Juneau, Alaska: Bellwether market. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+42 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- BellwetherAkashic typology
- Population
- 31,7942024 5-year
- Median household income
- $101,6612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1976MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Juneau, AKOne 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 |
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| D | 10,415 | 6,016 | 17,281 | ||
| D | 10,788 | 6,284 | 17,721 | ||
| D | 8,974 | 5,801 | 16,862 | ||
| D | 9,255 | 6,112 | 16,120 | ||
| D | 9,818 | 7,131 | 17,503 | ||
| D | 7,871 | 7,074 | 15,481 | ||
| R | 6,408 | 7,262 | 16,048 | ||
| D | 6,761 | 6,007 | 15,278 | ||
| D | 6,752 | 5,341 | 15,280 | ||
| D | 6,057 | 5,963 | 12,385 | ||
| R | 5,293 | 7,322 | 12,939 | ||
| R | 3,600 | 4,607 | 10,278 | ||
| R | 2,890 | 4,674 | 7,955 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 3,681 | 6,570 | ||
| D | 2,767 | 2,532 | 5,664 | ||
| D | 3,762 | 1,545 | 5,307 | ||
| R | 2,105 | 2,330 | 4,435 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.7%
English
13.0%
Irish
10.2%
American
3.3%
Italian
3.0%
Scottish
3.0%
Polish
2.3%
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: 40.0 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
$101,661
Juneau ranks near the middle of US counties.
Juneau$101,661
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.6%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)8.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.1%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander5.8%
Spanish2.8%
Other languages1.2%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Juneau anchors a media market where road-inaccessible communities rely on broadcast and marine radio, and state-government employment concentrates a politically attentive audience unusual for a city its size.
The Democratic margin in Juneau has rarely exceeded forty-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty-two points. 2024 delivered the market to the Democratic candidate by twenty-five points.
Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most markets. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a 9% poverty rate, and a median household income of $101,661 — all within the broad national range.
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Juneau, Alaska — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/747/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Juneau, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Juneau, Alaska voted Democratic by 25.5 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,281 votes cast, 10,415 went Democratic and 6,016 went Republican.
What is Juneau, Alaska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Juneau, Alaska as a "Bellwether" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Juneau, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Juneau, Alaska voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Juneau, Alaska?
Juneau, Alaska has a population of 31,794 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Juneau, Alaska?
Median household income in Juneau, Alaska is $101,661 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Juneau, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Juneau, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.