Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 181,9962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,8612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Coeur d'Alene, ID, IDOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 22,113 | 72,059 | 96,340 | ||
| R | 24,312 | 62,837 | 89,467 | ||
| R | 16,264 | 44,449 | 66,286 | ||
| R | 18,851 | 39,381 | 59,828 | ||
| R | 22,120 | 38,387 | 61,932 | ||
| R | 17,584 | 36,173 | 54,603 | ||
| R | 13,488 | 28,162 | 43,812 | ||
| R | 13,627 | 18,740 | 39,186 | ||
| R | 11,553 | 13,065 | 36,328 | ||
| R | 11,621 | 15,093 | 27,130 | ||
| R | 9,004 | 17,330 | 26,689 | ||
| R | 7,521 | 17,022 | 26,912 | ||
| R | 7,225 | 10,493 | 18,159 | ||
| R | 5,162 | 9,958 | 16,238 | ||
| R | 6,207 | 7,092 | 14,771 | ||
| D | 8,215 | 6,096 | 14,311 | ||
| D | 7,744 | 6,704 | 14,448 | ||
| R | 6,149 | 7,330 | 13,479 | ||
| R | 5,414 | 7,272 | 12,774 | ||
| D | 5,284 | 4,265 | 10,262 | ||
| D | 5,792 | 4,388 | 10,222 | ||
| D | 5,997 | 4,333 | 10,462 | ||
| D | 5,752 | 2,586 | 8,999 | ||
| D | 4,743 | 2,813 | 8,262 | ||
| R | 2,020 | 4,973 | 7,114 | ||
| R | 790 | 3,289 | 7,335 | ||
| R | 1,818 | 3,518 | 5,336 | ||
| D | 2,855 | 2,741 | 6,422 | ||
| O | 2,506 | 1,690 | 7,200 | ||
| R | 2,206 | 4,407 | 8,010 | ||
| R | 1,178 | 4,165 | 6,166 | ||
| D | 1,871 | 1,472 | 3,417 | ||
| D | 1,432 | 334 | 1,779 | ||
| O | 0 | 713 | 1,487 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.6%
English
16.5%
Irish
12.0%
Italian
4.5%
American
4.0%
Scottish
3.5%
French
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$81,861
Coeur d'Alene, ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coeur d'Alene, ID$81,861
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Once a timber and mining hub, the Coeur d'Alene metro has drawn a sustained wave of out-of-state transplants since the 1990s, tilting its electorate heavily rightward while straining housing costs and reshaping longtime community demographics.
The Democratic margin in Coeur d'Alene, ID peaked at sixty-two points in 1896. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $81,861 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 51.8 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 96,340 votes cast, 22,113 went Democratic and 72,059 went Republican.
What is Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 22 times, and other 2 times.
When did Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho has a population of 181,996 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho is $81,861 — above the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.