State Senate District J, Alaska: Frontier district. In 2024, voted D+1%. Republican peak: R+5 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+1MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- FrontierAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,4822024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,2842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+5 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District J, 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.
3 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 8,198 | 7,946 | 16,801 | ||
| D | 8,978 | 8,587 | 18,212 | ||
| R | 6,822 | 7,699 | 16,414 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.4%
English
10.5%
Irish
9.8%
American
3.7%
Italian
3.0%
Scottish
2.1%
Polish
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.2 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
$103,284
State Senate District J ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District J$103,284
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 1810.8%
Working age (18–64)8.4%
Seniors (65+)8.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
82.8%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander8.7%
Spanish4.6%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Other languages1.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
State Senate District J sits in the Pacific Northwest and Arctic. Records of presidential voting in the district are sparse in the early decades, when the area's territorial period was ending and districts were still being formally organized.
The pattern that emerged was Democratic-leaning, in line with much of the rural West. The 2024 margin was one points. The widest margin in modern history was five points in 2016.
The population is 36,482, among the smaller at this geographic scale. The district's political character reflects the sparse, rural West more than any national alignment.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District J, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District J, Alaska voted Democratic by 1.5 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,801 votes cast, 8,198 went Democratic and 7,946 went Republican.
What is State Senate District J, Alaska's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District J, Alaska as a "Frontier" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 3 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 1 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District J, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District J, Alaska voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in State Senate District J, Alaska?
State Senate District J, Alaska has a population of 36,482 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District J, Alaska?
Median household income in State Senate District J, Alaska is $103,284 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of State Senate District J, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 3 presidential elections in State Senate District J, Alaska from 2016 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Frontier" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.