Cotton County, Oklahoma: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,4852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,4252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Garvin County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cotton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cotton County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1912 | +24.5% |
| 1916 | +31.9% |
| 1920 | +10.3% |
| 1924 | +6.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +70.8% |
| 1936 | +52.8% |
| 1940 | +31.6% |
| 1944 | +36.2% |
| 1948 | +56.0% |
| 1952 | +5.5% |
| 1956 | +14.9% |
| 1960 | +0.5% |
| 1964 | +32.7% |
| 1968 | +5.7% |
| 1972 | −42.9% |
| 1976 | +25.6% |
| 1980 | −9.1% |
| 1984 | −17.3% |
| 1988 | +7.8% |
| 1992 | +13.1% |
| 1996 | +8.0% |
| 2000 | −12.9% |
| 2004 | −32.0% |
| 2008 | −44.4% |
| 2012 | −46.4% |
| 2016 | −62.6% |
| 2020 | −67.0% |
| 2024 | −66.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 392 | 2,067 | 2,506 | ||
| R | 393 | 2,117 | 2,572 | ||
| R | 424 | 2,054 | 2,602 | ||
| R | 657 | 1,796 | 2,453 | ||
| R | 690 | 1,793 | 2,483 | ||
| R | 898 | 1,742 | 2,640 | ||
| R | 1,068 | 1,388 | 2,482 | ||
| D | 1,258 | 1,042 | 2,698 | ||
| D | 1,314 | 910 | 3,091 | ||
| D | 1,482 | 1,266 | 2,775 | ||
| R | 1,264 | 1,796 | 3,080 | ||
| R | 1,410 | 1,702 | 3,206 | ||
| D | 1,911 | 1,127 | 3,064 | ||
| R | 798 | 2,050 | 2,919 | ||
| D | 1,192 | 1,016 | 3,113 | ||
| D | 2,216 | 1,123 | 3,339 | ||
| D | 1,634 | 1,619 | 3,253 | ||
| D | 1,889 | 1,398 | 3,287 | ||
| D | 2,117 | 1,897 | 4,014 | ||
| D | 2,613 | 738 | 3,351 | ||
| D | 2,711 | 1,266 | 3,994 | ||
| D | 3,121 | 1,616 | 4,760 | ||
| D | 3,842 | 1,181 | 5,040 | ||
| D | 4,426 | 758 | 5,184 | ||
| R | 1,605 | 2,419 | 4,048 | ||
| D | 1,825 | 1,581 | 3,705 | ||
| D | 2,260 | 1,820 | 4,252 | ||
| D | 1,500 | 685 | 2,555 | ||
| D | 1,063 | 587 | 1,942 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
15.7%
German
11.3%
American
11.1%
English
10.7%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.3%
French
1.0%
African American
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.9 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
$58,425
Cotton County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cotton County$58,425
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Cotton County ranks near the middle 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
20.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.3%
Working age (18–64)17.8%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cotton County's 2024 presidential margin of R+66.8 reflects a rural southwest Oklahoma electorate that has voted Republican by commanding double-digit margins for decades, with a small, stable population anchored by agriculture.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 2020. The 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
A median household income of $58,425, a 21% poverty rate, and a 78% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garvin County and Kiowa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cotton County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cotton County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 66.8 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,506 votes cast, 392 went Democratic and 2,067 went Republican.
What is Cotton County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Cotton County, Oklahoma in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 18 times, Republican 11 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cotton County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cotton County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Cotton County, Oklahoma?
Cotton County, Oklahoma has a population of 5,485 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cotton County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Cotton County, Oklahoma is $58,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Cotton County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cotton County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.