McIntosh County, Oklahoma: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+53%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 19,4002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,2812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Okmulgee County, OK · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McIntosh CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McIntosh County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | −12.4% |
| 1912 | +12.5% |
| 1916 | +26.4% |
| 1920 | +5.4% |
| 1924 | +23.3% |
| 1928 | −14.5% |
| 1932 | +61.6% |
| 1936 | +22.4% |
| 1940 | +3.9% |
| 1944 | +10.8% |
| 1948 | +43.6% |
| 1952 | +13.4% |
| 1956 | +11.9% |
| 1960 | −0.8% |
| 1964 | +42.0% |
| 1968 | +5.0% |
| 1972 | −30.4% |
| 1976 | +38.6% |
| 1980 | +10.8% |
| 1984 | −2.3% |
| 1988 | +20.4% |
| 1992 | +24.8% |
| 1996 | +23.7% |
| 2000 | +9.8% |
| 2004 | −2.2% |
| 2008 | −19.3% |
| 2012 | −23.7% |
| 2016 | −42.5% |
| 2020 | −49.7% |
| 2024 | −52.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,937 | 6,387 | 8,439 | ||
| R | 2,031 | 6,172 | 8,335 | ||
| R | 2,123 | 5,505 | 7,963 | ||
| R | 2,779 | 4,509 | 7,288 | ||
| R | 3,320 | 4,903 | 8,223 | ||
| R | 4,488 | 4,692 | 9,180 | ||
| D | 4,206 | 3,444 | 7,781 | ||
| D | 4,219 | 2,400 | 7,691 | ||
| D | 4,184 | 2,225 | 7,893 | ||
| D | 4,041 | 2,665 | 6,742 | ||
| R | 3,479 | 3,646 | 7,165 | ||
| D | 3,654 | 2,925 | 6,763 | ||
| D | 4,145 | 1,822 | 6,015 | ||
| R | 1,686 | 3,216 | 5,034 | ||
| D | 1,759 | 1,532 | 4,545 | ||
| D | 3,497 | 1,428 | 4,925 | ||
| R | 2,185 | 2,221 | 4,406 | ||
| D | 2,728 | 2,149 | 4,877 | ||
| D | 3,007 | 2,295 | 5,302 | ||
| D | 3,674 | 1,442 | 5,116 | ||
| D | 3,190 | 2,569 | 5,771 | ||
| D | 3,771 | 3,487 | 7,275 | ||
| D | 3,898 | 2,470 | 6,384 | ||
| D | 4,533 | 1,077 | 5,610 | ||
| R | 2,044 | 2,742 | 4,821 | ||
| D | 2,723 | 1,675 | 4,495 | ||
| D | 2,642 | 2,358 | 5,259 | ||
| D | 1,743 | 898 | 3,202 | ||
| D | 1,325 | 970 | 2,837 | ||
| R | 1,236 | 1,606 | 2,990 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.0%
Irish
11.0%
English
9.2%
American
5.2%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.9%
African American
2.1%
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: 47.1 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
$46,281
McIntosh County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
McIntosh County$46,281
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
McIntosh County ranks in the bottom 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
21.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.5%
Working age (18–64)20.4%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Other languages1.0%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McIntosh County, anchored by Eufaula and its reservoir tourism economy, delivered a 52-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a gap that has widened steadily over the past two decades as rural eastern Oklahoma shifted away from its historically Democratic roots.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at sixty-two points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2004 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by two points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-three points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $46,281 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Okmulgee County and Hancock County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McIntosh County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, McIntosh County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 52.7 points (R+53), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,439 votes cast, 1,937 went Democratic and 6,387 went Republican.
What is McIntosh County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places McIntosh County, Oklahoma in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to 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 19 times, Republican 11 times, and other 0 times.
When did McIntosh County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McIntosh County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in McIntosh County, Oklahoma?
McIntosh County, Oklahoma has a population of 19,400 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McIntosh County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in McIntosh County, Oklahoma is $46,281 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of McIntosh County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McIntosh County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.