Sheridan County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 32,0552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,3882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burnet County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sheridan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sheridan 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 | −46.4% |
| 1896 | +11.4% |
| 1900 | −1.6% |
| 1904 | −26.1% |
| 1908 | −15.8% |
| 1912 | +18.5% |
| 1916 | +19.7% |
| 1920 | −33.2% |
| 1924 | −4.4% |
| 1928 | −16.8% |
| 1932 | +21.3% |
| 1936 | +26.1% |
| 1940 | +7.6% |
| 1944 | +0.8% |
| 1948 | +2.0% |
| 1952 | −35.2% |
| 1956 | −26.8% |
| 1960 | −20.1% |
| 1964 | +2.8% |
| 1968 | −29.7% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −25.2% |
| 1980 | −27.1% |
| 1984 | −33.8% |
| 1988 | −12.3% |
| 1992 | −1.4% |
| 1996 | −10.8% |
| 2000 | −41.6% |
| 2004 | −40.1% |
| 2008 | −38.2% |
| 2012 | −46.4% |
| 2016 | −50.6% |
| 2020 | −47.5% |
| 2024 | −49.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,920 | 12,041 | 16,425 | ||
| R | 4,043 | 11,843 | 16,428 | ||
| R | 2,927 | 10,266 | 14,510 | ||
| R | 3,618 | 10,267 | 14,322 | ||
| R | 4,458 | 10,177 | 14,981 | ||
| R | 4,066 | 9,689 | 14,029 | ||
| R | 3,330 | 8,424 | 12,236 | ||
| R | 4,594 | 5,892 | 12,046 | ||
| R | 4,139 | 4,303 | 11,565 | ||
| R | 4,655 | 5,980 | 10,778 | ||
| R | 3,648 | 7,460 | 11,279 | ||
| R | 3,034 | 5,649 | 9,646 | ||
| R | 3,206 | 5,382 | 8,652 | ||
| R | 2,874 | 6,432 | 9,318 | ||
| R | 2,659 | 5,163 | 8,434 | ||
| D | 4,747 | 4,491 | 9,238 | ||
| R | 3,786 | 5,690 | 9,476 | ||
| R | 3,204 | 5,546 | 8,750 | ||
| R | 3,124 | 6,522 | 9,655 | ||
| D | 3,852 | 3,698 | 7,601 | ||
| D | 3,862 | 3,802 | 7,664 | ||
| D | 4,439 | 3,814 | 8,268 | ||
| D | 4,731 | 2,726 | 7,680 | ||
| D | 4,260 | 2,738 | 7,142 | ||
| R | 2,563 | 3,616 | 6,250 | ||
| R | 2,272 | 2,530 | 5,917 | ||
| R | 1,192 | 2,645 | 4,377 | ||
| D | 2,906 | 1,914 | 5,048 | ||
| O | 1,649 | 862 | 4,248 | ||
| R | 1,539 | 2,158 | 3,924 | ||
| R | 1,068 | 1,905 | 3,202 | ||
| R | 985 | 1,018 | 2,044 | ||
| D | 1,104 | 877 | 1,992 | ||
| O | 0 | 509 | 1,098 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.3%
English
12.1%
Irish
9.3%
American
5.2%
Scottish
3.3%
Italian
2.9%
Polish
2.7%
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: 42.7 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
$71,388
Sheridan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sheridan County$71,388
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Sheridan 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
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)9.2%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
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 63.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sheridan County sits against the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming, where an economy built on ranching, energy, and a small but notable arts community has long produced some of the state's most lopsided Republican presidential margins.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-one points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
A population of 32,055, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,388 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burnet County and Irion County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sheridan County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sheridan County, Wyoming voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,425 votes cast, 3,920 went Democratic and 12,041 went Republican.
What is Sheridan County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Sheridan 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 8 times, Republican 24 times, and other 2 times.
When did Sheridan County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheridan County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sheridan County, Wyoming?
Sheridan County, Wyoming has a population of 32,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheridan County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Sheridan County, Wyoming is $71,388 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Sheridan County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sheridan County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.