Mayes County, Oklahoma: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+57%. Republican peak: R+57 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 39,6042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,3052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Nowata County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mayes CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mayes 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 | +7.3% |
| 1912 | +11.7% |
| 1916 | +11.4% |
| 1920 | −10.0% |
| 1924 | −1.5% |
| 1928 | −16.2% |
| 1932 | +47.2% |
| 1936 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | +5.5% |
| 1944 | +0.1% |
| 1948 | +19.1% |
| 1952 | −10.2% |
| 1956 | −10.9% |
| 1960 | −16.5% |
| 1964 | +13.2% |
| 1968 | −14.7% |
| 1972 | −46.7% |
| 1976 | +11.0% |
| 1980 | −10.4% |
| 1984 | −24.8% |
| 1988 | +4.5% |
| 1992 | +6.5% |
| 1996 | +8.3% |
| 2000 | −3.7% |
| 2004 | −17.9% |
| 2008 | −28.1% |
| 2012 | −33.3% |
| 2016 | −51.7% |
| 2020 | −55.1% |
| 2024 | −57.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,529 | 13,514 | 17,374 | ||
| R | 3,581 | 12,749 | 16,626 | ||
| R | 3,423 | 11,555 | 15,717 | ||
| R | 4,823 | 9,637 | 14,460 | ||
| R | 5,749 | 10,234 | 15,983 | ||
| R | 6,933 | 9,946 | 16,879 | ||
| R | 6,618 | 7,132 | 14,001 | ||
| D | 6,377 | 5,268 | 13,308 | ||
| D | 6,432 | 5,445 | 15,171 | ||
| D | 6,691 | 6,115 | 12,901 | ||
| R | 5,154 | 8,585 | 13,838 | ||
| R | 5,344 | 6,633 | 12,358 | ||
| D | 6,298 | 5,040 | 11,419 | ||
| R | 2,656 | 7,535 | 10,454 | ||
| R | 2,855 | 4,260 | 9,546 | ||
| D | 5,421 | 4,157 | 9,578 | ||
| R | 3,721 | 5,194 | 8,915 | ||
| R | 3,760 | 4,677 | 8,437 | ||
| R | 3,837 | 4,704 | 8,541 | ||
| D | 4,201 | 2,854 | 7,055 | ||
| D | 3,830 | 3,822 | 7,671 | ||
| D | 4,057 | 3,631 | 7,709 | ||
| D | 3,920 | 2,690 | 6,623 | ||
| D | 4,444 | 1,596 | 6,040 | ||
| R | 2,161 | 3,004 | 5,214 | ||
| R | 2,246 | 2,317 | 4,888 | ||
| R | 1,987 | 2,447 | 4,597 | ||
| D | 1,574 | 1,229 | 3,031 | ||
| D | 1,391 | 1,077 | 2,682 | ||
| D | 1,186 | 1,021 | 2,255 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
10.6%
Irish
10.6%
English
9.0%
American
4.6%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.3%
Polish
0.9%
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: 40.4 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
$60,305
Mayes County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mayes County$60,305
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Mayes 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
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Tahlequah, capital of the Cherokee Nation, Mayes County sits in Oklahoma's Ozark foothills with a Native American population above 20 percent — yet it has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-seven points.
A median household income of $60,305, a 16% poverty rate, and a 63% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nowata County and Craig County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mayes County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mayes County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 57.5 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,374 votes cast, 3,529 went Democratic and 13,514 went Republican.
What is Mayes County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Mayes 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 13 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mayes County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mayes County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Mayes County, Oklahoma has a population of 39,604 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Mayes County, Oklahoma is $60,305 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mayes County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.