Major County, Oklahoma: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+79%. Republican peak: R+80 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+79MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,6282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,2662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Roberts County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Major CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Major 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 | −20.3% |
| 1912 | −20.6% |
| 1916 | −7.7% |
| 1920 | −35.5% |
| 1924 | −37.2% |
| 1928 | −60.4% |
| 1932 | +29.5% |
| 1936 | −7.2% |
| 1940 | −41.9% |
| 1944 | −51.3% |
| 1948 | −33.6% |
| 1952 | −61.1% |
| 1956 | −49.6% |
| 1960 | −60.3% |
| 1964 | −30.7% |
| 1968 | −55.9% |
| 1972 | −70.5% |
| 1976 | −25.0% |
| 1980 | −66.2% |
| 1984 | −68.6% |
| 1988 | −45.1% |
| 1992 | −37.9% |
| 1996 | −36.7% |
| 2000 | −60.8% |
| 2004 | −70.6% |
| 2008 | −70.3% |
| 2012 | −71.6% |
| 2016 | −77.4% |
| 2020 | −79.7% |
| 2024 | −79.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 327 | 3,087 | 3,478 | ||
| R | 320 | 3,084 | 3,467 | ||
| R | 310 | 2,948 | 3,407 | ||
| R | 446 | 2,700 | 3,146 | ||
| R | 515 | 2,956 | 3,471 | ||
| R | 537 | 3,122 | 3,659 | ||
| R | 635 | 2,672 | 3,352 | ||
| R | 900 | 2,188 | 3,512 | ||
| R | 731 | 2,154 | 3,755 | ||
| R | 982 | 2,638 | 3,671 | ||
| R | 619 | 3,385 | 4,035 | ||
| R | 584 | 3,059 | 3,739 | ||
| R | 1,357 | 2,282 | 3,697 | ||
| R | 512 | 3,203 | 3,818 | ||
| R | 594 | 2,550 | 3,501 | ||
| R | 1,291 | 2,436 | 3,727 | ||
| R | 716 | 2,892 | 3,608 | ||
| R | 951 | 2,826 | 3,777 | ||
| R | 845 | 3,495 | 4,340 | ||
| R | 1,227 | 2,467 | 3,694 | ||
| R | 965 | 3,019 | 4,005 | ||
| R | 1,404 | 3,453 | 4,891 | ||
| R | 1,929 | 2,230 | 4,204 | ||
| D | 2,525 | 1,374 | 3,899 | ||
| R | 674 | 2,891 | 3,672 | ||
| R | 649 | 1,781 | 3,044 | ||
| R | 784 | 1,921 | 3,201 | ||
| R | 762 | 946 | 2,382 | ||
| R | 689 | 1,200 | 2,483 | ||
| R | 877 | 1,446 | 2,802 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.3%
English
11.6%
Irish
9.3%
American
6.5%
Scottish
2.6%
Polish
2.3%
French
1.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.0 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
$71,266
Major County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Major County$71,266
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Major 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
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.3%
Working age (18–64)9.4%
Seniors (65+)13.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Spanish7.4%
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 34.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Major County's 2024 presidential margin of R+79.4 ranks among the widest in the state, reflecting a rural, sparsely populated Oklahoma Panhandle-adjacent economy built around wheat farming and oil extraction.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 2020. The 2024 margin was seventy-nine points.
A population of 7,628, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,266 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roberts County and Grant County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Major County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Major County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 79.4 points (R+79), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,478 votes cast, 327 went Democratic and 3,087 went Republican.
What is Major County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Major County, Oklahoma in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 1 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Major County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Major County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Major County, Oklahoma?
Major County, Oklahoma has a population of 7,628 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Major County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Major County, Oklahoma is $71,266 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Major County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Major County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.