Ottawa County, Oklahoma: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+53%. Republican peak: R+53 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,3412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,9472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Haskell County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ottawa CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ottawa 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 | +4.8% |
| 1912 | +2.4% |
| 1916 | +6.2% |
| 1920 | −13.5% |
| 1924 | −6.5% |
| 1928 | −28.7% |
| 1932 | +43.6% |
| 1936 | +23.9% |
| 1940 | +15.6% |
| 1944 | +7.5% |
| 1948 | +25.5% |
| 1952 | −3.7% |
| 1956 | −8.1% |
| 1960 | −6.7% |
| 1964 | +30.0% |
| 1968 | −1.6% |
| 1972 | −38.6% |
| 1976 | +19.7% |
| 1980 | −1.7% |
| 1984 | −14.0% |
| 1988 | +13.9% |
| 1992 | +16.4% |
| 1996 | +14.9% |
| 2000 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | −18.8% |
| 2008 | −23.6% |
| 2012 | −29.6% |
| 2016 | −47.2% |
| 2020 | −51.2% |
| 2024 | −53.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,511 | 8,490 | 11,178 | ||
| R | 2,686 | 8,545 | 11,438 | ||
| R | 2,584 | 7,631 | 10,690 | ||
| R | 3,509 | 6,466 | 9,975 | ||
| R | 4,268 | 6,905 | 11,173 | ||
| R | 5,086 | 7,443 | 12,529 | ||
| D | 5,647 | 5,625 | 11,411 | ||
| D | 5,844 | 4,127 | 11,504 | ||
| D | 6,304 | 4,141 | 13,209 | ||
| D | 6,658 | 5,026 | 11,729 | ||
| R | 5,781 | 7,666 | 13,505 | ||
| R | 6,143 | 6,362 | 12,919 | ||
| D | 7,446 | 4,985 | 12,515 | ||
| R | 3,657 | 8,348 | 12,163 | ||
| R | 4,820 | 5,000 | 11,241 | ||
| D | 7,589 | 4,090 | 11,679 | ||
| R | 5,705 | 6,520 | 12,225 | ||
| R | 5,721 | 6,730 | 12,451 | ||
| R | 6,692 | 7,211 | 13,903 | ||
| D | 7,243 | 4,304 | 11,547 | ||
| D | 5,876 | 5,056 | 10,945 | ||
| D | 7,873 | 5,738 | 13,646 | ||
| D | 7,658 | 4,697 | 12,412 | ||
| D | 8,175 | 3,210 | 11,385 | ||
| R | 4,488 | 8,144 | 12,720 | ||
| R | 4,522 | 5,197 | 10,377 | ||
| R | 3,974 | 5,270 | 9,616 | ||
| D | 1,875 | 1,642 | 3,745 | ||
| D | 1,384 | 1,315 | 2,870 | ||
| D | 1,297 | 1,174 | 2,566 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.2%
Irish
10.0%
English
9.7%
American
4.4%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.4%
French
1.3%
African American
0.9%
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: 37.2 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
$49,947
Ottawa County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Ottawa County$49,947
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Ottawa 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
20.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.4%
Working age (18–64)18.8%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.5%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ottawa County, in Oklahoma's northeastern corner near the Missouri and Arkansas borders, has shifted dramatically toward Republican margins over the past decade, posting a 53-point gap in 2024 despite a historically mixed past tied to tribal land and lead-mining communities.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-three points.
A median household income of $49,947, a 21% 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 Haskell County and Okfuskee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ottawa County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ottawa County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 53.5 points (R+53), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,178 votes cast, 2,511 went Democratic and 8,490 went Republican.
What is Ottawa County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Ottawa 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 Ottawa County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ottawa County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Ottawa County, Oklahoma?
Ottawa County, Oklahoma has a population of 30,341 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ottawa County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Ottawa County, Oklahoma is $49,947 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Ottawa County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ottawa 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.