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1876–2024
Price, UT·Utah

Price, UT changed its political identity in living memory.

Carbon County's coal-country hub where energy economics shape the ballot

18762024·38 elections
UT
Latest
R+44
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
20,517
2024 ACS

Price, UT, Utah: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+44%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+44MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
20,5172024 5-year
Median household income
$58,3772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
87.6%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+77 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+46 in 2020MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−44.4%
2,5256,7199,445
R
−45.7%
2,3926,6939,420
R
−44.5%
1,7175,2757,999
R
−37.2%
2,2755,0907,567
R
−8.0%
3,4684,0917,777
R
−18.0%
3,4154,9508,508
R
−6.2%
3,2983,7587,384
D
+24.1%
4,1722,3437,582
D
+27.7%
4,4802,0388,817
D
+29.1%
5,5213,0198,603
R
−0.4%
4,3574,3938,818
R
−0.0%
4,3174,3209,063
D
+20.7%
5,1573,3608,683
R
−8.3%
3,3353,9567,438
D
+23.8%
4,3442,6187,239
D
+45.4%
5,6722,1307,802
D
+34.3%
6,0392,9539,006
R
−0.5%
4,4604,5078,967
D
+21.1%
5,7903,7709,560
D
+39.5%
6,3972,7049,360
D
+39.6%
5,3642,3187,696
D
+39.4%
5,1802,2427,456
D
+56.7%
5,0401,3486,510
D
+42.2%
4,2391,6556,120
D
+14.8%
2,9542,1845,188
R
−7.0%
1,5281,8784,996
R
−3.3%
1,5591,6753,560
D
+6.0%
1,4781,3012,931
O
−11.8%
5147712,177
R
−25.8%
5811,0231,710
R
−38.2%
5081,2241,872
R
−9.2%
6217481,385
D
+77.3%
66385748
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
23.7%
German
8.1%
Irish
6.8%
Italian
6.1%
American
4.0%
Scottish
3.4%
French
1.8%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.0%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
44.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Baptist
0.2%
Methodist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Price anchors a historically union-influenced coal and natural gas corridor that has shifted sharply Republican over recent cycles, reflecting broader realignment in extractive-industry communities across the Mountain West.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Price, UT peaked at seventy-seven points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $58,377 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Price, UT, Utah — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/39220/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Price, UT, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Price, UT, Utah voted Republican by 44.4 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,445 votes cast, 2,525 went Democratic and 6,719 went Republican.
What is Price, UT, Utah's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Price, UT, Utah as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Price, UT, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Price, UT, Utah voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Price, UT, Utah?
Price, UT, Utah has a population of 20,517 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Price, UT, Utah?
Median household income in Price, UT, Utah is $58,377 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Price, UT, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Price, UT, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.