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1876–2024
La Paz County, Arizona
La Paz County·Arizona

La Paz County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Arizona's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
La Paz County, Arizona · United States Bureau of Land Management · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+44
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,664
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gilchrist County
FL · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 7,643 votes cast
Trump · R+44
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−44.1%
2,1015,4707,643
2020R
−38.7%
2,2365,1297,472
2016R
−40.8%
1,5754,0035,951
2012R
−32.0%
1,8803,7145,735
2008R
−28.5%
1,9293,5095,552
2004R
−25.9%
1,8493,1585,059
2000R
−17.3%
1,7692,5434,483
1996D
+1.4%
1,9641,9024,493
1992D
+4.2%
1,8081,5994,961
1988R
−18.6%
1,7462,5624,376
1984R
−29.1%
1,5022,7574,313
1980
No data
1976
No data
1972
No data
1968
No data
1964
No data
1960
No data
1956
No data
1952
No data
1948
No data
1944
No data
1940
No data
1936
No data
1932
No data
1928
No data
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. 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
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Baptist
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Methodist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

La Paz County, anchored by Parker along the Colorado River, posted a 44-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in Arizona — driven by a sparse, rural electorate that has leaned heavily right for decades.

The Democratic margin in La Paz County peaked at four points in 1992. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. La Paz County's median household income of $49,478 sits well below state and national norms, and 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gilchrist County and Candler County.