McCurtain County, Oklahoma: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,8632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,9292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Shelby County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McCurtain CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McCurtain 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 | +6.9% |
| 1912 | +13.6% |
| 1916 | +30.1% |
| 1920 | +13.0% |
| 1924 | +31.1% |
| 1928 | +20.0% |
| 1932 | +81.9% |
| 1936 | +63.8% |
| 1940 | +51.6% |
| 1944 | +57.8% |
| 1948 | +70.2% |
| 1952 | +35.7% |
| 1956 | +27.5% |
| 1960 | +8.2% |
| 1964 | +33.5% |
| 1968 | +1.7% |
| 1972 | −42.2% |
| 1976 | +37.3% |
| 1980 | +6.7% |
| 1984 | −22.9% |
| 1988 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | +13.6% |
| 1996 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | −27.2% |
| 2004 | −34.0% |
| 2008 | −47.0% |
| 2012 | −51.6% |
| 2016 | −63.9% |
| 2020 | −66.5% |
| 2024 | −68.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,696 | 9,485 | 11,309 | ||
| R | 1,858 | 9,485 | 11,467 | ||
| R | 1,802 | 8,656 | 10,726 | ||
| R | 2,440 | 7,635 | 10,075 | ||
| R | 2,794 | 7,745 | 10,539 | ||
| R | 3,684 | 7,472 | 11,156 | ||
| R | 3,752 | 6,601 | 10,482 | ||
| D | 4,350 | 3,892 | 9,774 | ||
| D | 5,082 | 3,519 | 11,494 | ||
| D | 4,928 | 4,920 | 9,911 | ||
| R | 3,994 | 6,381 | 10,416 | ||
| D | 5,953 | 5,189 | 11,372 | ||
| D | 7,560 | 3,423 | 11,080 | ||
| R | 2,568 | 6,441 | 9,175 | ||
| D | 2,944 | 2,795 | 8,619 | ||
| D | 5,982 | 2,981 | 8,963 | ||
| D | 4,202 | 3,562 | 7,764 | ||
| D | 4,761 | 2,707 | 7,468 | ||
| D | 5,793 | 2,748 | 8,541 | ||
| D | 6,223 | 1,091 | 7,314 | ||
| D | 5,322 | 1,419 | 6,751 | ||
| D | 6,994 | 2,225 | 9,248 | ||
| D | 5,089 | 1,119 | 6,221 | ||
| D | 5,886 | 587 | 6,473 | ||
| D | 2,877 | 1,915 | 4,813 | ||
| D | 3,279 | 1,669 | 5,185 | ||
| D | 2,603 | 1,966 | 4,887 | ||
| D | 1,763 | 795 | 3,212 | ||
| D | 1,059 | 704 | 2,601 | ||
| D | 565 | 482 | 1,203 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
7.7%
English
6.9%
German
5.0%
American
3.5%
Scottish
1.4%
French
1.0%
Italian
0.6%
African American
6.2%
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: 37.7 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
$51,929
McCurtain County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
McCurtain County$51,929
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
McCurtain 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
21.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.3%
Working age (18–64)18.3%
Seniors (65+)18.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Other languages1.1%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McCurtain County sits at Oklahoma's southeastern corner, touching Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana — a timber-economy region where the 2024 presidential margin exceeded 68 points, among the widest gaps in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
A median household income of $51,929, a 21% poverty rate, and a 60% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shelby County and Sabine County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McCurtain County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, McCurtain County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 68.9 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,309 votes cast, 1,696 went Democratic and 9,485 went Republican.
What is McCurtain County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places McCurtain 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 21 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did McCurtain County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McCurtain County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in McCurtain County, Oklahoma?
McCurtain County, Oklahoma has a population of 30,863 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McCurtain County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in McCurtain County, Oklahoma is $51,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of McCurtain County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McCurtain County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.