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1876–2024
Vernal, UT·Utah

Vernal, UT has voted Republican in nineteen straight presidential elections — R+73.6 in 2024.

Uinta Basin's oil-patch hub tilts heavily conservative in statewide races

2008 — 2024·5 elections
UT
2024 presidential election
Vernal, UT
TrumpR+73.6
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2024 presidential margin by county for Vernal, UT, UTA map of the single county of Vernal, UT, UT, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Uintah County, UT · R+73.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican85.9%13,599
Kamala HarrisDemocratic12.3%1,952
OtherAll other candidates1.8%281
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.
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: −73.6% in 2024.flipped R · 1952−73.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892No data
1896+77.6%
1900+9.5%
1904−8.2%
1908−5.9%
1912+1.1%
1916+32.8%
1920−24.0%
1924−27.3%
1928−28.6%
1932+13.3%
1936+24.3%
1940+4.4%
1944+1.3%
1948+3.5%
1952−42.4%
1956−55.2%
1960−35.2%
1964−6.4%
1968−40.9%
1972−68.1%
1976−46.1%
1980−68.1%
1984−71.7%
1988−49.1%
1992−27.4%
1996−40.6%
2000−63.7%
2004−72.8%
2008−68.8%
2012−81.2%
2016−68.5%
2020−75.5%
2024−73.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
12.3%Harris1,952
85.9%Trump13,599
1.8%
−73.6%
15,832
R
10.8%Biden1,663
86.3%Trump13,261
2.9%incl. Jorgensen
−75.5%
15,370
R
7.7%Clinton995
76.3%Trump9,810
16.0%incl. Johnson
−68.5%
12,864
R
8.6%Obama997
89.8%Romney10,421
1.7%
−81.2%
11,611
R
14.4%Obama1,462
83.2%McCain8,441
2.4%
−68.8%
10,151
R
12.7%Kerry1,266
85.5%Bush8,518
1.7%
−72.8%
9,957
R
16.5%Gore1,387
80.2%Bush6,733
3.3%incl. Nader
−63.7%
8,397
R
23.0%Clinton1,714
63.5%Dole4,743
13.5%incl. Perot
−40.6%
7,464
R
17.7%Clinton1,374
45.1%Bush3,505
37.2%incl. Perot
−27.4%
7,774
R
24.9%Dukakis1,799
74.0%Bush5,341
1.1%
−49.1%
7,218
R
13.8%Mondale1,186
85.6%Reagan7,337
0.6%
−71.7%
8,574
R
14.3%Carter1,049
82.4%Reagan6,045
3.2%incl. Anderson
−68.1%
7,332
R
23.1%Carter1,342
69.2%Ford4,017
7.7%
−46.1%
5,807
R
12.2%McGovern716
80.3%Nixon4,712
7.5%
−68.1%
5,868
R
24.8%Humphrey1,145
65.6%Nixon3,034
9.6%incl. Wallace
−40.9%
4,622
R
46.8%Johnson2,142
53.2%Goldwater2,437
0.0%
−6.4%
4,579
R
32.4%Kennedy1,380
67.6%Nixon2,882
0.0%
−35.2%
4,262
R
22.4%Stevenson820
77.6%Eisenhower2,840
0.0%
−55.2%
3,660
R
28.8%Stevenson1,136
71.2%Eisenhower2,806
0.0%
−42.4%
3,942
D
51.4%Truman1,622
48.0%Dewey1,513
0.6%incl. Thurmond
+3.5%
3,153
D
50.6%Roosevelt1,519
49.3%Dewey1,479
0.1%
+1.3%
3,000
D
52.2%Roosevelt1,773
47.8%Willkie1,624
0.1%
+4.4%
3,399
D
61.0%Roosevelt1,986
36.6%Landon1,193
2.4%
+24.3%
3,258
D
55.7%Roosevelt1,778
42.5%Hoover1,355
1.8%
+13.3%
3,190
R
35.4%Smith880
64.0%Hoover1,589
0.6%
−28.6%
2,483
R
33.6%Davis716
60.9%Coolidge1,296
5.5%incl. La Follette
−27.3%
2,128
R
36.5%Cox817
60.5%Harding1,354
3.0%
−24.0%
2,239
D
64.1%Wilson1,459
31.3%Hughes712
4.6%
+32.8%
2,276
O
29.5%Wilson566
28.4%Taft545
42.1%incl. Roosevelt
+1.1%
1,919
R
42.5%Bryan683
48.4%Taft778
9.0%
−5.9%
1,606
R
42.2%Parker630
50.4%Roosevelt753
7.4%
−8.2%
1,494
D
54.6%Bryan773
45.1%McKinley639
0.3%
+9.5%
1,416
D
88.8%Bryan890
11.2%McKinley112
0.0%
+77.6%
1,002
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorVernal, UTMetro areaUtahStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White83.6%78.8%61.0%
Black0.5%1.2%12.2%
Asian0.9%2.5%6.0%
Two or more races9.6%9.7%12.6%
Other race5.5%7.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino8.8%15.9%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$73,746$95,166$84,427
Poverty rate11.8%8.5%12.5%
Median age33.232.239.1
Age 18–248.9%11.6%9.2%
Age 65 and older12.1%11.8%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)16.8%37.9%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home6.1%15.9%22.3%
Spanish4.3%10.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 22.9%English 28.2%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGerman 7.5%Mexican 10.7%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 7.0%German 10.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic2.9%6.5%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant3.8%2.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed48.5%26.8%51.5%
Latter-day Saints43.1%62.2%2.0%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
22.9%
German
7.5%
Irish
7.0%
American
4.6%
Scottish
3.8%
Italian
2.4%
Swedish
1.5%
Danish
1.5%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
6.0%
Salvadoran
0.7%
Guatemalan
0.4%
Colombian
0.4%
Peruvian
0.3%
Spanish
0.3%
Spaniard
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Rosebud Sioux
0.2%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 33.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.4%
1.3%
75–84
2.0%
3.9%
65–74
3.9%
4.8%
55–64
5.0%
5.8%
45–54
5.4%
7.6%
35–44
7.1%
6.0%
25–34
6.3%
4.7%
18–24
4.2%
12.4%
5–17
11.4%
3.6%
<5
3.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,746
Vernal, UT$73,746
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
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.4%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)14.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other languages0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
German or other West Germanic0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Latter-day Saints
43.1%
Evangelical Protestant
3.8%
Catholic
2.9%
Other Christian
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Unaffiliated or not counted48.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Vernal anchors Utah's energy-extraction economy, and its Uinta County core has delivered Republican presidential margins above 80% in recent cycles, reflecting the region's dependence on oil, gas, and mining employment.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.6 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 81.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.6 points.

A population of 37,056, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,746 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Vernal, UT, Utah vote in 2024?
In 2024, Vernal, UT, Utah voted Republican by 73.6 points (R+73.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,832 votes cast, 1,952 went Democratic and 13,599 went Republican.
When did Vernal, UT, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Vernal, UT, Utah voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Vernal, UT, Utah?
Vernal, UT, Utah has a population of 37,056 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vernal, UT, Utah?
Median household income in Vernal, UT, Utah is $73,746 — below the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Vernal, UT, Utah?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vernal, UT, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.