Canadian County, Oklahoma: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 168,9852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,7512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- St. Tammany Parish, LA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Canadian CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Canadian County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +4.6% |
| 1912 | +6.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −8.2% |
| 1924 | −0.1% |
| 1928 | −28.3% |
| 1932 | +45.3% |
| 1936 | +29.6% |
| 1940 | +7.9% |
| 1944 | +1.3% |
| 1948 | +19.8% |
| 1952 | −26.9% |
| 1956 | −18.8% |
| 1960 | −14.7% |
| 1964 | +5.1% |
| 1968 | −19.3% |
| 1972 | −59.4% |
| 1976 | −14.3% |
| 1980 | −49.3% |
| 1984 | −59.6% |
| 1988 | −40.8% |
| 1992 | −28.9% |
| 1996 | −30.0% |
| 2000 | −45.6% |
| 2004 | −54.8% |
| 2008 | −52.2% |
| 2012 | −54.3% |
| 2016 | −51.2% |
| 2020 | −43.3% |
| 2024 | −40.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 21,038 | 50,551 | 73,074 | ||
| R | 16,742 | 43,550 | 61,940 | ||
| R | 11,674 | 39,986 | 55,278 | ||
| R | 10,537 | 35,625 | 46,162 | ||
| R | 11,426 | 36,428 | 47,854 | ||
| R | 9,712 | 33,297 | 43,009 | ||
| R | 8,367 | 22,679 | 31,360 | ||
| R | 8,977 | 18,139 | 30,536 | ||
| R | 7,215 | 16,756 | 33,050 | ||
| R | 7,453 | 17,872 | 25,530 | ||
| R | 5,245 | 20,929 | 26,320 | ||
| R | 4,889 | 15,272 | 21,041 | ||
| R | 7,288 | 9,766 | 17,339 | ||
| R | 2,751 | 11,400 | 14,564 | ||
| R | 3,577 | 5,891 | 11,993 | ||
| D | 5,747 | 5,193 | 10,940 | ||
| R | 4,234 | 5,697 | 9,931 | ||
| R | 3,896 | 5,702 | 9,598 | ||
| R | 4,203 | 7,289 | 11,492 | ||
| D | 5,568 | 3,729 | 9,297 | ||
| D | 4,800 | 4,674 | 9,492 | ||
| D | 5,506 | 4,699 | 10,237 | ||
| D | 6,135 | 3,325 | 9,508 | ||
| D | 6,767 | 2,549 | 9,316 | ||
| R | 2,786 | 5,011 | 7,875 | ||
| R | 3,065 | 3,070 | 7,397 | ||
| R | 3,268 | 3,881 | 7,444 | ||
| D | 2,200 | 1,590 | 4,259 | ||
| D | 2,047 | 1,794 | 4,222 | ||
| D | 2,124 | 1,931 | 4,219 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.9%
English
13.3%
Irish
10.3%
American
6.1%
Scottish
2.2%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.1%
African American
3.1%
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: 36.3 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
$87,751
Canadian County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Canadian County$87,751
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Canadian County ranks in the top 10% 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
8.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.6%
Working age (18–64)7.3%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Canadian County anchors the western edge of the Oklahoma City metro, where rapid suburban expansion has accompanied some of the state's steepest population growth — yet its presidential margins have held firmly above R+40 across recent cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty points in 1984 at its widest — Canadian County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A median household income of $87,751 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 168,985 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Tammany Parish and Randall County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Canadian County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Canadian County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 40.4 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,074 votes cast, 21,038 went Democratic and 50,551 went Republican.
What is Canadian County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Canadian County, Oklahoma in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 9 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Canadian County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Canadian County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Canadian County, Oklahoma?
Canadian County, Oklahoma has a population of 168,985 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Canadian County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Canadian County, Oklahoma is $87,751 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Canadian County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Canadian County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.