Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic44.7%511TrumpRepublican50.6%578OtherAll other candidates4.7%54
R+5.9
Lead
67
Total
1,143
vs nation
R+4.4
BidenDemocratic44.6%734TrumpRepublican50.6%832OtherAll other candidates4.8%79
R+6.0
Lead
98
Total
1,645
vs nation
R+10.4
ClintonDemocratic48.9%707TrumpRepublican37.3%540OtherAll other candidates13.8%200
D+11.5
Lead
167
Total
1,447
vs nation
D+9.5
ObamaDemocratic63.5%888RomneyRepublican33.3%466OtherAll other candidates3.1%44
D+30.2
Lead
422
Total
1,398
vs nation
D+26.3
ObamaDemocratic45.6%642McCainRepublican51.9%731OtherAll other candidates2.6%36
R+6.3
Lead
89
Total
1,409
vs nation
R+13.6
KerryDemocratic37.9%74BushRepublican57.9%113OtherAll other candidates4.1%8
R+20.0
Lead
39
Total
195
vs nation
R+17.5
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+5.9MIT Election Lab
Population
4,7782024 5-year
Population density
254 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
18.8 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$115,3132024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
14.3%2024 5-year
Black
1.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+30.2 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+20.0 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20242 cycles · 2 audited
2024 turnout
40.1%1,296 participants ÷ 3,229 CVAP
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%
20202024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,296
3,229 ± 287
40.1%
Audited
E/A
1,839
2,580 ± 255
71.3%
Audited
E/A
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Utqiaġvik, AK · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
63.5%
888 votes · D+30.2
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 48.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
57.9%
113 votes · R+20.0
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 51.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
888votes
63.5% of the vote · D+30.2
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 734 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
832votes
50.6% of the vote · R+6.0
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 731 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+26.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.2 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +9.5 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+17.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+20.0 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +13.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Utqiaġvik · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are North Slope Borough, Alaska, the county containing Utqiaġvik — Utqiaġvik’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Utqiaġvik, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Utqiaġvik, home to a majority Iñupiat population, sits 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle and consistently returns some of Alaska's most distinctive Native-majority voting patterns in state and federal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.2 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 20.0 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 5.9 points.
A population of 4,778, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $115,313 describe the city.
In 2024, Utqiaġvik, Alaska voted Republican by 5.9 points (R+5.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,143 votes cast, 511 went Democratic and 578 went Republican.
When did Utqiaġvik, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Utqiaġvik, Alaska voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Utqiaġvik, Alaska?
Utqiaġvik, Alaska has a population of 4,778 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Utqiaġvik, Alaska?
Median household income in Utqiaġvik, Alaska is $115,313 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Utqiaġvik, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Utqiaġvik, Alaska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
