† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAmerican FallsIdahoUnited States
Mexican42.9%11.0%11.3%
Spaniard0.4%0.4%—
English18.1%19.3%9.5%
German7.0%16.5%12.5%
Irish5.9%9.5%9.4%
American3.5%5.3%5.3%
Italian3.0%2.9%4.8%
Polish2.0%—2.2%
Swedish1.7%1.9%—
Scottish1.6%3.2%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
American Falls
Idaho
United States
Median age
33
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
American Falls
Idaho
United States
Median household income
$57,783
$77,800
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.2%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
American Falls
Idaho
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
43.2%
11.0%
22.3%
Spanish
43.2%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
American Falls
Idaho
United States
Catholic
—
11.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
American Falls, Idaho
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−41.1%
2008
−20.4%
2012
−23.5%
2016
−30.3%
2020
−35.4%
2024
−39.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.6%Harris465
67.7%Trump1,101
3.7%
R+39.1
R+3.7
R+37.6
1,627
R
30.4%Biden508
65.8%Trump1,100
3.8%
R+35.4
R+5.1
R+39.9
1,672
R
27.9%Clinton418
58.1%Trump872
14.0%
R+30.3
R+6.7
R+32.4
1,500
R
37.4%Obama579
60.9%Romney944
1.7%
R+23.5
R+3.1
R+27.4
1,550
R
38.0%Obama581
58.4%McCain893
3.5%
R+20.4
D+20.7
R+27.7
1,528
R
29.4%Kerry455
70.5%Bush1,090
0.1%
R+41.1
—
R+38.6
1,546
American Falls sits at the edge of a Bureau of Reclamation reservoir and serves as the commercial hub for a sparsely populated county where irrigated potato and grain farming shapes both the economy and the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 41.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.1 points.
A population of 4,712, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,783 describe the city.
In 2024, American Falls, Idaho voted Republican by 39.1 points (R+39.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,627 votes cast, 465 went Democratic and 1,101 went Republican.
How many people live in American Falls, Idaho?
American Falls, Idaho has a population of 4,712 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in American Falls, Idaho?
Median household income in American Falls, Idaho is $57,783 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of American Falls, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in American Falls, Idaho from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
