Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska: Republican loyalist county. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Republican loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 60,4132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,5382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sublette County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kenai Peninsula BoroughPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kenai Peninsula Borough, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 10,362 | 21,854 | 33,597 | ||
| R | 10,936 | 21,760 | 33,769 | ||
| R | 7,550 | 18,298 | 28,884 | ||
| R | 7,726 | 17,148 | 25,994 | ||
| R | 8,375 | 18,962 | 28,159 | ||
| R | 7,105 | 14,802 | 22,830 | ||
| R | 4,631 | 15,052 | 23,519 | ||
| R | 5,183 | 10,608 | 19,388 | ||
| R | 4,830 | 6,886 | 18,857 | ||
| R | 4,714 | 8,633 | 14,343 | ||
| R | 3,690 | 10,305 | 14,691 | ||
| R | 2,178 | 7,023 | 11,587 | ||
| R | 2,528 | 4,696 | 7,803 | ||
| R | 1,517 | 3,213 | 5,590 | ||
| D | 2,166 | 2,042 | 5,188 | ||
| D | 2,301 | 1,264 | 3,565 | ||
| D | 1,754 | 1,573 | 3,327 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.4%
English
13.2%
Irish
11.1%
American
5.1%
Scottish
3.7%
Italian
2.2%
Polish
2.2%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.4 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$80,538
Kenai Peninsula Borough ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Kenai Peninsula Borough$80,538
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)11.2%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.4%
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The Kenai Peninsula's workforce is anchored in fishing, oil-field services, and tourism, producing one of Alaska's most reliably Republican margins — R+34 in 2024 — despite a sparse, dispersed population spread across nearly 16,000 square miles.
The Republican margin in Kenai Peninsula Borough reached its widest at forty-five points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $80,538, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,413 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sublette County and Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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Cite this page
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Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/02122/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska voted Republican by 34.2 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,597 votes cast, 10,362 went Democratic and 21,854 went Republican.
What is Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska as a "Republican loyalist" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska voted Democratic was 1968.
How many people live in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska?
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska has a population of 60,413 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska?
Median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska is $80,538 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.