Hughes County, Oklahoma: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+63%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,3892024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,5812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Choctaw County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hughes CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hughes 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 | +5.4% |
| 1912 | +13.5% |
| 1916 | +23.0% |
| 1920 | +6.6% |
| 1924 | +32.3% |
| 1928 | −10.8% |
| 1932 | +70.7% |
| 1936 | +49.3% |
| 1940 | +30.9% |
| 1944 | +33.6% |
| 1948 | +53.2% |
| 1952 | +21.3% |
| 1956 | +21.2% |
| 1960 | −1.0% |
| 1964 | +45.1% |
| 1968 | +12.1% |
| 1972 | −31.7% |
| 1976 | +41.5% |
| 1980 | +18.9% |
| 1984 | +4.3% |
| 1988 | +22.9% |
| 1992 | +23.9% |
| 1996 | +24.7% |
| 2000 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | −14.6% |
| 2008 | −29.4% |
| 2012 | −34.9% |
| 2016 | −53.6% |
| 2020 | −60.9% |
| 2024 | −62.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 831 | 3,744 | 4,659 | ||
| R | 919 | 3,875 | 4,857 | ||
| R | 961 | 3,388 | 4,526 | ||
| R | 1,370 | 2,838 | 4,208 | ||
| R | 1,709 | 3,134 | 4,843 | ||
| R | 2,283 | 3,066 | 5,349 | ||
| D | 2,334 | 2,196 | 4,585 | ||
| D | 2,748 | 1,510 | 5,012 | ||
| D | 2,850 | 1,522 | 5,554 | ||
| D | 3,259 | 2,037 | 5,327 | ||
| D | 2,901 | 2,663 | 5,598 | ||
| D | 3,211 | 2,170 | 5,515 | ||
| D | 4,185 | 1,715 | 5,956 | ||
| R | 1,787 | 3,497 | 5,392 | ||
| D | 2,578 | 1,897 | 5,645 | ||
| D | 4,477 | 1,692 | 6,169 | ||
| R | 3,057 | 3,117 | 6,174 | ||
| D | 4,278 | 2,783 | 7,061 | ||
| D | 4,639 | 3,012 | 7,651 | ||
| D | 5,492 | 1,676 | 7,168 | ||
| D | 5,009 | 2,484 | 7,506 | ||
| D | 6,005 | 3,168 | 9,194 | ||
| D | 5,990 | 2,032 | 8,030 | ||
| D | 6,485 | 1,114 | 7,599 | ||
| R | 3,169 | 3,937 | 7,135 | ||
| D | 3,996 | 1,994 | 6,200 | ||
| D | 3,487 | 3,049 | 6,686 | ||
| D | 2,187 | 1,219 | 4,206 | ||
| D | 1,769 | 1,228 | 4,001 | ||
| D | 1,649 | 1,459 | 3,493 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
19.6%
Irish
8.8%
English
8.7%
German
7.1%
Scottish
0.8%
African American
4.2%
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: 38.8 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
$51,581
Hughes County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Hughes County$51,581
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Hughes 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
20.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.1%
Working age (18–64)19.8%
Seniors (65+)15.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Other languages3.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hughes County, a sparsely populated stretch of south-central Oklahoma, has shifted dramatically rightward over the past two decades, delivering a 62.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 despite a historically Democratic legacy rooted in its coal-era settlement.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-three points.
A median household income of $51,581, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,389 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Choctaw County and Ballard County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hughes County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hughes County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 62.5 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,659 votes cast, 831 went Democratic and 3,744 went Republican.
What is Hughes County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Hughes 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 21 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hughes County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hughes County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Hughes County, Oklahoma?
Hughes County, Oklahoma has a population of 13,389 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hughes County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Hughes County, Oklahoma is $51,581 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Hughes County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hughes County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.