† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WAWashingtonUnited States
German16.3%14.5%12.5%
English13.0%12.1%9.5%
Irish11.7%9.8%9.4%
American3.9%3.8%5.3%
Norwegian3.6%4.0%—
Italian3.3%3.1%4.8%
Scottish3.0%2.6%1.3%
Swedish2.7%1.8%—
Mexican6.2%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Filipino1.6%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese1.3%1.1%0.6%
Korean0.9%0.9%0.4%
Chinese0.5%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%2.0%1.4%
Cambodian0.4%0.3%—
Japanese0.3%0.4%0.2%
African American†2.1%2.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.4%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Chamorro0.4%——
Samoan0.3%0.2%—
Native Hawaiian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Washington
United States
Median age
40
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Washington
United States
Median household income
$96,563
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.5%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.8%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.5%
9.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
Vietnamese
1.1%
1.0%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Washington
United States
Catholic
8.2%
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.8%
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.5%
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.3%
1896
+14.6%
1900
−13.5%
1904
−46.9%
1908
−28.8%
1912
−7.6%
1916
−8.4%
1920
−34.3%
1924
−47.1%
1928
−40.5%
1932
+15.1%
1936
+39.4%
1940
+20.6%
1944
+10.2%
1948
+4.6%
1952
−17.4%
1956
−17.5%
1960
−9.0%
1964
+30.4%
1968
+1.6%
1972
−19.9%
1976
+0.6%
1980
−10.7%
1984
−12.3%
1988
+2.8%
1992
+15.0%
1996
+18.0%
2000
+10.8%
2004
+13.0%
2008
+21.7%
2012
+19.4%
2016
+15.0%
2020
+18.6%
2024
+20.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
58.1%Harris95,663
37.9%Trump62,282
1.5%Kennedy2,528 +8
D+20.3
D+1.7
D+21.8
164,537
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic58.1%95,663
Donald J TrumpRepublican37.9%62,282
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.5%2,528
Jill SteinIndependent0.8%1,339
OtherAll other candidates0.6%909
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%690
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%480
Cornel WestIndependent0.3%432
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%141
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%38
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%35
D
57.5%Biden96,608
38.8%Trump65,277
3.7%
D+18.6
D+3.6
D+14.2
168,134
D
51.3%Clinton68,798
36.2%Trump48,624
12.5%
D+15.0
R+4.3
D+12.9
134,191
D
58.0%Obama74,037
38.6%Romney49,287
3.5%
D+19.4
R+2.3
D+15.5
127,740
D
59.9%Obama75,882
38.2%McCain48,366
1.9%
D+21.7
D+8.7
D+14.4
126,709
D
55.5%Kerry62,650
42.6%Bush47,992
1.9%
D+13.0
D+2.2
D+15.5
112,789
D
51.8%Gore50,467
41.0%Bush39,924
7.2%
D+10.8
R+7.2
D+10.3
97,422
D
52.2%Clinton45,522
34.2%Dole29,835
13.7%
D+18.0
D+3.0
D+9.5
87,280
D
45.3%Clinton38,293
30.3%Bush25,643
24.4%
D+15.0
D+12.1
D+9.4
84,569
D
50.6%Dukakis33,860
47.8%Bush31,980
1.6%
D+2.8
D+15.1
D+10.5
66,930
R
43.3%Mondale26,840
55.5%Reagan34,442
1.2%
R+12.3
R+1.6
D+6.0
62,045
R
37.4%Carter20,508
48.1%Reagan26,369
14.5%
R+10.7
R+11.3
R+1.0
54,823
D
48.2%Carter21,247
47.7%Ford21,000
4.1%
D+0.6
D+20.4
R+1.5
44,056
R
37.6%McGovern14,596
57.5%Nixon22,297
4.9%
R+19.9
R+21.4
D+3.3
38,792
D
46.7%Humphrey14,228
45.1%Nixon13,742
8.3%
D+1.6
R+28.9
D+2.3
30,499
D
65.1%Johnson17,578
34.6%Goldwater9,351
0.3%
D+30.4
D+39.4
D+7.9
27,021
R
45.4%Kennedy11,620
54.4%Nixon13,921
0.3%
R+9.0
D+8.5
R+9.1
25,606
R
41.2%Stevenson9,897
58.7%Eisenhower14,093
0.1%
R+17.5
R+0.1
R+2.1
24,009
R
41.0%Stevenson9,764
58.3%Eisenhower13,904
0.7%
R+17.4
R+21.9
R+6.6
23,840
D
50.3%Truman10,461
45.7%Dewey9,511
4.0%
D+4.6
R+5.6
D+0.1
20,804
D
54.6%Roosevelt9,708
44.5%Dewey7,900
0.9%
D+10.2
R+10.4
D+2.7
17,766
D
59.7%Roosevelt11,092
39.2%Willkie7,275
1.1%
D+20.6
R+18.9
D+10.6
18,573
D
67.5%Roosevelt10,647
28.1%Landon4,425
4.5%
D+39.4
D+24.4
D+15.2
15,775
D
46.0%Roosevelt6,308
30.9%Hoover4,241
23.1%
D+15.1
D+55.5
R+2.7
13,722
R
29.1%Smith3,013
69.6%Hoover7,203
1.3%
R+40.5
D+6.7
R+23.0
10,351
R
10.6%Davis943
57.8%Coolidge5,125
31.6%
R+47.1
R+12.9
R+22.0
8,871
R
18.5%Cox1,367
52.8%Harding3,899
28.7%
R+34.3
R+25.9
R+8.1
7,388
R
39.4%Wilson2,658
47.8%Hughes3,223
12.8%
R+8.4
R+0.8
R+11.5
6,748
O
23.1%Wilson1,456
30.7%Taft1,937
46.2%
Roosevelt +15.5
D+21.2
R+27.2
6,311
R
28.5%Bryan964
57.3%Taft1,940
14.3%
R+28.8
D+18.1
R+19.3
3,387
R
21.6%Parker668
68.5%Roosevelt2,121
9.9%
R+46.9
R+33.5
R+27.3
3,096
R
41.1%Bryan978
54.6%McKinley1,298
4.3%
R+13.5
R+28.0
R+5.9
2,379
D
56.9%Bryan1,415
42.3%McKinley1,052
0.9%
D+14.6
D+23.9
D+20.7
2,489
R
32.4%Cleveland810
41.7%Harrison1,043
25.9%
R+9.3
—
R+11.0
2,501
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
59.9%96,086
39.8%63,796
160,344
2022
D
58.0%73,189
41.7%52,570
126,106
2018
D
58.5%72,677
41.5%51,472
124,149
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
194,421
2018
201,411
2020
217,969
2022
221,360
2024
235,141
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,575 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +29,214 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,864
2012
+218
2013
+1,739
2014
+1,278
2015
+1,442
2016
+4,231
2017
+5,174
2018
+4,659
2019
+3,351
2021
+1,466
2022
+149
2023
−2
2024
+2,070
2025
+1,575
Home to Washington's capitol complex, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater area's workforce skews heavily toward public-sector jobs, a demographic profile that correlates with consistent margins favoring Democrats in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 299,067, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,563 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA.
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How did Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington voted Democratic by 20.3 points (D+20.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 164,537 votes cast, 95,663 went Democratic and 62,282 went Republican.
When did Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington has a population of 299,067 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington is $96,563 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
