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1876–2024
Rock Springs, WY·Wyoming

Rock Springs, WY has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+53 in 2024.

Wyoming's energy-extraction hub where boom-bust cycles shape the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WY
LatestR+53in 2024
TypologySunbelt Conservativecluster typology
Population41,5422024 ACS

Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming: Sunbelt Conservative metro. In 2024, voted R+53%. Democratic peak: D+55 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+53MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
Population
41,5422024 5-year
Median household income
$75,0342024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
80.7%2024 5-year
Black
1.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+55 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+53 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Rock Springs, WY
TrumpR+53
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican75.1%12,541
Kamala HarrisDemocratic22.3%3,731
OtherAll other candidates2.6%426
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: −52.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−52.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−47.0%
1896+13.5%
1900−19.6%
1904−48.9%
1908−29.8%
1912+1.1%
1916+7.1%
1920−16.4%
1924+2.0%
1928+8.0%
1932+37.1%
1936+54.8%
1940+46.2%
1944+36.2%
1948+32.3%
1952+23.9%
1956+17.2%
1960+35.9%
1964+50.9%
1968+18.3%
1972−16.4%
1976+6.0%
1980−12.7%
1984−22.4%
1988−0.4%
1992+13.0%
1996+9.6%
2000−24.9%
2004−33.5%
2008−27.5%
2012−39.4%
2016−52.1%
2020−50.6%
2024−52.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−52.8%
3,73112,54116,698
R
−50.6%
3,82312,22916,603
R
−52.1%
3,23112,15417,130
R
−39.4%
4,77411,42816,895
R
−27.5%
5,76210,36016,703
R
−33.5%
5,20810,65316,272
R
−24.9%
5,5219,42515,691
D
+9.6%
7,0885,59115,634
D
+13.0%
6,4174,47614,910
R
−0.4%
6,7206,78013,705
R
−22.4%
5,2308,30813,712
R
−12.7%
4,7286,26512,067
D
+6.0%
5,5754,93710,574
R
−16.4%
3,7135,1758,915
D
+18.3%
4,0862,7267,449
D
+50.9%
5,9691,9447,913
D
+35.9%
5,3982,5457,943
D
+17.2%
4,7473,3558,102
D
+23.9%
5,8073,5679,374
D
+32.3%
5,1462,5388,085
D
+36.2%
5,5992,6238,222
D
+46.2%
6,6372,4399,094
D
+54.8%
6,2321,7978,097
D
+37.1%
4,6372,0436,983
D
+8.0%
2,9742,5285,599
D
+2.0%
2,2192,1195,026
R
−16.4%
1,2161,7443,221
D
+7.1%
1,4961,2872,939
D
+1.1%
9168882,483
R
−29.8%
6371,2992,221
R
−48.9%
4641,4732,064
R
−19.6%
7401,1011,841
D
+13.5%
9967541,787
O
−47.0%
06741,433
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.6%
German
12.8%
Irish
8.6%
American
5.1%
Italian
4.2%
Scottish
2.6%
French
1.3%
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: 37.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.6%
1.8%
75–84
2.1%
5.1%
65–74
4.6%
6.2%
55–64
5.8%
6.5%
45–54
5.8%
7.7%
35–44
7.3%
6.2%
25–34
5.8%
4.6%
18–24
4.2%
10.1%
5–17
9.3%
2.5%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$75,034
Rock Springs, WY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rock Springs, WY$75,034
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
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.2%
speak English only
Spanish7.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
21.2%
Other Christian
17.5%
Baptist
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Methodist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sweetwater County anchors Wyoming's trona and natural gas economy, and its working-class extraction workforce has driven double-digit Republican margins in recent cycles while keeping union-adjacent labor issues on the local agenda.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-five points in 1936 and a Republican high of fifty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-three points.

A population of 41,542, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,034 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming voted Republican by 52.8 points (R+53), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,698 votes cast, 3,731 went Democratic and 12,541 went Republican.
What is Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming in the "Sunbelt Conservative" 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 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming?
Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming has a population of 41,542 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming?
Median household income in Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming is $75,034 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rock Springs, WY, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.