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1876–2024
Coeur d'Alene, ID·Idaho

Coeur d'Alene, ID has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+52 in 2024.

Resort-town roots meet rapid in-migration along Lake Coeur d'Alene

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ID
LatestR+52in 2024
TypologyHeartland Swingcluster typology
Population181,9962024 ACS

Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho: Heartland Swing metro. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+52MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Heartland SwingAkashic typology
Population
181,9962024 5-year
Median household income
$81,8612024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
87.1%2024 5-year
Black
0.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+62 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TrumpR+52
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican74.8%72,059
Kamala HarrisDemocratic23.0%22,113
OtherAll other candidates2.3%2,168
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: −51.8% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−51.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−47.9%
1896+61.7%
1900+11.7%
1904−48.4%
1908−27.5%
1912+11.3%
1916+1.8%
1920−31.9%
1924−34.1%
1928−41.5%
1932+23.4%
1936+35.2%
1940+15.9%
1944+13.7%
1948+9.9%
1952−14.5%
1956−8.8%
1960+7.2%
1964+14.8%
1968−6.0%
1972−29.5%
1976−18.0%
1980−35.3%
1984−31.2%
1988−12.8%
1992−4.2%
1996−13.0%
2000−33.5%
2004−34.0%
2008−26.3%
2012−34.3%
2016−42.5%
2020−43.1%
2024−51.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−51.8%
22,11372,05996,340
R
−43.1%
24,31262,83789,467
R
−42.5%
16,26444,44966,286
R
−34.3%
18,85139,38159,828
R
−26.3%
22,12038,38761,932
R
−34.0%
17,58436,17354,603
R
−33.5%
13,48828,16243,812
R
−13.0%
13,62718,74039,186
R
−4.2%
11,55313,06536,328
R
−12.8%
11,62115,09327,130
R
−31.2%
9,00417,33026,689
R
−35.3%
7,52117,02226,912
R
−18.0%
7,22510,49318,159
R
−29.5%
5,1629,95816,238
R
−6.0%
6,2077,09214,771
D
+14.8%
8,2156,09614,311
D
+7.2%
7,7446,70414,448
R
−8.8%
6,1497,33013,479
R
−14.5%
5,4147,27212,774
D
+9.9%
5,2844,26510,262
D
+13.7%
5,7924,38810,222
D
+15.9%
5,9974,33310,462
D
+35.2%
5,7522,5868,999
D
+23.4%
4,7432,8138,262
R
−41.5%
2,0204,9737,114
R
−34.1%
7903,2897,335
R
−31.9%
1,8183,5185,336
D
+1.8%
2,8552,7416,422
O
+11.3%
2,5061,6907,200
R
−27.5%
2,2064,4078,010
R
−48.4%
1,1784,1656,166
D
+11.7%
1,8711,4723,417
D
+61.7%
1,4323341,779
O
−47.9%
07131,487
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.6%
English
16.5%
Irish
12.0%
Italian
4.5%
American
4.0%
Scottish
3.5%
French
2.1%
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: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.1%
2.6%
75–84
3.3%
5.9%
65–74
6.4%
6.4%
55–64
6.7%
5.9%
45–54
5.7%
6.5%
35–44
6.6%
6.4%
25–34
6.2%
3.8%
18–24
3.4%
8.7%
5–17
8.2%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$81,861
Coeur d'Alene, ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coeur d'Alene, ID$81,861
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
39.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Methodist
0.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Once a timber and mining hub, the Coeur d'Alene metro has drawn a sustained wave of out-of-state transplants since the 1990s, tilting its electorate heavily rightward while straining housing costs and reshaping longtime community demographics.

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

A population of 181,996, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,861 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 51.8 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 96,340 votes cast, 22,113 went Democratic and 72,059 went Republican.
What is Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho's political typology?
Akashic places Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho in the "Heartland Swing" 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 10 times, Republican 22 times, and other 2 times.
When did Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho has a population of 181,996 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho is $81,861 — above the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coeur d'Alene, ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.