Cleveland County, Oklahoma: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+15%. Democratic peak: D+52 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 300,0472024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,0682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Oldham County, KY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cleveland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cleveland County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +11.5% |
| 1912 | +18.6% |
| 1916 | +26.8% |
| 1920 | +2.3% |
| 1924 | +23.3% |
| 1928 | −23.7% |
| 1932 | +52.3% |
| 1936 | +40.6% |
| 1940 | +23.6% |
| 1944 | +17.9% |
| 1948 | +28.2% |
| 1952 | −13.7% |
| 1956 | −12.9% |
| 1960 | −18.5% |
| 1964 | +9.1% |
| 1968 | −14.9% |
| 1972 | −39.1% |
| 1976 | −4.7% |
| 1980 | −33.0% |
| 1984 | −44.0% |
| 1988 | −24.2% |
| 1992 | −13.8% |
| 1996 | −14.9% |
| 2000 | −25.7% |
| 2004 | −31.8% |
| 2008 | −24.0% |
| 2012 | −25.9% |
| 2016 | −21.7% |
| 2020 | −14.1% |
| 2024 | −14.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 49,432 | 67,225 | 119,294 | ||
| R | 49,827 | 66,677 | 119,778 | ||
| R | 38,829 | 62,538 | 109,450 | ||
| R | 34,771 | 59,116 | 93,887 | ||
| R | 39,681 | 64,749 | 104,430 | ||
| R | 34,007 | 65,720 | 99,727 | ||
| R | 27,792 | 47,393 | 76,171 | ||
| R | 26,038 | 36,457 | 69,783 | ||
| R | 24,404 | 35,561 | 80,629 | ||
| R | 22,067 | 36,313 | 58,933 | ||
| R | 16,512 | 42,806 | 59,705 | ||
| R | 14,536 | 31,178 | 50,401 | ||
| R | 20,054 | 22,098 | 43,281 | ||
| R | 11,126 | 25,777 | 37,518 | ||
| R | 8,617 | 12,446 | 25,774 | ||
| D | 11,599 | 9,656 | 21,255 | ||
| R | 6,397 | 9,292 | 15,689 | ||
| R | 5,987 | 7,766 | 13,753 | ||
| R | 6,190 | 8,149 | 14,339 | ||
| D | 6,556 | 3,671 | 10,227 | ||
| D | 5,240 | 3,642 | 8,903 | ||
| D | 5,933 | 3,660 | 9,650 | ||
| D | 6,304 | 2,643 | 9,022 | ||
| D | 5,969 | 1,868 | 7,837 | ||
| R | 2,291 | 3,738 | 6,093 | ||
| D | 2,841 | 1,672 | 5,008 | ||
| D | 2,397 | 2,283 | 4,985 | ||
| D | 1,753 | 885 | 3,235 | ||
| D | 1,471 | 938 | 2,865 | ||
| D | 1,437 | 1,092 | 3,006 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.8%
German
13.0%
Irish
10.3%
American
6.7%
Scottish
2.2%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.4%
African American
3.9%
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: 35.4 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
$77,068
Cleveland County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Cleveland County$77,068
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Cleveland County ranks in the top 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
12.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.2%
Working age (18–64)12.9%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.7%
speak English only
Spanish6.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.1%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cleveland County anchors Norman and the University of Oklahoma, giving it a younger, more educated profile than most of rural Oklahoma — yet it still delivered a 14.9-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the state's broader partisan realignment.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-four points in 1984 at its widest — Cleveland County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifteen points.
A median household income of $77,068 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 300,047 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oldham County and Forsyth County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cleveland County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cleveland County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 14.9 points (R+15), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 119,294 votes cast, 49,432 went Democratic and 67,225 went Republican.
What is Cleveland County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Cleveland 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 11 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cleveland County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleveland County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cleveland County, Oklahoma?
Cleveland County, Oklahoma has a population of 300,047 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleveland County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Cleveland County, Oklahoma is $77,068 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Cleveland County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cleveland County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.