San Juan County, New Mexico

2024 results by precinct

103 precincts · 52,926 votes cast

Trump · R+32

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−31.7%	17,464	34,264	52,926
2020	R	−28.3%	18,083	32,874	52,294
2016	R	−32.7%	12,865	27,946	46,110
2012	R	−28.1%	15,855	28,849	46,237
2008	R	−21.2%	18,028	27,869	46,511
2004	R	−32.6%	14,843	29,525	45,006
2000	R	−27.3%	11,980	21,434	34,657
1996	R	−16.6%	12,070	17,478	32,553
1992	R	−7.0%	11,302	13,415	30,281
1988	R	−18.4%	11,094	16,202	27,750
1984	R	−34.9%	8,963	18,690	27,910
1980	R	−37.8%	6,705	15,579	23,499
1976	R	−11.4%	8,615	10,852	19,683
1972	R	−40.7%	4,296	10,788	15,970
1968	R	−25.6%	4,036	7,664	14,185
1964	D	+0.7%	6,901	6,808	13,892
1960	R	−16.3%	5,370	7,521	13,185
1956	R	−36.0%	2,425	5,194	7,690
1952	R	−39.8%	1,659	3,864	5,541
1948	R	−21.8%	1,544	2,407	3,965
1944	R	−13.6%	1,093	1,438	2,540
1940	R	−9.7%	1,445	1,757	3,207
1936	D	+6.3%	1,530	1,345	2,944
1932	D	+22.0%	1,506	925	2,635
1928	R	−32.9%	724	1,436	2,164
1924	R	−3.5%	819	889	1,981
1920	R	−8.3%	831	985	1,845
1916	D	+23.6%	637	385	1,068
1912	D	+27.2%	493	203	1,066
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

5.1%

65–74

5.4%

6.1%

55–64

6.4%

5.4%

45–54

5.6%

6.7%

35–44

6.6%

6.4%

25–34

6.4%

4.3%

18–24

4.2%

9.7%

5–17

9.6%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,872

San Juan County ranks near the middle of US counties.

San Juan County$55,872

New Mexico$64,059

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

23.1%

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

18.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.7%

Baptist

4.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.0%

Methodist

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

San Juan County anchors New Mexico's northwest corner with an economy historically tied to oil, gas, and coal extraction. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+31.7 makes it among the state's most consistent right-leaning counties despite the Democratic tilt of New Mexico overall.

The Republican margin in San Juan County reached its widest at forty-one points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

San Juan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,872, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 120,942 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 Shasta County and Twin Falls County.

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San Juan County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.