | 2,885 | 4,215 | ||
| R | 929 | 3,542 | 4,523 | ||
| R | 922 | 2,987 | 4,229 | ||
| R | 1,150 | 2,188 | 3,347 | ||
| R | 682 | 2,312 | 3,000 | ||
| R | 492 | 1,658 | 2,382 | ||
| R | 1,250 | 1,559 | 2,809 | ||
| R | 926 | 1,933 | 2,859 | ||
| R | 751 | 1,855 | 2,606 | ||
| R | 850 | 2,056 | 2,916 | ||
| R | 996 | 1,327 | 2,338 | ||
| R | 979 | 1,601 | 2,580 | ||
| R | 1,395 | 1,889 | 3,286 | ||
| D | 1,639 | 1,556 | 3,251 | ||
| D | 1,860 | 1,569 | 3,477 | ||
| R | 845 | 2,040 | 2,893 | ||
| R | 725 | 1,758 | 3,007 | ||
| R | 679 | 1,561 | 2,249 | ||
| D | 879 | 766 | 1,680 | ||
| R | 436 | 540 | 1,379 | ||
| R | 716 | 1,030 | 1,765 | ||
| R | 395 | 1,098 | 1,518 | ||
| R | 406 | 795 | 1,201 | ||
| R | 459 | 585 | 1,057 | ||
| R | 0 | 494 | 911 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.9%
English
15.9%
American
9.4%
Irish
9.3%
Italian
3.9%
French
3.2%
Scottish
2.0%
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: 42.1 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
$81,558
Converse County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Converse County$81,558
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Converse 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%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)8.2%
Seniors (65+)13.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Converse County's cattle ranches and oil fields anchor an electorate that delivered nearly 73 points to the Republican presidential candidate in 2024, among the widest margins recorded in a state already defined by one-party dominance.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-three points in 2016. The 2024 margin was seventy-three points.
A population of 13,762, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,558 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rusk County and Hot Springs County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Converse County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Converse County, Wyoming voted Republican by 72.9 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,739 votes cast, 845 went Democratic and 5,756 went Republican.
What is Converse County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Converse 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 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Converse County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Converse County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Converse County, Wyoming?
Converse County, Wyoming has a population of 13,762 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Converse County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Converse County, Wyoming is $81,558 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Converse County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Converse County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.