Clackamas County, Oregon: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+10%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+10MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 423,9752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,5172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Champaign County, IL · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Clackamas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Clackamas 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 | −28.4% |
| 1896 | −5.4% |
| 1900 | −14.3% |
| 1904 | −51.1% |
| 1908 | −17.7% |
| 1912 | +10.2% |
| 1916 | −8.1% |
| 1920 | −27.4% |
| 1924 | −20.4% |
| 1928 | −21.3% |
| 1932 | +30.2% |
| 1936 | +39.3% |
| 1940 | +8.5% |
| 1944 | +5.8% |
| 1948 | −0.6% |
| 1952 | −19.6% |
| 1956 | −10.7% |
| 1960 | −9.3% |
| 1964 | +25.3% |
| 1968 | −6.9% |
| 1972 | −11.8% |
| 1976 | −5.5% |
| 1980 | −12.5% |
| 1984 | −18.4% |
| 1988 | −1.3% |
| 1992 | +4.3% |
| 1996 | +5.7% |
| 2000 | −0.7% |
| 2004 | −1.3% |
| 2008 | +10.4% |
| 2012 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | +6.4% |
| 2020 | +11.1% |
| 2024 | +9.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 130,578 | 106,386 | 246,237 | ||
| D | 139,043 | 110,509 | 257,679 | ||
| D | 102,095 | 88,392 | 214,039 | ||
| D | 95,493 | 88,592 | 189,332 | ||
| D | 103,476 | 83,595 | 191,878 | ||
| R | 95,129 | 97,691 | 195,000 | ||
| R | 76,421 | 77,539 | 162,262 | ||
| D | 67,709 | 59,443 | 145,146 | ||
| D | 60,310 | 53,724 | 154,538 | ||
| R | 59,799 | 61,381 | 123,351 | ||
| R | 47,254 | 68,630 | 116,173 | ||
| R | 40,462 | 54,111 | 109,483 | ||
| R | 42,504 | 47,671 | 93,959 | ||
| R | 32,540 | 41,767 | 78,089 | ||
| R | 27,939 | 32,363 | 63,961 | ||
| D | 35,711 | 21,299 | 57,043 | ||
| R | 23,679 | 28,531 | 52,319 | ||
| R | 20,416 | 25,314 | 45,730 | ||
| R | 16,219 | 24,174 | 40,620 | ||
| R | 14,263 | 14,431 | 30,083 | ||
| D | 14,060 | 12,492 | 26,987 | ||
| D | 13,547 | 11,416 | 25,153 | ||
| D | 14,203 | 5,830 | 21,303 | ||
| D | 11,575 | 5,964 | 18,608 | ||
| R | 5,918 | 9,216 | 15,486 | ||
| R | 3,099 | 5,864 | 13,548 | ||
| R | 3,740 | 6,928 | 11,639 | ||
| R | 5,334 | 6,349 | 12,471 | ||
| O | 2,171 | 1,503 | 6,532 | ||
| R | 1,866 | 2,776 | 5,149 | ||
| R | 684 | 2,783 | 4,106 | ||
| R | 1,641 | 2,234 | 4,148 | ||
| R | 2,386 | 2,664 | 5,144 | ||
| R | 655 | 1,815 | 4,078 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.8%
English
14.9%
Irish
11.7%
American
4.4%
Italian
3.6%
Scottish
3.3%
French
2.6%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 42.3 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
$103,517
Clackamas County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Clackamas County$103,517
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Clackamas County ranks in the top 5% 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
7.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.5%
Working age (18–64)7.6%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.7%
speak English only
Spanish5.5%
Other Indo-European3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.9%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clackamas has trended toward Democratic margins in recent cycles as Portland's suburbs densified, yet its rural eastern reaches—stretching to Mt. Hood—keep it measurably closer than neighboring Multnomah, with a 2024 presidential margin of D+9.8.
The Democratic margin here reached thirty-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was ten points.
A population of 423,975, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,517 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Champaign County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Clackamas County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clackamas County, Oregon voted Democratic by 9.8 points (D+10), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 246,237 votes cast, 130,578 went Democratic and 106,386 went Republican.
What is Clackamas County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Clackamas County, Oregon in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. 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 12 times, Republican 21 times, and other 1 times.
When did Clackamas County, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Clackamas County, Oregon voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Clackamas County, Oregon?
Clackamas County, Oregon has a population of 423,975 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clackamas County, Oregon?
Median household income in Clackamas County, Oregon is $103,517 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Clackamas County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clackamas County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.