Woods County, Oklahoma: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+66 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,5962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,2752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Blount County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Woods CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Woods 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 | −4.2% |
| 1912 | −12.5% |
| 1916 | +1.8% |
| 1920 | −27.7% |
| 1924 | −21.7% |
| 1928 | −42.7% |
| 1932 | +36.1% |
| 1936 | +27.9% |
| 1940 | +0.9% |
| 1944 | −14.1% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −42.0% |
| 1956 | −28.2% |
| 1960 | −36.2% |
| 1964 | −2.4% |
| 1968 | −37.2% |
| 1972 | −54.9% |
| 1976 | −4.8% |
| 1980 | −42.8% |
| 1984 | −50.0% |
| 1988 | −23.7% |
| 1992 | −18.1% |
| 1996 | −17.6% |
| 2000 | −38.0% |
| 2004 | −54.5% |
| 2008 | −55.4% |
| 2012 | −60.5% |
| 2016 | −66.1% |
| 2020 | −65.3% |
| 2024 | −64.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 614 | 2,955 | 3,638 | ||
| R | 591 | 2,993 | 3,678 | ||
| R | 522 | 2,947 | 3,668 | ||
| R | 671 | 2,727 | 3,398 | ||
| R | 873 | 3,043 | 3,916 | ||
| R | 932 | 3,166 | 4,098 | ||
| R | 1,235 | 2,774 | 4,046 | ||
| R | 1,431 | 2,151 | 4,102 | ||
| R | 1,361 | 2,225 | 4,777 | ||
| R | 1,735 | 2,835 | 4,651 | ||
| R | 1,231 | 3,741 | 5,018 | ||
| R | 1,364 | 3,592 | 5,208 | ||
| R | 2,530 | 2,788 | 5,421 | ||
| R | 1,234 | 4,413 | 5,789 | ||
| R | 1,439 | 3,449 | 5,405 | ||
| R | 2,750 | 2,886 | 5,636 | ||
| R | 1,902 | 4,064 | 5,966 | ||
| R | 2,123 | 3,787 | 5,910 | ||
| R | 1,999 | 4,892 | 6,891 | ||
| D | 2,882 | 2,871 | 5,753 | ||
| R | 2,426 | 3,226 | 5,675 | ||
| D | 3,506 | 3,440 | 7,007 | ||
| D | 4,179 | 2,346 | 6,569 | ||
| D | 4,279 | 2,008 | 6,287 | ||
| R | 1,550 | 3,941 | 5,600 | ||
| R | 1,533 | 2,615 | 4,988 | ||
| R | 1,530 | 2,827 | 4,687 | ||
| D | 1,417 | 1,358 | 3,301 | ||
| R | 1,247 | 1,679 | 3,467 | ||
| R | 1,420 | 1,557 | 3,270 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.7%
English
10.0%
Irish
9.5%
American
9.3%
Scottish
2.9%
Italian
2.4%
Polish
1.0%
African American
2.2%
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: 34.3 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
$53,275
Woods County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Woods County$53,275
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Woods 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
19.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.4%
Working age (18–64)20.0%
Seniors (65+)17.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Woods County, anchored by Alva in the state's northwestern wheat belt, delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a sparsely populated agricultural region where Republicans have dominated for decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-six points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A population of 8,596, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,275 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Blount County and Ellis County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Woods County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Woods County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 64.3 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,638 votes cast, 614 went Democratic and 2,955 went Republican.
What is Woods County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Woods 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 5 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Woods County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Woods County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Woods County, Oklahoma?
Woods County, Oklahoma has a population of 8,596 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Woods County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Woods County, Oklahoma is $53,275 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Woods County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Woods County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.