Crook County, Oregon: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+50%. Republican peak: R+50 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 26,2772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,9652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Treasure County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Crook CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Crook 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 | +11.0% |
| 1896 | −2.6% |
| 1900 | −10.4% |
| 1904 | −42.6% |
| 1908 | −22.8% |
| 1912 | +10.4% |
| 1916 | +22.1% |
| 1920 | −23.4% |
| 1924 | −20.4% |
| 1928 | −28.2% |
| 1932 | +22.0% |
| 1936 | +28.4% |
| 1940 | +20.7% |
| 1944 | +10.1% |
| 1948 | +8.8% |
| 1952 | −17.2% |
| 1956 | −2.0% |
| 1960 | +7.3% |
| 1964 | +35.1% |
| 1968 | −3.2% |
| 1972 | −10.3% |
| 1976 | +9.3% |
| 1980 | −16.2% |
| 1984 | −24.8% |
| 1988 | −5.6% |
| 1992 | −2.7% |
| 1996 | −9.2% |
| 2000 | −34.9% |
| 2004 | −37.9% |
| 2008 | −26.5% |
| 2012 | −36.0% |
| 2016 | −48.3% |
| 2020 | −48.5% |
| 2024 | −50.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,836 | 12,012 | 16,297 | ||
| R | 3,801 | 11,287 | 15,448 | ||
| R | 2,637 | 8,511 | 12,172 | ||
| R | 3,104 | 6,790 | 10,230 | ||
| R | 3,632 | 6,371 | 10,352 | ||
| R | 3,024 | 6,830 | 10,051 | ||
| R | 2,474 | 5,363 | 8,277 | ||
| R | 2,607 | 3,250 | 6,989 | ||
| R | 2,508 | 2,703 | 7,271 | ||
| R | 2,719 | 3,049 | 5,882 | ||
| R | 2,268 | 3,773 | 6,064 | ||
| R | 2,162 | 3,113 | 5,862 | ||
| D | 2,536 | 2,093 | 4,777 | ||
| R | 1,743 | 2,167 | 4,123 | ||
| R | 1,611 | 1,727 | 3,607 | ||
| D | 2,419 | 1,161 | 3,586 | ||
| D | 2,005 | 1,732 | 3,737 | ||
| R | 1,805 | 1,879 | 3,684 | ||
| R | 1,490 | 2,124 | 3,681 | ||
| D | 1,149 | 960 | 2,141 | ||
| D | 1,145 | 932 | 2,105 | ||
| D | 1,439 | 942 | 2,398 | ||
| D | 1,086 | 589 | 1,752 | ||
| D | 990 | 626 | 1,656 | ||
| R | 487 | 877 | 1,382 | ||
| R | 434 | 725 | 1,429 | ||
| R | 528 | 872 | 1,473 | ||
| D | 2,699 | 1,675 | 4,626 | ||
| D | 1,060 | 770 | 2,790 | ||
| R | 548 | 915 | 1,609 | ||
| R | 266 | 763 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 381 | 474 | 895 | ||
| R | 575 | 607 | 1,222 | ||
| D | 411 | 317 | 852 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.8%
German
15.0%
Irish
10.3%
American
5.6%
Italian
3.7%
French
2.4%
Scottish
1.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 47.2 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
$81,965
Crook County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Crook County$81,965
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Crook County ranks in the top 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
11.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.4%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)6.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
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 76.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crook County's economy centers on timber, agriculture, and outdoor recreation across its sagebrush plateau, and its rural, predominantly white population has delivered lopsided Republican margins in every recent presidential cycle.
The Republican margin here reached fifty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty points.
A population of 26,277, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,965 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Treasure County and Washington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Crook County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crook County, Oregon voted Republican by 50.2 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,297 votes cast, 3,836 went Democratic and 12,012 went Republican.
What is Crook County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Crook 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 11 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Crook County, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crook County, Oregon voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Crook County, Oregon?
Crook County, Oregon has a population of 26,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crook County, Oregon?
Median household income in Crook County, Oregon is $81,965 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Crook County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crook County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.