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1876–2024
Ogden, UT·Utah

Ogden, UT peaked at D+63; 2024 delivered R+25.

Weber County anchor where military and manufacturing meet the Wasatch

1876 — 2024·38 elections
UT
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
653,374
2024 ACS

Ogden, UT, Utah: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+63 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+25MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
653,3742024 5-year
Median household income
$102,6602024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
83.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
14.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+63 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+56 in 2012MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 0 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−25.1%
102,383174,123285,359
R
−26.0%
99,192175,265292,689
R
−23.0%
52,484105,642231,516
R
−56.0%
42,133155,199201,956
R
−37.0%
56,832126,537188,457
R
−53.5%
41,227140,687185,800
R
−43.4%
39,288106,093153,768
R
−23.3%
41,56471,870130,131
R
−22.3%
33,23967,238152,506
R
−39.9%
38,94692,034132,969
R
−51.5%
30,55496,387127,866
R
−54.2%
24,84291,487122,893
R
−27.1%
37,89667,383108,935
R
−46.9%
22,82068,91598,281
R
−19.6%
31,64048,71286,972
D
+11.8%
44,67835,25579,933
R
−2.4%
35,10536,85071,995
R
−19.0%
24,23535,56959,804
R
−7.7%
26,22230,62156,843
D
+21.7%
27,67817,75045,760
D
+30.0%
25,48913,71639,262
D
+33.1%
22,60111,35733,988
D
+50.1%
22,2537,31329,836
D
+14.6%
15,14911,14927,342
R
−7.6%
11,11112,95524,254
R
−19.6%
5,83710,12921,902
R
−15.0%
7,26810,12919,112
D
+21.7%
10,7546,82518,069
O
−2.9%
4,3614,78414,606
R
−17.4%
5,6028,11114,445
R
−27.2%
4,6788,48013,961
R
−3.1%
5,8356,21412,148
D
+63.1%
8,6781,96110,639
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
28.9%
German
10.0%
Irish
6.3%
Scottish
4.2%
American
4.0%
Italian
2.6%
French
1.4%
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: 33.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.7%
1.5%
75–84
1.9%
3.5%
65–74
3.7%
4.9%
55–64
4.8%
5.9%
45–54
5.7%
7.4%
35–44
7.2%
7.3%
25–34
7.0%
5.0%
18–24
4.6%
11.3%
5–17
10.5%
3.5%
<5
3.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$102,660
Ogden, UT ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ogden, UT$102,660
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.8%
Working age (18–64)6.2%
Seniors (65+)7.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
63.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.7%
Non-Christian
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Baptist
0.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Methodist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ogden's metro blends a significant Hill Air Force Base employment base with blue-collar industrial heritage, producing a working-class electorate that trends more competitive than Utah's statewide Republican margins suggest.

The Democratic margin in Ogden, UT peaked at sixty-three points in 1896. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $102,660 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Ogden, UT, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ogden, UT, Utah voted Republican by 25.1 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 285,359 votes cast, 102,383 went Democratic and 174,123 went Republican.
What is Ogden, UT, Utah's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Ogden, UT, Utah as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ogden, UT, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ogden, UT, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Ogden, UT, Utah?
Ogden, UT, Utah has a population of 653,374 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ogden, UT, Utah?
Median household income in Ogden, UT, Utah is $102,660 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Ogden, UT, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ogden, UT, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.