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1876–2024
Cedar City, UT·Utah

Cedar City, UT has voted Republican in twenty-two straight presidential elections — R+57 in 2024.

Southern Utah's college town anchors an otherwise rural Iron County

1876 — 2024·38 elections
UT
LatestR+57in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population62,2522024 ACS

Cedar City, UT, Utah: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+57%. Republican peak: R+72 in 2012.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+57MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
62,2522024 5-year
Median household income
$66,2472024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
86.9%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+59 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+72 in 2012MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Cedar City, UT
TrumpR+57
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican77.4%21,571
Kamala HarrisDemocratic20.4%5,683
OtherAll other candidates2.2%624
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −57.0% in 2024.flipped R · 1940−57.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892No data
1896+59.4%
1900+6.0%
1904−23.7%
1908−17.6%
1912−10.8%
1916+16.1%
1920−41.7%
1924−43.9%
1928−45.1%
1932−7.6%
1936+13.6%
1940−3.6%
1944−7.0%
1948−17.7%
1952−33.1%
1956−43.4%
1960−27.8%
1964−10.3%
1968−43.5%
1972−60.0%
1976−44.7%
1980−63.6%
1984−66.8%
1988−54.7%
1992−43.5%
1996−49.7%
2000−66.0%
2004−68.3%
2008−56.3%
2012−71.7%
2016−51.1%
2020−56.2%
2024−57.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−57.0%
5,68321,57127,878
R
−56.2%
4,89218,98925,104
R
−51.1%
2,45011,56117,831
R
−71.7%
2,14814,20016,811
R
−56.3%
3,25812,51816,450
R
−68.3%
2,26712,81515,446
R
−66.0%
1,78910,10612,594
R
−49.7%
1,8876,5509,391
R
−43.5%
1,5375,6169,378
R
−54.7%
1,7366,0387,868
R
−66.8%
1,3426,8568,251
R
−63.6%
1,2426,2077,804
R
−44.7%
1,7004,7576,833
R
−60.0%
1,0985,0856,648
R
−43.5%
1,1573,3375,011
R
−10.3%
2,0532,5224,575
R
−27.8%
1,7383,0794,818
R
−43.4%
1,3113,3214,632
R
−33.1%
1,5963,1754,771
R
−17.7%
1,5962,2893,911
R
−7.0%
1,6771,9303,621
R
−3.6%
1,9152,0603,998
D
+13.6%
1,8441,3963,289
R
−7.6%
1,3581,5993,163
R
−45.1%
6821,8232,528
R
−43.9%
4851,4292,150
R
−41.7%
5611,3992,010
D
+16.1%
1,1568252,061
R
−10.8%
5446951,398
R
−17.6%
4887121,276
R
−23.7%
4427411,262
D
+6.0%
7086281,338
D
+59.4%
8062051,011
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
29.0%
German
9.9%
American
7.3%
Irish
5.4%
Scottish
3.7%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 30.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.8%
1.9%
75–84
1.8%
4.2%
65–74
4.5%
4.4%
55–64
4.5%
4.9%
45–54
4.9%
5.8%
35–44
5.8%
6.9%
25–34
6.2%
7.3%
18–24
8.3%
10.7%
5–17
10.0%
3.2%
<5
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,247
Cedar City, UT ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cedar City, UT$66,247
Utah$95,166
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.3%
Working age (18–64)14.6%
Seniors (65+)6.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.3%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
46.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Southern Utah University, Cedar City tempers the region's deep-red baseline with a modest student and arts-community presence, though Republicans routinely post margins above 40 points in countywide contests.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-nine points in 1896 and a Republican high of seventy-two points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-seven points.

A population of 62,252, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,247 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Cedar City, UT, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cedar City, UT, Utah voted Republican by 57.0 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,878 votes cast, 5,683 went Democratic and 21,571 went Republican.
What is Cedar City, UT, Utah's political typology?
Akashic places Cedar City, UT, Utah in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cedar City, UT, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar City, UT, Utah voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Cedar City, UT, Utah has a population of 62,252 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Median household income in Cedar City, UT, Utah is $66,247 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Cedar City, UT, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cedar City, UT, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.