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1876–2024
Rich County, Utah
Rich County·Utah

Rich County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Utah's least-populous county delivers one of its widest presidential margins

18762024·38 elections
Rich County, Utah · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,631
2024 ACS
Most similar
Franklin County
ID · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 1,447 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−68.9%
2141,2111,447
2020R
−71.4%
1801,1571,369
2016R
−62.0%
1047971,118
2012R
−82.0%
839151,015
2008R
−67.3%
1548311,006
2004R
−78.4%
1099221,037
2000R
−64.7%
152736903
1996R
−43.2%
179523796
1992R
−42.4%
154525876
1988R
−45.0%
234621860
1984R
−71.5%
131797931
1980R
−65.9%
143762939
1976R
−36.4%
248541806
1972R
−63.8%
120604759
1968R
−45.8%
183525747
1964R
−14.3%
326435761
1960R
−27.4%
291511802
1956R
−37.8%
253561814
1952R
−38.8%
251569820
1948R
−4.3%
366399766
1944D
+0.1%
395394789
1940D
+3.0%
475447922
1936D
+11.4%
488388880
1932D
+8.2%
469398867
1928R
−35.4%
224470694
1924R
−29.8%
211403645
1920R
−33.8%
222449671
1916D
+16.6%
454325779
1912R
−13.5%
238329673
1908R
−19.6%
285425715
1904R
−29.3%
240439679
1900R
−15.7%
282387670
1896D
+43.2%
408162570
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
100.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rich County, anchored by the small ranching and resort community of Randolph, recorded an R+68.6 margin in 2024 despite a population under 2,000, reflecting the deep Republican lean common to rural intermountain cattle country.

The Republican margin in Rich County reached its widest at eighty-two points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Rich County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,009, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,631 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Cassia County.