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1876–2024
Congressional District 1·Utah

Utah 1st Congressional District has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
UT
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
819,998
2024 ACS

Utah 1st Congressional District, Utah: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+21MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
819,9982024 5-year
Median household income
$94,8872024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.0%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
15.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+65 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+53 in 1980MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
13 counties · 2 D · 11 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
−21.1%
135,729211,213357,653
R
−20.7%
133,908208,862362,796
R
−17.1%
75,895124,147282,604
R
−48.4%
61,823184,217252,944
R
−29.2%
81,763152,172241,168
R
−46.9%
59,994170,972236,451
R
−39.9%
53,282132,611198,826
R
−19.0%
58,73591,357171,856
R
−19.1%
47,39485,631199,966
R
−37.5%
54,323121,268178,311
R
−51.0%
41,817130,298173,433
R
−52.7%
34,317122,950168,211
R
−29.3%
51,59396,775154,135
R
−45.0%
34,72197,931140,343
R
−21.9%
44,55371,831124,726
D
+7.6%
64,04155,016119,057
R
−9.4%
49,58759,853109,477
R
−25.7%
35,36859,77295,140
R
−16.5%
39,39854,93994,337
D
+13.0%
44,31634,02278,930
D
+25.6%
44,41226,30470,809
D
+28.8%
44,26324,46868,795
D
+46.1%
44,20416,12860,852
D
+15.4%
31,97623,23056,735
R
−7.2%
22,76426,33049,392
R
−18.9%
13,41721,89344,963
R
−14.7%
16,27522,29741,050
D
+20.0%
23,34415,40939,724
R
−2.1%
10,54111,19631,559
R
−16.5%
12,28617,39630,882
R
−27.8%
10,02418,27729,725
R
−2.0%
12,41812,92225,553
D
+65.0%
18,4013,89822,302
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
27.7%
German
9.8%
Irish
6.2%
American
4.1%
Scottish
4.0%
Italian
2.6%
French
1.5%
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: 32.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.7%
1.5%
75–84
1.8%
3.5%
65–74
3.7%
4.8%
55–64
4.7%
5.7%
45–54
5.5%
7.1%
35–44
6.8%
7.6%
25–34
7.1%
5.7%
18–24
5.6%
10.7%
5–17
10.1%
3.5%
<5
3.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$94,887
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$94,887
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.2%
Working age (18–64)8.0%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.6%
speak English only
Spanish10.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
62.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Methodist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Utah 1st Congressional District sits in the Mountain West. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Utah 1st Congressional District reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1980. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,887, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 819,998 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Congressional District 1, Utah — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4901/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Utah voted Republican by 21.1 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 357,653 votes cast, 135,729 went Democratic and 211,213 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Utah's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Utah as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 1, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Utah?
Congressional District 1, Utah has a population of 819,998 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Utah?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Utah is $94,887 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.