Coos County, Oregon: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+52 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 64,8272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,1432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Guthrie County, IA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coos CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coos 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 | −16.0% |
| 1896 | +16.7% |
| 1900 | −12.4% |
| 1904 | −45.9% |
| 1908 | −29.4% |
| 1912 | +10.4% |
| 1916 | +1.9% |
| 1920 | −15.7% |
| 1924 | −26.6% |
| 1928 | −23.2% |
| 1932 | +23.7% |
| 1936 | +43.2% |
| 1940 | +21.7% |
| 1944 | +16.6% |
| 1948 | −0.7% |
| 1952 | −10.9% |
| 1956 | +9.7% |
| 1960 | +19.1% |
| 1964 | +52.4% |
| 1968 | +12.7% |
| 1972 | +6.1% |
| 1976 | +19.0% |
| 1980 | −4.3% |
| 1984 | −0.2% |
| 1988 | +15.5% |
| 1992 | +9.4% |
| 1996 | +4.6% |
| 2000 | −13.7% |
| 2004 | −11.7% |
| 2008 | −3.1% |
| 2012 | −6.4% |
| 2016 | −23.7% |
| 2020 | −20.5% |
| 2024 | −19.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 13,731 | 20,849 | 35,735 | ||
| R | 14,243 | 21,829 | 37,075 | ||
| R | 10,448 | 17,865 | 31,313 | ||
| R | 12,845 | 14,673 | 28,686 | ||
| R | 14,401 | 15,354 | 30,951 | ||
| R | 14,393 | 18,291 | 33,362 | ||
| R | 11,610 | 15,626 | 29,379 | ||
| D | 12,171 | 10,886 | 27,638 | ||
| D | 12,072 | 9,284 | 29,659 | ||
| D | 13,996 | 10,153 | 24,836 | ||
| R | 13,582 | 13,637 | 27,339 | ||
| R | 11,817 | 13,041 | 28,176 | ||
| D | 14,168 | 9,481 | 24,725 | ||
| D | 11,778 | 10,370 | 23,213 | ||
| D | 10,884 | 8,230 | 20,890 | ||
| D | 16,109 | 5,032 | 21,149 | ||
| D | 12,893 | 8,751 | 21,705 | ||
| D | 11,183 | 9,201 | 20,384 | ||
| R | 8,118 | 10,122 | 18,389 | ||
| R | 5,453 | 5,536 | 11,562 | ||
| D | 6,476 | 4,609 | 11,225 | ||
| D | 7,853 | 5,034 | 12,988 | ||
| D | 7,167 | 2,576 | 10,630 | ||
| D | 5,504 | 3,299 | 9,296 | ||
| R | 3,040 | 4,929 | 8,126 | ||
| R | 1,757 | 3,905 | 8,070 | ||
| R | 2,297 | 3,272 | 6,205 | ||
| D | 3,352 | 3,209 | 7,358 | ||
| O | 1,081 | 701 | 3,657 | ||
| R | 894 | 1,850 | 3,249 | ||
| R | 490 | 1,712 | 2,664 | ||
| R | 888 | 1,153 | 2,139 | ||
| D | 1,558 | 1,105 | 2,709 | ||
| O | 299 | 603 | 1,902 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.9%
English
13.9%
Irish
13.5%
American
3.9%
Italian
3.2%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 48.6 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
$62,143
Coos County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coos County$62,143
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Coos 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
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.5%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coos County's economy traces its roots to logging and commercial fishing, and its electorate has shifted steadily rightward over two decades, reaching a nearly 20-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 despite sitting on Oregon's famously scenic southern coast.
The Republican margin here reached forty-six points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty points.
A population of 64,827, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,143 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Guthrie County and Trimble County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coos County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coos County, Oregon voted Republican by 19.9 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,735 votes cast, 13,731 went Democratic and 20,849 went Republican.
What is Coos County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Coos County, Oregon 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 15 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Coos County, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coos County, Oregon voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Coos County, Oregon?
Coos County, Oregon has a population of 64,827 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coos County, Oregon?
Median household income in Coos County, Oregon is $62,143 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Coos County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coos County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.