† 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
GroupStillwater, OKOklahomaUnited States
German16.1%12.0%12.5%
English12.8%11.4%9.5%
Irish10.3%9.9%9.4%
American4.9%6.1%5.3%
Scottish2.7%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
French1.3%1.4%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.1%0.7%—
Mexican4.2%9.7%11.3%
Spanish0.4%——
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Chinese1.3%0.3%1.3%
Asian Indian1.2%0.4%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.5%0.6%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Muscogee (Creek)0.5%0.6%—
Chickasaw0.2%0.4%—
African American†2.4%6.0%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
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
Stillwater, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median age
27.7
37.1
39.1
Age 18–24
27.1%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.3%
16.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stillwater, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median household income
$49,809
$65,039
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.6%
15.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stillwater, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.7%
11.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
8.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
0.5%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.3%
0.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stillwater, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Catholic
4.5%
6.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
27.4%
41.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.4%
39.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.9%
7.7%
5.2%
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.
Stillwater, OK
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
−5.7%
1912
−3.4%
1916
+7.8%
1920
−16.1%
1924
−4.8%
1928
−45.5%
1932
+33.7%
1936
+25.5%
1940
+6.4%
1944
−3.6%
1948
+12.1%
1952
−24.1%
1956
−19.5%
1960
−27.2%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−21.3%
1972
−49.3%
1976
−14.6%
1980
−33.0%
1984
−45.9%
1988
−20.3%
1992
−10.2%
1996
−7.0%
2000
−23.8%
2004
−31.9%
2008
−27.0%
2012
−28.4%
2016
−28.3%
2020
−23.3%
2024
−25.3%
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
R
36.1%Harris10,560
61.3%Trump17,962
2.6%
R+25.3
R+2.0
R+23.8
29,279
R
36.8%Biden10,904
60.1%Trump17,813
3.1%
R+23.3
D+5.0
R+27.8
29,643
R
31.7%Clinton8,788
60.0%Trump16,651
8.4%
R+28.3
±0.0
R+30.4
27,760
R
35.8%Obama9,198
64.2%Romney16,481
0.0%
R+28.4
R+1.4
R+32.2
25,679
R
36.5%Obama10,601
63.5%McCain18,435
0.0%
R+27.0
D+4.9
R+34.3
29,036
R
34.1%Kerry10,101
65.9%Bush19,560
0.0%
R+31.9
R+8.1
R+29.4
29,661
R
37.4%Gore9,319
61.2%Bush15,256
1.5%
R+23.8
R+16.8
R+24.3
24,947
R
41.1%Clinton9,985
48.1%Dole11,686
10.8%
R+7.0
D+3.2
R+15.5
24,308
R
32.0%Clinton9,886
42.2%Bush13,032
25.8%
R+10.2
D+10.1
R+15.7
30,880
R
39.3%Dukakis10,568
59.6%Bush16,027
1.2%
R+20.3
D+25.6
R+12.6
26,905
R
26.7%Mondale7,653
72.6%Reagan20,811
0.6%
R+45.9
R+12.9
R+27.7
28,648
R
29.1%Carter7,466
62.1%Reagan15,955
8.8%
R+33.0
R+18.4
R+23.3
25,691
R
41.8%Carter9,987
56.4%Ford13,481
1.8%
R+14.6
D+34.7
R+16.7
23,888
R
24.5%McGovern5,644
73.8%Nixon17,019
1.8%
R+49.3
R+28.0
R+26.2
23,070
R
32.4%Humphrey5,772
53.7%Nixon9,577
13.9%
R+21.3
R+27.1
R+20.7
17,824
D
52.9%Johnson8,906
47.1%Goldwater7,936
0.0%
D+5.8
D+32.9
R+16.8
16,842
R
36.4%Kennedy5,694
63.6%Nixon9,943
0.0%
R+27.2
R+7.7
R+27.3
15,637
R
40.3%Stevenson6,320
59.7%Eisenhower9,381
0.0%
R+19.5
D+4.6
R+4.1
15,701
R
38.0%Stevenson6,490
62.0%Eisenhower10,605
0.0%
R+24.1
R+36.1
R+13.3
17,095
D
56.0%Truman7,390
44.0%Dewey5,799
0.0%
D+12.1
D+15.7
D+7.6
13,189
R
48.1%Roosevelt5,624
51.7%Dewey6,048
0.3%
R+3.6
R+10.0
R+11.1
11,702
D
53.0%Roosevelt7,704
46.6%Willkie6,772
0.4%
D+6.4
R+19.1
R+3.5
14,539
D
62.5%Roosevelt8,081
37.0%Landon4,783
0.4%
D+25.5
R+8.2
D+1.3
12,921
D
66.9%Roosevelt7,819
33.1%Hoover3,874
0.0%
D+33.7
D+79.3
D+15.9
11,693
R
26.7%Smith2,904
72.2%Hoover7,864
1.1%
R+45.5
R+40.8
R+28.1
10,893
R
43.7%Davis4,342
48.5%Coolidge4,817
7.8%
R+4.8
D+11.3
D+20.4
9,933
R
38.7%Cox3,238
54.8%Harding4,583
6.6%
R+16.1
R+23.8
D+10.1
8,370
D
44.5%Wilson2,140
36.7%Hughes1,767
18.8%
D+7.8
D+11.1
D+4.6
4,809
R
38.3%Wilson1,534
41.7%Taft1,669
20.1%
R+3.4
D+2.3
R+22.9
4,007
R
42.8%Bryan1,980
48.5%Taft2,244
8.7%
R+5.7
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D+3.8
4,625
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
37.0%8,167
59.4%13,121
22,098
2020
R
37.2%11,010
57.8%17,114
29,593
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+29.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+25.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.1 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Stillwater, OK in Stillwater, OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−143
2012
−166
2013
+165
2014
+17
2015
−289
2016
−290
2017
−508
2018
−367
2019
−1,014
2021
+350
2022
+218
2023
+126
2024
−432
2025
−301
Stillwater anchors Payne County, where a large student and faculty population tempers the otherwise reliably Republican lean of surrounding rural Oklahoma, producing margins that shift noticeably with student turnout cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 49.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 82,972, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,809 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manhattan, KS and College Station-Bryan, TX.
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In 2024, Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,279 votes cast, 10,560 went Democratic and 17,962 went Republican.
When did Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma?
Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 82,972 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma is $49,809 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Stillwater, OK, Oklahoma from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
