Platte County, Wyoming

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 4,765 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.9%	780	3,874	4,765
2020	R	−61.1%	890	3,898	4,923
2016	R	−60.0%	719	3,437	4,529
2012	R	−42.2%	1,223	3,136	4,531
2008	R	−35.0%	1,407	3,002	4,560
2004	R	−39.8%	1,328	3,149	4,574
2000	R	−38.3%	1,249	2,925	4,373
1996	R	−11.9%	1,631	2,155	4,408
1992	R	−6.7%	1,398	1,668	4,051
1988	R	−20.2%	1,482	2,253	3,808
1984	R	−38.4%	1,232	2,813	4,120
1980	R	−23.5%	1,555	2,642	4,618
1976	R	−7.3%	1,593	1,844	3,450
1972	R	−40.8%	925	2,200	3,127
1968	R	−19.5%	1,035	1,613	2,967
1964	D	+12.5%	1,890	1,470	3,360
1960	R	−6.4%	1,558	1,771	3,329
1956	R	−10.4%	1,499	1,848	3,347
1952	R	−22.2%	1,364	2,148	3,524
1948	D	+3.5%	1,465	1,366	2,853
1944	R	−7.0%	1,544	1,776	3,320
1940	D	+2.5%	1,849	1,758	3,622
1936	D	+5.4%	1,730	1,546	3,406
1932	D	+12.8%	1,893	1,430	3,624
1928	R	−39.1%	932	2,206	3,256
1924	R	−14.7%	972	1,383	2,791
1920	R	−33.2%	694	1,405	2,139
1916	D	+21.4%	1,276	806	2,197
1912	D	+16.1%	785	500	1,765
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
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1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
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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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

2.5%

4.8%

75–84

3.8%

7.9%

65–74

7.4%

7.1%

55–64

7.9%

5.6%

45–54

4.4%

5.8%

35–44

6.5%

7.7%

25–34

4.3%

0.8%

18–24

2.6%

8.7%

5–17

7.4%

2.3%

2.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,718

Platte County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Platte County$67,718

Wyoming$76,176

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

9.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.3%

Mainline Protestant

8.7%

Baptist

7.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Methodist

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Platte County delivered an R+64.9 margin in the 2024 presidential race, reflecting the deep rural conservatism typical of Wyoming's ranching and agricultural heartland. Its small population of under 9,000 makes it a reliable bellwether for the state's eastern plains.

The Republican margin in Platte County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Platte County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,718, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,612 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 McDonald County and Martin County.

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