† 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
GroupOrtingWashingtonUnited States
German19.4%14.5%12.5%
English14.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish13.4%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian5.6%4.0%—
American4.8%3.8%5.3%
Italian4.5%3.1%4.8%
Scottish3.4%2.6%1.3%
Swedish3.4%1.8%—
Mexican6.4%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%0.4%—
Salvadoran0.3%0.4%0.7%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Panamanian0.2%——
Filipino0.8%1.5%0.9%
Korean0.6%0.9%0.4%
Vietnamese0.4%1.1%0.6%
Cambodian0.4%0.3%—
Chinese0.3%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%2.0%1.4%
African American†1.2%2.3%9.9%
Samoan0.8%0.2%—
Chamorro0.5%——
Native Hawaiian0.3%——
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
Orting
Washington
United States
Median age
34.1
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Orting
Washington
United States
Median household income
$132,877
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
2.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.0%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Orting
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.1%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Orting
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.
Orting, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−10.4%
2008
−0.4%
2012
−3.0%
2016
−17.7%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−20.3%
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
R
37.8%Harris1,679
58.2%Trump2,580
4.0%
R+20.3
D+0.6
R+18.8
4,436
R
37.7%Biden1,704
58.6%Trump2,649
3.6%
R+20.9
R+3.2
R+25.4
4,517
R
36.4%Clinton1,110
54.1%Trump1,650
9.5%
R+17.7
R+14.7
R+19.8
3,049
R
47.0%Obama1,276
50.1%Romney1,358
2.9%
R+3.0
R+2.7
R+6.9
2,713
R
48.6%Obama1,200
48.9%McCain1,209
2.5%
R+0.4
D+10.0
R+7.6
2,470
R
43.7%Kerry1,045
54.1%Bush1,293
2.2%
R+10.4
—
R+7.9
2,390
Orting sits on a floodplain directly in a mapped lahar path from Mount Rainier, making emergency preparedness a perennial local issue. Its fast-growing population leans toward the working-class suburban demographics common across southern Pierce County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 20.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 8,978, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $132,877 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Elk Plain and Prairie Ridge.
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, Orting, Washington voted Republican by 20.3 points (R+20.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,436 votes cast, 1,679 went Democratic and 2,580 went Republican.
How many people live in Orting, Washington?
Orting, Washington has a population of 8,978 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orting, Washington?
Median household income in Orting, Washington is $132,877 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Orting, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Orting, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
