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1876–2024
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area·Alaska

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Alaska's largest county by area swings Democratic despite its isolation

18762024·38 elections
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska · Bureau of Land Management · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+21
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,195
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nome Census Area
AK · similarity 0.91
28 precincts · 2,420 votes cast
Harris · D+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+21.4%
1,3798622,420
2020D
+31.1%
1,6188202,564
2016D
+19.7%
1,6921,0713,156
2012D
+27.7%
1,4668082,377
2008R
−8.2%
1,2901,5282,910
2004R
−24.6%
1,5722,6614,418
2000R
−7.9%
1,1321,3562,835
1996D
+18.1%
1,3498772,609
1992D
+1.4%
1,0781,0382,900
1988R
−18.4%
9591,4222,520
1984R
−33.0%
9521,9322,973
1980D
+5.2%
1,0779502,461
1976R
−8.9%
8631,0452,036
1972R
−2.2%
7988361,731
1968R
−9.1%
1,1741,4412,921
1964D
+57.2%
11932152
1960D
+10.6%
7359132
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
1.5%
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
Mainline Protestant
37.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
17.8%
Other Christian
11.3%
Baptist
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Yukon-Koyukuk is the largest county-equivalent in the United States, spanning over 145,000 square miles of interior Alaska, yet its small population—predominantly Alaska Native—has delivered consistent Democratic margins in recent presidential cycles.

The Democratic margin in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points — still decisive.

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,741, a 22% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,195 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 Nome Census Area and Bexar County.