Beaver County, Utah

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 3,212 votes cast

Trump · R+74

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−74.3%	394	2,781	3,212
2020	R	−75.4%	357	2,695	3,100
2016	R	−62.8%	264	1,838	2,505
2012	R	−71.4%	346	2,174	2,560
2008	R	−54.2%	542	1,902	2,509
2004	R	−60.1%	493	2,023	2,544
2000	R	−49.4%	541	1,653	2,252
1996	R	−22.8%	687	1,164	2,094
1992	R	−17.6%	668	1,040	2,111
1988	R	−22.3%	816	1,286	2,112
1984	R	−36.2%	708	1,516	2,231
1980	R	−39.7%	621	1,477	2,157
1976	R	−6.0%	963	1,088	2,076
1972	R	−31.7%	682	1,332	2,053
1968	R	−10.0%	795	989	1,944
1964	D	+20.0%	1,189	792	1,981
1960	D	+8.7%	1,156	971	2,127
1956	R	−7.2%	1,030	1,190	2,220
1952	R	−10.3%	1,038	1,277	2,315
1948	D	+5.9%	1,190	1,057	2,264
1944	D	+8.1%	1,128	958	2,088
1940	D	+8.4%	1,303	1,101	2,405
1936	D	+18.8%	1,337	913	2,261
1932	D	+11.3%	1,218	969	2,201
1928	R	−10.2%	936	1,149	2,090
1924	R	−22.2%	578	989	1,854
1920	R	−17.1%	741	1,056	1,837
1916	D	+20.5%	1,291	842	2,194
1912	R	−4.1%	602	671	1,688
1908	R	−13.7%	714	945	1,687
1904	R	−18.5%	593	869	1,494
1900	R	−4.0%	629	682	1,314
1896	D	+67.5%	1,057	205	1,262
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%

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: 34.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.4%

2.0%

75–84

2.3%

5.6%

65–74

4.5%

4.8%

55–64

5.2%

5.9%

45–54

5.1%

6.6%

35–44

6.3%

7.5%

25–34

5.7%

4.6%

18–24

3.5%

10.9%

5–17

11.7%

3.8%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,360

Beaver County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Beaver County$79,360

Utah$95,166

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.6%

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

56.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.1%

Baptist

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Beaver County's sparse ranching communities and tiny population of roughly 6,000 produce some of the most concentrated Republican presidential margins in Utah, with the 2024 result exceeding 74 points.

The Democratic margin in Beaver County peaked at sixty-eight points in 1896. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Beaver County's median household income of $79,360 sits well below state and national norms, and 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Borden County and Gaines County.

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Beaver County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.