akashic
1876–2024
Ada County, Idaho
Ada County·Idaho

Ada County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Boise's home county has shifted right even as its metro core urbanizes

18762024·38 elections
Ada County, Idaho · MATTHEW HARRISON SMITH · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+10
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
518,935
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fluvanna County
VA · similarity 0.99
197 precincts · 267,416 votes cast
Trump · R+10
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−10.3%
116,116143,759267,416
2020R
−3.9%
120,539130,699259,700
2016R
−9.2%
75,67793,752195,626
2012R
−11.3%
77,13797,554180,546
2008R
−6.1%
82,23693,328180,760
2004R
−23.3%
58,52394,641155,030
2000R
−27.9%
40,65075,050123,485
1996R
−15.9%
43,04061,811117,743
1992R
−15.5%
31,94149,000110,166
1988R
−28.0%
30,52554,95187,334
1984R
−46.2%
21,76060,03682,924
1980R
−39.1%
21,32455,20586,544
1976R
−31.3%
21,12541,13563,889
1972R
−44.1%
12,68736,66554,311
1968R
−39.0%
11,52930,18547,881
1964R
−12.8%
19,63925,40445,043
1960R
−23.9%
17,01727,70344,720
1956R
−39.9%
11,32826,38737,715
1952R
−45.4%
10,28127,41537,736
1948R
−13.9%
11,25314,97226,705
1944R
−11.4%
10,66713,41024,144
1940R
−1.9%
12,38112,86125,293
1936D
+21.6%
12,0277,58120,574
1932D
+4.5%
8,8368,05517,522
1928R
−44.4%
3,92110,27914,308
1924R
−37.5%
2,2557,22013,255
1920R
−33.6%
4,1738,41912,619
1916R
−0.8%
5,2075,29910,966
1912R
−6.3%
2,5693,1989,994
1908R
−11.7%
3,7214,7789,002
1904R
−47.0%
1,4664,5366,525
1900R
−12.9%
2,0722,7064,931
1896D
+28.2%
1,5318512,409
1892R
−41.4%
01,1702,827
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
1.0%
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
23.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Methodist
3.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Baptist
1.0%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ada County anchors Idaho's Treasure Valley and has grown rapidly through in-migration, yet its 2024 presidential margin of R+10.3 suggests that newcomer growth has not flipped its partisan lean the way similar Sun Belt metros have.

The Republican margin in Ada County reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was ten points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ada County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $91,502, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 518,935 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 Fluvanna County and Lancaster County.