Weston County, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+77%. Republican peak: R+78 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+77MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,8262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,5092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Campbell County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Weston CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Weston 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 | −57.2% |
| 1896 | −17.0% |
| 1900 | −23.7% |
| 1904 | −56.5% |
| 1908 | −19.8% |
| 1912 | +0.8% |
| 1916 | −3.6% |
| 1920 | −39.0% |
| 1924 | −8.8% |
| 1928 | −23.9% |
| 1932 | +26.4% |
| 1936 | +4.7% |
| 1940 | −13.4% |
| 1944 | −18.5% |
| 1948 | −7.8% |
| 1952 | −39.4% |
| 1956 | −28.1% |
| 1960 | −18.4% |
| 1964 | −1.9% |
| 1968 | −37.4% |
| 1972 | −58.7% |
| 1976 | −30.8% |
| 1980 | −55.1% |
| 1984 | −68.2% |
| 1988 | −47.3% |
| 1992 | −24.4% |
| 1996 | −28.1% |
| 2000 | −67.7% |
| 2004 | −63.6% |
| 2008 | −57.8% |
| 2012 | −71.4% |
| 2016 | −77.5% |
| 2020 | −77.6% |
| 2024 | −76.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 378 | 3,069 | 3,512 | ||
| R | 360 | 3,107 | 3,542 | ||
| R | 299 | 3,033 | 3,526 | ||
| R | 422 | 2,821 | 3,359 | ||
| R | 658 | 2,618 | 3,393 | ||
| R | 580 | 2,739 | 3,392 | ||
| R | 449 | 2,521 | 3,060 | ||
| R | 871 | 1,763 | 3,174 | ||
| R | 727 | 1,465 | 3,027 | ||
| R | 699 | 1,988 | 2,724 | ||
| R | 482 | 2,614 | 3,127 | ||
| R | 584 | 2,219 | 2,970 | ||
| R | 934 | 1,770 | 2,714 | ||
| R | 520 | 2,063 | 2,629 | ||
| R | 610 | 1,497 | 2,373 | ||
| R | 1,419 | 1,473 | 2,892 | ||
| R | 1,201 | 1,743 | 2,944 | ||
| R | 1,031 | 1,837 | 2,868 | ||
| R | 839 | 1,931 | 2,774 | ||
| R | 822 | 962 | 1,788 | ||
| R | 754 | 1,097 | 1,851 | ||
| R | 985 | 1,292 | 2,284 | ||
| D | 1,193 | 1,084 | 2,295 | ||
| D | 1,459 | 840 | 2,346 | ||
| R | 688 | 1,127 | 1,839 | ||
| R | 640 | 794 | 1,751 | ||
| R | 463 | 1,073 | 1,563 | ||
| R | 734 | 791 | 1,586 | ||
| D | 459 | 449 | 1,305 | ||
| R | 478 | 723 | 1,237 | ||
| R | 221 | 810 | 1,043 | ||
| R | 338 | 548 | 886 | ||
| R | 319 | 451 | 776 | ||
| R | 0 | 294 | 514 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.8%
English
19.6%
Irish
13.2%
American
4.8%
Italian
3.6%
Scottish
2.9%
Polish
1.9%
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: 44.0 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
$89,509
Weston County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Weston County$89,509
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Weston County ranks in the top 10% 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
9.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.9%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)7.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 7,000 residents spread across rolling high-plains terrain near the South Dakota border, Weston County delivered an R+76.6 margin in 2024—among the widest in a state already defined by overwhelming Republican preference.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-eight points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-seven points.
A population of 6,826, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,509 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Campbell County and Washakie County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Weston County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Weston County, Wyoming voted Republican by 76.6 points (R+77), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,512 votes cast, 378 went Democratic and 3,069 went Republican.
What is Weston County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Weston 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 Weston County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Weston County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Weston County, Wyoming?
Weston County, Wyoming has a population of 6,826 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Weston County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Weston County, Wyoming is $89,509 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Weston County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Weston 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.