Beckham County, Oklahoma: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Democratic peak: D+74 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,1482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,3282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washita County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Beckham CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Beckham County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
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 | +29.5% |
| 1912 | +29.5% |
| 1916 | +40.4% |
| 1920 | +12.5% |
| 1924 | +26.0% |
| 1928 | −26.3% |
| 1932 | +74.0% |
| 1936 | +59.3% |
| 1940 | +36.1% |
| 1944 | +27.8% |
| 1948 | +55.2% |
| 1952 | −6.3% |
| 1956 | +5.4% |
| 1960 | −22.0% |
| 1964 | +23.4% |
| 1968 | −8.5% |
| 1972 | −45.9% |
| 1976 | +31.4% |
| 1980 | −4.8% |
| 1984 | −31.4% |
| 1988 | −1.1% |
| 1992 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | −1.8% |
| 2000 | −25.4% |
| 2004 | −47.7% |
| 2008 | −56.1% |
| 2012 | −59.1% |
| 2016 | −70.8% |
| 2020 | −72.0% |
| 2024 | −70.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,093 | 6,474 | 7,678 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 6,767 | 7,948 | ||
| R | 960 | 6,308 | 7,552 | ||
| R | 1,417 | 5,508 | 6,925 | ||
| R | 1,625 | 5,772 | 7,397 | ||
| R | 1,931 | 5,454 | 7,385 | ||
| R | 2,408 | 4,067 | 6,532 | ||
| R | 2,797 | 2,912 | 6,551 | ||
| D | 2,947 | 2,913 | 7,820 | ||
| R | 3,388 | 3,463 | 6,915 | ||
| R | 2,601 | 5,005 | 7,654 | ||
| R | 3,298 | 3,637 | 7,113 | ||
| D | 4,530 | 2,351 | 6,935 | ||
| R | 1,608 | 4,472 | 6,235 | ||
| R | 2,354 | 2,935 | 6,839 | ||
| D | 4,115 | 2,557 | 6,672 | ||
| R | 2,721 | 4,258 | 6,979 | ||
| D | 3,561 | 3,194 | 6,755 | ||
| R | 3,972 | 4,504 | 8,476 | ||
| D | 4,544 | 1,310 | 5,854 | ||
| D | 3,608 | 2,034 | 5,657 | ||
| D | 4,598 | 2,148 | 6,783 | ||
| D | 5,372 | 1,352 | 6,780 | ||
| D | 5,979 | 892 | 6,871 | ||
| R | 2,201 | 3,810 | 6,110 | ||
| D | 2,496 | 1,357 | 4,387 | ||
| D | 2,347 | 1,755 | 4,745 | ||
| D | 1,850 | 527 | 3,275 | ||
| D | 1,566 | 648 | 3,109 | ||
| D | 1,807 | 866 | 3,188 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.4%
German
10.1%
Irish
9.7%
American
7.3%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
1.2%
African American
4.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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: 37.1 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
$53,328
Beckham County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Beckham County$53,328
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Beckham County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.1%
Working age (18–64)21.2%
Seniors (65+)4.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.2%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Beckham County, anchored by Elk City along I-40, posted an R+70 presidential margin in 2024 — a gap that reflects both the area's deep-rooted conservative lean and its predominantly rural, energy-sector workforce.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-two points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $53,328, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 22,148 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washita County and Liberty County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Beckham County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Beckham County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 70.1 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,678 votes cast, 1,093 went Democratic and 6,474 went Republican.
What is Beckham County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Beckham County, Oklahoma in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Beckham County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beckham County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Beckham County, Oklahoma?
Beckham County, Oklahoma has a population of 22,148 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beckham County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Beckham County, Oklahoma is $53,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Beckham County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Beckham County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.