Washakie County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+65 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,7032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,7142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Weston County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Washakie CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Washakie County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | −5.5% |
| 1916 | +13.6% |
| 1920 | −29.1% |
| 1924 | −37.6% |
| 1928 | −42.0% |
| 1932 | +17.0% |
| 1936 | +15.2% |
| 1940 | −6.8% |
| 1944 | −18.5% |
| 1948 | −11.6% |
| 1952 | −41.8% |
| 1956 | −39.2% |
| 1960 | −25.4% |
| 1964 | −0.5% |
| 1968 | −34.2% |
| 1972 | −51.9% |
| 1976 | −33.7% |
| 1980 | −43.3% |
| 1984 | −53.5% |
| 1988 | −35.6% |
| 1992 | −15.1% |
| 1996 | −26.3% |
| 2000 | −57.6% |
| 2004 | −57.0% |
| 2008 | −46.8% |
| 2012 | −56.3% |
| 2016 | −62.4% |
| 2020 | −64.7% |
| 2024 | −63.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 656 | 3,125 | 3,877 | ||
| R | 651 | 3,245 | 4,012 | ||
| R | 532 | 2,911 | 3,814 | ||
| R | 794 | 3,014 | 3,944 | ||
| R | 1,042 | 2,956 | 4,089 | ||
| R | 855 | 3,200 | 4,114 | ||
| R | 806 | 3,138 | 4,051 | ||
| R | 1,205 | 2,250 | 3,966 | ||
| R | 1,118 | 1,720 | 3,982 | ||
| R | 1,197 | 2,538 | 3,768 | ||
| R | 970 | 3,245 | 4,253 | ||
| R | 945 | 2,634 | 3,897 | ||
| R | 1,168 | 2,361 | 3,541 | ||
| R | 825 | 2,604 | 3,430 | ||
| R | 948 | 2,038 | 3,184 | ||
| R | 1,695 | 1,713 | 3,408 | ||
| R | 1,341 | 2,254 | 3,595 | ||
| R | 989 | 2,265 | 3,254 | ||
| R | 880 | 2,148 | 3,033 | ||
| R | 851 | 1,074 | 1,925 | ||
| R | 777 | 1,130 | 1,907 | ||
| R | 942 | 1,080 | 2,033 | ||
| D | 1,109 | 810 | 1,963 | ||
| D | 1,009 | 711 | 1,751 | ||
| R | 392 | 966 | 1,366 | ||
| R | 271 | 724 | 1,204 | ||
| R | 333 | 609 | 947 | ||
| D | 455 | 344 | 818 | ||
| R | 221 | 258 | 675 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.1%
English
16.9%
Irish
8.7%
American
7.0%
French
4.0%
Scottish
2.9%
Italian
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: 44.4 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
$65,714
Washakie County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Washakie County$65,714
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Washakie 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
8.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.4%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.3%
speak English only
Spanish7.3%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Washakie County, anchored by the small city of Worland in the Bighorn Basin, returned a 63-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — consistent with its deep-red pattern across recent election cycles in a sparsely populated agricultural and oil-producing region.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-five points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A population of 7,703, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,714 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Weston County and Billings County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Washakie County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Washakie County, Wyoming voted Republican by 63.7 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,877 votes cast, 656 went Democratic and 3,125 went Republican.
What is Washakie County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Washakie 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 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Washakie County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Washakie County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Washakie County, Wyoming?
Washakie County, Wyoming has a population of 7,703 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washakie County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Washakie County, Wyoming is $65,714 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Washakie County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Washakie County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.