Juneau, Alaska: Realigning Affluent Suburb market. In 2024, voted D+25%. Democratic peak: D+42 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 31,7942024 5-year
- Median household income
- $101,6612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1976MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Juneau
HarrisD+25
Constituent county margins for Juneau, AKOne 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
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 60.3% | 10,415 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 34.8% | 6,016 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.3% | 742 |
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 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | −5.1% |
| 1964 | +41.8% |
| 1968 | +4.1% |
| 1972 | −14.6% |
| 1976 | −22.4% |
| 1980 | −9.8% |
| 1984 | −15.7% |
| 1988 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | +9.2% |
| 1996 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | −5.3% |
| 2004 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | +15.4% |
| 2012 | +19.5% |
| 2016 | +18.8% |
| 2020 | +25.4% |
| 2024 | +25.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 10,415 | 6,016 | 17,281 | ||
| D | 10,788 | 6,284 | 17,721 | ||
| D | 8,974 | 5,801 | 16,862 | ||
| D | 9,255 | 6,112 | 16,120 | ||
| D | 9,818 | 7,131 | 17,503 | ||
| D | 7,871 | 7,074 | 15,481 | ||
| R | 6,408 | 7,262 | 16,048 | ||
| D | 6,761 | 6,007 | 15,278 | ||
| D | 6,752 | 5,341 | 15,280 | ||
| D | 6,057 | 5,963 | 12,385 | ||
| R | 5,293 | 7,322 | 12,939 | ||
| R | 3,600 | 4,607 | 10,278 | ||
| R | 2,890 | 4,674 | 7,955 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 3,681 | 6,570 | ||
| D | 2,767 | 2,532 | 5,664 | ||
| D | 3,762 | 1,545 | 5,307 | ||
| R | 2,105 | 2,330 | 4,435 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.7%
English
13.0%
Irish
10.2%
American
3.3%
Italian
3.0%
Scottish
3.0%
Polish
2.3%
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: 40.0 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
$101,661
Juneau ranks near the middle of US counties.
Juneau$101,661
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.6%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)8.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.1%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander5.8%
Spanish2.8%
Other languages1.2%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Juneau anchors a media market where road-inaccessible communities rely on broadcast and marine radio, and state-government employment concentrates a politically attentive audience unusual for a city its size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty-two points in 1964 and a Republican high of twenty-two points in 1976. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A population of 31,794, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,661 describe the market.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Juneau, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Juneau, Alaska voted Democratic by 25.5 points (D+25), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,281 votes cast, 10,415 went Democratic and 6,016 went Republican.
What is Juneau, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Juneau, Alaska in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" 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 market has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Juneau, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Juneau, Alaska voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Juneau, Alaska?
Juneau, Alaska has a population of 31,794 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Juneau, Alaska?
Median household income in Juneau, Alaska is $101,661 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Juneau, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Juneau, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The market's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.