Gillette, WY, Wyoming: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+76%. Republican peak: R+79 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+76MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 47,2402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,8692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Gillette, WY
TrumpR+76
Constituent county margins for Gillette, WY, WYOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 87.3% | 16,006 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 10.9% | 2,004 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.8% | 332 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +23.6% |
| 1916 | +20.9% |
| 1920 | −34.7% |
| 1924 | −31.7% |
| 1928 | −34.1% |
| 1932 | +19.0% |
| 1936 | +4.1% |
| 1940 | −15.4% |
| 1944 | −25.7% |
| 1948 | −16.7% |
| 1952 | −46.4% |
| 1956 | −38.4% |
| 1960 | −29.3% |
| 1964 | −14.6% |
| 1968 | −44.7% |
| 1972 | −57.8% |
| 1976 | −33.8% |
| 1980 | −54.9% |
| 1984 | −68.7% |
| 1988 | −48.4% |
| 1992 | −23.3% |
| 1996 | −24.5% |
| 2000 | −65.7% |
| 2004 | −65.9% |
| 2008 | −61.4% |
| 2012 | −72.8% |
| 2016 | −79.4% |
| 2020 | −76.9% |
| 2024 | −76.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,004 | 16,006 | 18,342 | ||
| R | 1,935 | 16,975 | 19,566 | ||
| R | 1,324 | 15,778 | 18,199 | ||
| R | 2,163 | 14,953 | 17,571 | ||
| R | 2,990 | 13,011 | 16,320 | ||
| R | 2,464 | 12,415 | 15,099 | ||
| R | 1,967 | 10,203 | 12,540 | ||
| R | 3,468 | 6,382 | 11,889 | ||
| R | 2,709 | 5,315 | 11,208 | ||
| R | 2,288 | 6,702 | 9,112 | ||
| R | 1,525 | 8,387 | 9,995 | ||
| R | 1,400 | 5,613 | 7,669 | ||
| R | 1,620 | 3,306 | 4,995 | ||
| R | 783 | 2,953 | 3,755 | ||
| R | 558 | 1,694 | 2,541 | ||
| R | 1,196 | 1,606 | 2,802 | ||
| R | 861 | 1,575 | 2,436 | ||
| R | 656 | 1,473 | 2,129 | ||
| R | 666 | 1,823 | 2,494 | ||
| R | 856 | 1,201 | 2,071 | ||
| R | 894 | 1,514 | 2,408 | ||
| R | 1,128 | 1,540 | 2,675 | ||
| D | 1,435 | 1,322 | 2,784 | ||
| D | 1,728 | 1,161 | 2,980 | ||
| R | 744 | 1,528 | 2,297 | ||
| R | 443 | 1,121 | 2,141 | ||
| R | 493 | 1,027 | 1,540 | ||
| D | 690 | 448 | 1,160 | ||
| D | 361 | 186 | 740 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.1%
English
9.9%
Irish
9.0%
American
6.1%
French
2.0%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
1.8%
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: 36.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$89,869
Gillette, WY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Gillette, WY$89,869
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.3%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)13.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.1%
speak English only
Spanish7.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gillette anchors Campbell County, Wyoming's top coal-producing county, where energy industry cycles translate directly into voter sentiment and turnout patterns that analysts use as a bellwether for resource-extraction communities nationwide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-four points in 1912 and a Republican high of seventy-nine points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-six points.
A population of 47,240, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,869 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gillette, WY, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gillette, WY, Wyoming voted Republican by 76.3 points (R+76), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,342 votes cast, 2,004 went Democratic and 16,006 went Republican.
What is Gillette, WY, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Gillette, WY, Wyoming 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 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Gillette, WY, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gillette, WY, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Gillette, WY, Wyoming?
Gillette, WY, Wyoming has a population of 47,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gillette, WY, Wyoming?
Median household income in Gillette, WY, Wyoming is $89,869 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Gillette, WY, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gillette, WY, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.