Bear Lake County, Idaho

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 3,325 votes cast

Trump · R+77

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−77.1%	346	2,908	3,325
2020	R	−77.3%	350	2,914	3,315
2016	R	−66.5%	255	2,203	2,928
2012	R	−77.5%	302	2,489	2,822
2008	R	−63.7%	502	2,377	2,943
2004	R	−66.2%	494	2,506	3,040
2000	R	−61.4%	517	2,296	2,899
1996	R	−27.7%	805	1,583	2,808
1992	R	−30.0%	562	1,419	2,854
1988	R	−40.8%	867	2,084	2,980
1984	R	−69.8%	481	2,760	3,267
1980	R	−68.2%	508	2,941	3,567
1976	R	−36.1%	960	2,094	3,144
1972	R	−47.0%	716	2,213	3,185
1968	R	−26.1%	1,058	1,866	3,101
1964	D	+13.7%	1,857	1,409	3,266
1960	R	−11.3%	1,563	1,963	3,526
1956	R	−28.3%	1,218	2,181	3,399
1952	R	−28.7%	1,274	2,300	3,574
1948	D	+2.3%	1,664	1,590	3,280
1944	D	+3.6%	1,732	1,613	3,347
1940	D	+7.0%	2,026	1,761	3,787
1936	D	+19.3%	2,078	1,404	3,486
1932	R	−1.8%	1,721	1,785	3,509
1928	R	−22.2%	1,146	1,802	2,955
1924	R	−24.6%	881	1,611	2,973
1920	R	−23.3%	1,138	1,831	2,969
1916	D	+11.9%	1,566	1,229	2,829
1912	R	−14.2%	916	1,271	2,494
1908	R	−21.8%	933	1,460	2,416
1904	R	−33.1%	769	1,538	2,321
1900	D	+0.7%	1,077	1,061	2,166
1896	D	+54.7%	851	249	1,101
1892	R	−33.9%	0	114	336
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

3.4%

75–84

3.9%

6.5%

65–74

5.8%

6.1%

55–64

6.0%

5.2%

45–54

5.4%

6.0%

35–44

5.3%

5.2%

25–34

4.8%

3.7%

18–24

3.8%

10.4%

5–17

10.3%

3.8%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,260

Bear Lake County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Bear Lake County$75,260

Idaho$77,800

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

87.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bear Lake's 2024 presidential margin of R+77.3 ranks among the widest in Idaho, reflecting a rural, majority-LDS population concentrated near the Utah border whose voting patterns closely mirror neighboring Cache and Rich counties across the state line.

The Republican margin in Bear Lake County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was seventy-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Bear Lake County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,260, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,650 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 Sterling County and Caribou County.

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Bear Lake County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.