Osage County, Oklahoma: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+41%. Republican peak: R+50 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 45,9972024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,8472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Craig County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Osage CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Osage County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +1.7% |
| 1912 | +4.5% |
| 1916 | +13.2% |
| 1920 | −8.9% |
| 1924 | +5.0% |
| 1928 | −35.5% |
| 1932 | +38.8% |
| 1936 | +34.4% |
| 1940 | +16.8% |
| 1944 | +10.4% |
| 1948 | +28.9% |
| 1952 | −7.0% |
| 1956 | −10.3% |
| 1960 | −12.8% |
| 1964 | +13.0% |
| 1968 | −13.4% |
| 1972 | −50.2% |
| 1976 | +3.3% |
| 1980 | −16.5% |
| 1984 | −24.5% |
| 1988 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | +5.8% |
| 1996 | +10.0% |
| 2000 | −3.8% |
| 2004 | −17.4% |
| 2008 | −23.7% |
| 2012 | −25.3% |
| 2016 | −36.8% |
| 2020 | −39.5% |
| 2024 | −41.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,867 | 14,404 | 20,628 | ||
| R | 6,002 | 14,121 | 20,538 | ||
| R | 5,597 | 12,577 | 18,966 | ||
| R | 6,704 | 11,242 | 17,946 | ||
| R | 7,498 | 12,160 | 19,658 | ||
| R | 8,068 | 11,467 | 19,535 | ||
| R | 7,540 | 8,138 | 15,909 | ||
| D | 7,342 | 5,827 | 15,183 | ||
| D | 6,894 | 5,891 | 17,322 | ||
| D | 7,778 | 7,162 | 15,055 | ||
| R | 6,095 | 10,083 | 16,257 | ||
| R | 5,687 | 8,044 | 14,246 | ||
| D | 6,832 | 6,398 | 13,348 | ||
| R | 2,968 | 9,288 | 12,591 | ||
| R | 3,919 | 5,499 | 11,825 | ||
| D | 7,395 | 5,695 | 13,090 | ||
| R | 5,801 | 7,508 | 13,309 | ||
| R | 5,939 | 7,296 | 13,235 | ||
| R | 6,714 | 7,731 | 14,445 | ||
| D | 7,156 | 3,951 | 11,107 | ||
| D | 6,846 | 5,557 | 12,410 | ||
| D | 9,019 | 6,419 | 15,481 | ||
| D | 10,090 | 4,917 | 15,056 | ||
| D | 10,833 | 4,775 | 15,608 | ||
| R | 5,010 | 10,555 | 15,632 | ||
| D | 7,070 | 6,363 | 14,202 | ||
| R | 3,801 | 4,567 | 8,622 | ||
| D | 2,052 | 1,524 | 4,006 | ||
| D | 1,900 | 1,713 | 4,110 | ||
| D | 1,584 | 1,528 | 3,274 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.2%
English
11.9%
Irish
11.4%
American
4.5%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.6%
Italian
1.2%
African American
8.1%
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: 43.5 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
$62,847
Osage County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Osage County$62,847
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Osage 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
13.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.2%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other languages0.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
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 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Despite hosting the federally recognized Osage Nation and its nearly 21,000 enrolled members, the county has voted Republican by margins exceeding 40 points in recent presidential cycles, reflecting rural Oklahoma's broader electoral pattern.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points.
A median household income of $62,847, a 13% 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 Craig County and Nowata County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Osage County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Osage County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 41.4 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,628 votes cast, 5,867 went Democratic and 14,404 went Republican.
What is Osage County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Osage 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 14 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Osage County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Osage County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Osage County, Oklahoma?
Osage County, Oklahoma has a population of 45,997 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Osage County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Osage County, Oklahoma is $62,847 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Osage County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Osage County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.