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1876–2024
Inyo County, California
Inyo County·California

Inyo County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A vast Eastern Sierra county where federal land shapes every ballot

18762024·38 elections
Inyo County, California · Geographer (talk · contribs) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+3
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
18,739
2024 ACS
Most similar
Delaware County
OH · similarity 0.98
15 precincts · 8,951 votes cast
Trump · R+3
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−3.0%
4,2014,4688,951
2020D
+0.1%
4,6344,6209,484
2016R
−13.4%
3,1554,2488,179
2012R
−11.4%
3,4224,3408,036
2008R
−9.1%
3,7434,5238,554
2004R
−20.2%
3,3505,0918,616
2000R
−26.4%
2,6524,7137,815
1996R
−17.5%
2,6013,9247,569
1992R
−11.7%
2,6953,6898,464
1988R
−30.5%
2,6535,0427,837
1984R
−42.0%
2,3605,8638,338
1980R
−38.9%
2,0805,2018,027
1976R
−18.9%
2,6353,9056,706
1972R
−40.0%
2,0064,8737,159
1968R
−19.8%
2,3143,6416,687
1964D
+6.9%
3,1612,7515,915
1960R
−9.6%
2,4432,9625,420
1956R
−32.7%
1,7823,5245,324
1952R
−38.0%
1,5853,5495,162
1948R
−15.6%
1,5392,1353,827
1944R
−1.5%
1,6471,6993,355
1940D
+10.1%
1,8201,4833,330
1936D
+25.9%
1,5609122,501
1932D
+33.7%
1,4596982,258
1928R
−16.4%
8611,2062,102
1924R
−34.7%
2569501,999
1920R
−24.6%
6821,1952,089
1916D
+6.0%
9668462,016
1912D
+49.5%
80601,627
1908D
+2.5%
6185831,424
1904R
−27.3%
231452811
1900D
+11.7%
505396935
1896D
+29.3%
532286841
1892R
−17.9%
266409800
1888R
−22.0%
273437745
1884R
−9.6%
283345646
1880R
−7.9%
274321595
1876D
+4.5%
375343718
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
17.4%
Other Christian
8.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Methodist
1.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Baptist
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Inyo spans 10,000 square miles but holds fewer than 18,000 residents, and disputes over federal land management and water rights to Los Angeles consistently define its electoral and policy debates.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty points in 1912; the Republican margin reached forty-two points in 1984. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Inyo County's demographics — a population of 18,739, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,991 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Delaware County and Talbot County.