† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupBothellWashingtonUnited States
German14.8%14.5%12.5%
English13.3%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.4%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.8%4.0%—
Italian3.8%3.1%4.8%
American3.2%3.8%5.3%
Swedish2.9%1.8%—
Scottish2.9%2.6%1.3%
Asian Indian4.8%2.0%1.4%
Chinese4.7%2.2%1.3%
Filipino2.4%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese2.2%1.1%0.6%
Korean1.8%0.9%0.4%
Japanese0.8%0.4%0.2%
Cambodian0.4%0.3%—
Taiwanese0.2%——
Mexican5.6%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Samoan0.4%0.2%—
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
Bothell
Washington
United States
Median age
38.6
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bothell
Washington
United States
Median household income
$140,427
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.8%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
59.8%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bothell
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
28.1%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
8.3%
2.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
4.2%
1.9%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.5%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bothell
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Bothell, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.1%
2008
+24.8%
2012
+22.9%
2016
+33.4%
2020
+41.1%
2024
+41.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
68.9%Harris17,354
27.2%Trump6,857
3.9%
D+41.7
D+0.6
D+43.1
25,201
D
68.9%Biden18,437
27.8%Trump7,435
3.4%
D+41.1
D+7.7
D+36.6
26,773
D
62.7%Clinton13,412
29.3%Trump6,276
7.9%
D+33.4
D+10.4
D+31.3
21,384
D
59.9%Obama10,586
37.0%Romney6,538
3.0%
D+22.9
R+1.9
D+19.1
17,659
D
61.6%Obama12,168
36.8%McCain7,264
1.6%
D+24.8
D+11.8
D+17.6
19,756
D
55.8%Kerry10,584
42.8%Bush8,109
1.4%
D+13.1
—
D+15.5
18,962
Bothell straddles King and Snohomish counties, a quirk that places its precincts in different congressional and legislative districts. Rapid population growth since 2010 has steadily shifted its electorate toward higher-turnout, college-educated suburban voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 49,610, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $140,427 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kirkland and Issaquah.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bothell, Washington voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+41.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,201 votes cast, 17,354 went Democratic and 6,857 went Republican.
How many people live in Bothell, Washington?
Bothell, Washington has a population of 49,610 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bothell, Washington?
Median household income in Bothell, Washington is $140,427 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Bothell, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bothell, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
