akashic
1876–2024
Iron County, Utah
Iron County·Utah

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

One of Utah's most reliably lopsided presidential counties

18762024·38 elections
Iron County, Utah · -ted · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
62,252
2024 ACS
Most similar
Garfield County
UT · similarity 1.00
49 precincts · 27,878 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.0%
5,68321,57127,878
2020R
−56.2%
4,89218,98925,104
2016R
−51.1%
2,45011,56117,831
2012R
−71.7%
2,14814,20016,811
2008R
−56.3%
3,25812,51816,450
2004R
−68.3%
2,26712,81515,446
2000R
−66.0%
1,78910,10612,594
1996R
−49.7%
1,8876,5509,391
1992R
−43.5%
1,5375,6169,378
1988R
−54.7%
1,7366,0387,868
1984R
−66.8%
1,3426,8568,251
1980R
−63.6%
1,2426,2077,804
1976R
−44.7%
1,7004,7576,833
1972R
−60.0%
1,0985,0856,648
1968R
−43.5%
1,1573,3375,011
1964R
−10.3%
2,0532,5224,575
1960R
−27.8%
1,7383,0794,818
1956R
−43.4%
1,3113,3214,632
1952R
−33.1%
1,5963,1754,771
1948R
−17.7%
1,5962,2893,911
1944R
−7.0%
1,6771,9303,621
1940R
−3.6%
1,9152,0603,998
1936D
+13.6%
1,8441,3963,289
1932R
−7.6%
1,3581,5993,163
1928R
−45.1%
6821,8232,528
1924R
−43.9%
4851,4292,150
1920R
−41.7%
5611,3992,010
1916D
+16.1%
1,1568252,061
1912R
−10.8%
5446951,398
1908R
−17.6%
4887121,276
1904R
−23.7%
4427411,262
1900D
+6.0%
7086281,338
1896D
+59.4%
8062051,011
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%.
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
46.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iron County, anchored by Cedar City and Southern Utah University, posts presidential margins above 55 points Republican — an outlier even within a state that already leans heavily red in rural areas.

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

Iron County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,247, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 62,252 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 Garfield County and Washington County.