White Mountain hub where rural Apache County meets Navajo County margins
Show Low anchors a high-elevation ponderosa-pine corridor where a small but growing retiree and tourism economy shapes a consistently Republican-leaning electorate across both counties it straddles.
| Group | Show Low, AZ | National |
|---|---|---|
▶Native American / Alaska Native(9) | 44.5% | 0.9% |
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 42.3% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(15) | 10.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.7% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 1.0% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.4% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(6) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -8.5pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1% | 63.3% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 27.0% | 60.9% | — | — |
| 8.5% | 19.1% | — | — | |
| 6.7% | 15.0% | — | — | |
| 1.0% | 2.2% | — | — | |
| 0.2% | 0.4% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 55.6% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Show Low, AZ metro area? 424,552 residents across 4 counties.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 18pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+17.2 | R+10.0 | 7.2pp |