† 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
GroupProvoUtahUnited States
English32.4%28.2%9.5%
German9.7%10.0%12.5%
Irish5.1%6.1%9.4%
Danish4.6%3.9%—
Scottish4.1%3.9%1.3%
American3.9%3.9%5.3%
Swedish3.2%2.6%—
Italian2.1%2.5%4.8%
Mexican11.1%10.7%11.3%
Peruvian0.9%0.5%—
Chilean0.8%——
Argentinean0.7%——
Venezuelan0.7%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.5%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.5%0.5%0.7%
Chinese0.6%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.4%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.3%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Tongan1.7%0.3%—
Navajo1.1%0.4%—
Aztec1.1%——
Samoan1.1%0.2%—
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
Provo
Utah
United States
Median age
23.6
32.2
39.1
Age 18–24
40.3%
11.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
6.7%
11.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Provo
Utah
United States
Median household income
$64,171
$95,166
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.0%
8.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.2%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Provo
Utah
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.9%
15.9%
22.3%
Spanish
18.4%
10.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.1%
1.2%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Provo
Utah
United States
Catholic
—
6.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
2.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
26.8%
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.
Provo, Utah
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−68.2%
2008
−49.8%
2012
−72.9%
2016
−20.4%
2020
−18.6%
2024
−18.7%
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
38.7%Harris13,880
57.5%Trump20,587
3.8%
R+18.7
R+0.1
R+17.2
35,826
R
37.7%Biden14,784
56.3%Trump22,081
6.1%
R+18.6
D+1.8
R+23.0
39,249
O
19.4%Clinton6,277
39.8%Trump12,856
40.8%
Johnson +1.0
D+52.5
R+22.5
32,301
R
12.6%Obama3,573
85.4%Romney24,245
2.0%
R+72.9
R+23.0
R+76.7
28,374
R
23.3%Obama6,657
73.1%McCain20,908
3.6%
R+49.8
D+18.3
R+57.1
28,606
R
14.5%Kerry3,856
82.6%Bush22,006
2.9%
R+68.2
—
R+65.7
26,630
Provo's electorate skews heavily toward Latter-day Saint voters and a transient student population, producing some of the widest Republican margins of any city its size in the Mountain West.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 72.9 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 18.7 points.
A population of 114,766, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,171 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orem and Logan.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Provo, Utah voted Republican by 18.7 points (R+18.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,826 votes cast, 13,880 went Democratic and 20,587 went Republican.
How many people live in Provo, Utah?
Provo, Utah has a population of 114,766 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Provo, Utah?
Median household income in Provo, Utah is $64,171 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Provo, Utah?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Provo, Utah from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
