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1876–2024
Yakutat, Alaska
Yakutat City and Borough·Alaska

Yakutat City and Borough changed direction in the last decade.

Alaska's smallest borough leans Democratic by nearly 20 points

18762024·38 elections
Yakutat, Alaska · BLM Alaska · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+19
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
527
2024 ACS
Most similar
Olmsted County
MN · similarity 0.95
1 precincts · 426 votes cast
Harris · D+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+18.8%
239159426
2020D
+23.1%
249150428
2016D
+0.5%
6156081,396
2012D
+16.1%
170121304
2008D
+4.6%
188171373
2004R
−8.7%
146175332
2000R
−16.7%
118177354
1996D
+8.8%
148120320
1992R
−6.8%
108130322
1988R
−31.2%
80159253
1984R
−23.7%
96160270
1980R
−17.1%
76116234
1976D
+5.7%
8979175
1972R
−19.7%
5888152
1968D
+12.1%
10278199
1964D
+39.9%
494212706
1960R
−11.6%
285360646
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
3.8%
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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
32.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
18.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Yakutat's 808 residents—many of them Tlingit Alaska Natives—make it one of the least populous jurisdictions in the country, yet its coastal subsistence economy and Indigenous majority consistently produce Democratic margins unusual for rural Alaska.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by five points. The 2024 margin was nineteen points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 527, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,000 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Olmsted County and East Baton Rouge Parish.