Crook County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+77%. Republican peak: R+80 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+77MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,4552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,6372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Crook CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Crook 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 | −42.7% |
| 1896 | +4.1% |
| 1900 | −13.2% |
| 1904 | −33.2% |
| 1908 | −13.7% |
| 1912 | +11.8% |
| 1916 | +16.1% |
| 1920 | −34.8% |
| 1924 | −35.0% |
| 1928 | −43.1% |
| 1932 | +10.6% |
| 1936 | −5.5% |
| 1940 | −21.9% |
| 1944 | −28.6% |
| 1948 | −24.0% |
| 1952 | −60.3% |
| 1956 | −45.6% |
| 1960 | −45.7% |
| 1964 | −21.8% |
| 1968 | −53.2% |
| 1972 | −67.3% |
| 1976 | −36.7% |
| 1980 | −61.9% |
| 1984 | −66.7% |
| 1988 | −54.6% |
| 1992 | −30.2% |
| 1996 | −37.6% |
| 2000 | −70.4% |
| 2004 | −68.8% |
| 2008 | −63.9% |
| 2012 | −72.8% |
| 2016 | −80.4% |
| 2020 | −79.5% |
| 2024 | −77.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 443 | 3,805 | 4,344 | ||
| R | 378 | 3,651 | 4,119 | ||
| R | 273 | 3,348 | 3,826 | ||
| R | 426 | 3,109 | 3,685 | ||
| R | 612 | 2,967 | 3,683 | ||
| R | 501 | 2,836 | 3,396 | ||
| R | 361 | 2,289 | 2,738 | ||
| R | 651 | 1,698 | 2,787 | ||
| R | 568 | 1,377 | 2,683 | ||
| R | 553 | 1,939 | 2,540 | ||
| R | 450 | 2,286 | 2,754 | ||
| R | 413 | 1,909 | 2,416 | ||
| R | 653 | 1,438 | 2,139 | ||
| R | 339 | 1,760 | 2,110 | ||
| R | 318 | 1,240 | 1,733 | ||
| R | 780 | 1,214 | 1,994 | ||
| R | 573 | 1,537 | 2,110 | ||
| R | 426 | 1,139 | 1,565 | ||
| R | 423 | 1,734 | 2,173 | ||
| R | 712 | 1,166 | 1,892 | ||
| R | 690 | 1,244 | 1,934 | ||
| R | 869 | 1,359 | 2,233 | ||
| R | 1,088 | 1,218 | 2,350 | ||
| D | 1,317 | 1,062 | 2,413 | ||
| R | 582 | 1,466 | 2,053 | ||
| R | 349 | 978 | 1,795 | ||
| R | 451 | 934 | 1,389 | ||
| D | 1,181 | 846 | 2,087 | ||
| D | 726 | 505 | 1,872 | ||
| R | 799 | 1,068 | 1,961 | ||
| R | 475 | 984 | 1,531 | ||
| R | 531 | 692 | 1,223 | ||
| D | 569 | 524 | 1,099 | ||
| O | 0 | 399 | 934 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.6%
Irish
13.1%
English
12.0%
American
4.6%
French
1.4%
Italian
1.0%
Scottish
0.9%
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: 44.1 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
$79,637
Crook County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Crook County$79,637
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Crook 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
6.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.1%
Working age (18–64)5.9%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crook County, tucked into Wyoming's northeast corner along the Black Hills, recorded an R+77.4 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the country—reflecting a sparse, ranching-dominated electorate with virtually no urban counterweight.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-seven points.
A population of 7,455, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,637 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Brown County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Crook County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crook County, Wyoming voted Republican by 77.4 points (R+77), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,344 votes cast, 443 went Democratic and 3,805 went Republican.
What is Crook County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Crook 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 1 times.
When did Crook County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crook County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Crook County, Wyoming?
Crook County, Wyoming has a population of 7,455 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crook County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Crook County, Wyoming is $79,637 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Crook County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crook 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.