Salt Lake City, Utah: Populist market. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+63 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,574,6822024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,3092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1980MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Salt Lake City, UTOne 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 | 577,316 | 949,416 | 1,570,838 | ||
| R | 574,864 | 929,411 | 1,587,208 | ||
| R | 321,864 | 568,359 | 1,216,278 | ||
| R | 265,714 | 794,059 | 1,090,298 | ||
| R | 345,906 | 644,274 | 1,020,946 | ||
| R | 255,846 | 713,681 | 993,838 | ||
| R | 216,964 | 559,236 | 831,424 | ||
| R | 240,360 | 389,900 | 722,426 | ||
| R | 199,561 | 344,563 | 799,330 | ||
| R | 224,146 | 457,813 | 694,301 | ||
| R | 167,531 | 502,333 | 675,753 | ||
| R | 135,585 | 468,430 | 647,277 | ||
| R | 198,208 | 359,704 | 580,016 | ||
| R | 137,119 | 347,543 | 514,328 | ||
| R | 169,757 | 256,269 | 456,260 | ||
| D | 240,677 | 195,819 | 436,496 | ||
| R | 187,985 | 222,426 | 410,511 | ||
| R | 133,649 | 235,890 | 369,539 | ||
| R | 151,957 | 215,679 | 367,645 | ||
| D | 167,376 | 138,502 | 309,445 | ||
| D | 170,290 | 112,162 | 282,799 | ||
| D | 179,051 | 108,066 | 287,544 | ||
| D | 173,962 | 75,253 | 251,290 | ||
| D | 136,119 | 97,682 | 239,299 | ||
| R | 93,449 | 110,198 | 204,811 | ||
| R | 54,407 | 88,934 | 181,902 | ||
| R | 64,800 | 94,515 | 167,714 | ||
| D | 97,808 | 63,263 | 166,930 | ||
| R | 42,926 | 49,501 | 130,524 | ||
| R | 49,165 | 70,654 | 126,014 | ||
| R | 37,704 | 71,793 | 115,904 | ||
| R | 51,367 | 54,055 | 106,494 | ||
| D | 71,147 | 15,905 | 87,126 | ||
| O | 67 | 2,357 | 6,584 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
27.9%
German
10.2%
Irish
6.2%
American
4.0%
Scottish
3.9%
Italian
2.7%
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: 32.5 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
$95,309
Salt Lake City ranks near the middle of US counties.
Salt Lake City$95,309
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.4%
speak English only
Spanish10.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Salt Lake City's media market spans a heavily LDS Intermountain corridor where rapid population growth and an influx of out-of-state migrants have gradually compressed once-dominant Republican margins in key suburban counties.
The Democratic margin in Salt Lake City peaked at sixty-three points in 1896. By 1968 the market had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the market's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $95,309 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 Salt Lake City, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Salt Lake City, Utah voted Republican by 23.7 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,570,838 votes cast, 577,316 went Democratic and 949,416 went Republican.
What is Salt Lake City, Utah's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Salt Lake City, Utah as a "Populist" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Salt Lake City, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salt Lake City, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Salt Lake City, Utah has a population of 3,574,682 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah is $95,309 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Salt Lake City, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.