Sublette County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2000.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,8382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,5972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+10 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Park County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sublette CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sublette 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 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | −56.4% |
| 1928 | −28.7% |
| 1932 | +10.3% |
| 1936 | +2.2% |
| 1940 | −10.3% |
| 1944 | −18.5% |
| 1948 | −11.2% |
| 1952 | −49.2% |
| 1956 | −43.9% |
| 1960 | −20.4% |
| 1964 | −6.4% |
| 1968 | −49.9% |
| 1972 | −63.2% |
| 1976 | −41.4% |
| 1980 | −56.7% |
| 1984 | −66.2% |
| 1988 | −47.2% |
| 1992 | −24.6% |
| 1996 | −39.1% |
| 2000 | −67.4% |
| 2004 | −58.0% |
| 2008 | −54.6% |
| 2012 | −61.8% |
| 2016 | −63.0% |
| 2020 | −61.9% |
| 2024 | −60.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 920 | 3,905 | 4,924 | ||
| R | 882 | 3,957 | 4,970 | ||
| R | 644 | 3,409 | 4,390 | ||
| R | 767 | 3,472 | 4,376 | ||
| R | 936 | 3,316 | 4,356 | ||
| R | 730 | 2,847 | 3,651 | ||
| R | 458 | 2,624 | 3,216 | ||
| R | 677 | 1,829 | 2,943 | ||
| R | 536 | 1,168 | 2,574 | ||
| R | 576 | 1,636 | 2,247 | ||
| R | 389 | 1,976 | 2,396 | ||
| R | 357 | 1,538 | 2,082 | ||
| R | 528 | 1,284 | 1,826 | ||
| R | 304 | 1,348 | 1,653 | ||
| R | 310 | 1,152 | 1,688 | ||
| R | 791 | 900 | 1,691 | ||
| R | 646 | 978 | 1,624 | ||
| R | 351 | 901 | 1,252 | ||
| R | 344 | 1,013 | 1,359 | ||
| R | 496 | 622 | 1,126 | ||
| R | 470 | 683 | 1,153 | ||
| R | 627 | 771 | 1,402 | ||
| D | 667 | 638 | 1,338 | ||
| D | 633 | 512 | 1,172 | ||
| R | 316 | 573 | 895 | ||
| R | 93 | 570 | 846 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.3%
English
21.6%
Irish
11.1%
Scottish
5.8%
Italian
4.7%
American
3.3%
French
1.8%
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: 43.5 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
$83,597
Sublette County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Sublette County$83,597
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Sublette 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
6.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.3%
Working age (18–64)8.4%
Seniors (65+)0.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
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 70.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sublette County's sparse, ranch-heavy landscape anchors some of the most consistent Republican margins in the Mountain West, with the 2024 presidential result landing more than 60 points to the right of the national median.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-seven points in 2000. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
A population of 8,838, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,597 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Park County and Johnson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sublette County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sublette County, Wyoming voted Republican by 60.6 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,924 votes cast, 920 went Democratic and 3,905 went Republican.
What is Sublette County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Sublette 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 2 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sublette County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sublette County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Sublette County, Wyoming?
Sublette County, Wyoming has a population of 8,838 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sublette County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Sublette County, Wyoming is $83,597 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Sublette County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sublette County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 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.