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1876–2024
Mohave County, Arizona
Mohave County·Arizona

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

One of Arizona's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Mohave County, Arizona · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
220,517
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cumberland County
TN · similarity 1.00
24 precincts · 110,693 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.7%
24,08185,683110,693
2020R
−51.2%
24,83178,535104,883
2016R
−51.1%
17,45558,28279,943
2012R
−42.1%
19,53349,16870,328
2008R
−32.9%
22,09244,33367,605
2004R
−28.1%
20,50336,79457,915
2000R
−15.7%
17,47024,38644,141
1996R
−3.3%
16,62917,99741,533
1992R
−1.1%
13,25513,68440,616
1988R
−26.4%
10,19717,65128,286
1984R
−39.6%
7,43617,36425,072
1980R
−44.4%
4,90013,80920,054
1976R
−7.5%
6,5047,60114,640
1972R
−42.5%
2,5886,7559,801
1968R
−17.7%
2,1093,2086,212
1964D
+3.5%
2,2432,0914,339
1960R
−11.4%
1,3031,6412,952
1956R
−22.2%
9681,5232,497
1952R
−24.2%
1,0661,7462,812
1948D
+12.2%
1,4991,1672,712
1944D
+14.4%
1,3039742,284
1940D
+25.6%
2,0241,1983,224
1936D
+47.6%
1,8146092,529
1932D
+49.2%
1,6605372,283
1928R
−21.4%
7281,1271,868
1924R
−13.5%
4757381,942
1920R
−15.9%
7229961,718
1916D
+31.1%
1,3356432,226
1912D
+31.1%
32069806
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
0.9%
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
10.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.9%
Baptist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mohave County, anchored by Kingman along the I-40 corridor, posts some of the widest presidential margins in Arizona — its sparse, rural expanse and retiree-heavy demographics have produced Republican advantages exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Mohave County peaked at forty-nine points in 1932. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Mohave County's median household income of $57,684 sits well below state and national norms, and 16% 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 Cumberland County and Rhea County.