Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHarney CountyOregonUnited States
German17.2%16.3%12.5%
Irish11.4%11.1%9.4%
English11.0%14.1%9.5%
American7.2%4.3%5.3%
Scottish4.6%3.0%1.3%
Polish3.9%—2.2%
Norwegian2.9%3.1%—
French2.8%2.1%1.6%
Mexican4.4%11.5%11.3%
Spaniard0.8%0.4%—
African American†1.8%1.2%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Harney County
Oregon
United States
Median age
45.9
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.4%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Harney County
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$55,208
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.3%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Harney County
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Harney County
Oregon
United States
Catholic
8.9%
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.3%
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
73.9%
66.9%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
8.0%
3.5%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Harney County, Oregon
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 0 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Harney County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -2121
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Precinct -2525
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Precinct -2626
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+9.8%
1896
+32.0%
1900
+1.9%
1904
−30.3%
1908
−14.1%
1912
+13.1%
1916
+15.8%
1920
−33.7%
1924
−26.2%
1928
−22.4%
1932
+28.5%
1936
+36.9%
1940
+14.1%
1944
+11.7%
1948
+1.1%
1952
−16.7%
1956
−11.0%
1960
−9.1%
1964
+14.7%
1968
−20.3%
1972
−24.1%
1976
−2.5%
1980
−31.8%
1984
−25.8%
1988
−13.6%
1992
−11.2%
1996
−27.5%
2000
−54.4%
2004
−53.4%
2008
−44.7%
2012
−49.5%
2016
−56.1%
2020
−57.6%
2024
−59.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
18.7%Harris797
77.7%Trump3,307
2.3%Kennedy96
R+59.0
R+1.4
R+57.5
4,255
R
20.0%Biden894
77.5%Trump3,475
1.4%Jorgensen63
R+57.6
R+1.5
R+62.1
4,481
R
17.2%Clinton683
73.3%Trump2,912
5.6%Johnson222
R+56.1
R+6.6
R+58.2
3,974
R
23.2%Obama832
72.8%Romney2,607
1.5%Johnson55
R+49.5
R+4.9
R+53.4
3,583
R
25.8%Obama950
70.5%McCain2,595
3.7%
R+44.7
D+8.7
R+51.9
3,683
R
22.7%Kerry839
76.0%Bush2,815
1.3%
R+53.4
D+1.1
R+50.9
3,702
R
20.5%Gore766
75.0%Bush2,799
2.2%Nader84
R+54.4
R+26.9
R+55.0
3,734
R
27.9%Clinton980
55.4%Dole1,948
14.4%Perot506
R+27.5
R+16.4
R+36.1
3,515
R
28.9%Clinton973
40.0%Bush1,350
30.4%Perot1,024
R+11.2
D+2.5
R+16.7
3,372
R
41.4%Dukakis1,379
55.0%Bush1,833
3.5%
R+13.6
D+12.2
R+5.9
3,330
R
36.7%Mondale1,290
62.6%Reagan2,197
0.7%
R+25.8
D+6.0
R+7.6
3,512
R
29.3%Carter1,110
61.1%Reagan2,313
9.6%
R+31.8
R+29.3
R+22.0
3,785
R
46.0%Carter1,567
48.5%Ford1,652
5.5%
R+2.5
D+21.6
R+4.6
3,407
R
35.1%McGovern1,004
59.1%Nixon1,693
5.8%
R+24.1
R+3.7
R+0.9
2,863
R
36.2%Humphrey1,036
56.6%Nixon1,617
7.2%
R+20.3
R+35.0
R+19.6
2,858
D
57.2%Johnson1,577
42.5%Goldwater1,172
0.4%
D+14.7
D+23.7
R+7.9
2,759
R
45.3%Kennedy1,220
54.4%Nixon1,464
0.3%
R+9.1
D+1.9
R+9.2
2,691
R
44.5%Stevenson1,212
55.5%Eisenhower1,512
0.0%
R+11.0
D+5.7
D+4.4
2,724
R
41.5%Stevenson983
58.2%Eisenhower1,378
0.2%
R+16.7
R+17.8
R+5.9
2,366
D
49.4%Truman802
48.3%Dewey784
2.3%
D+1.1
R+10.6
R+3.4
1,624
D
55.6%Roosevelt997
43.9%Dewey787
0.6%
D+11.7
R+2.4
D+4.2
1,794
D
56.8%Roosevelt1,214
42.7%Willkie912
0.5%
D+14.1
R+22.8
D+4.2
2,136
D
65.1%Roosevelt1,262
28.1%Landon546
6.8%
D+36.9
D+8.4
D+12.6
1,940
D
61.7%Roosevelt1,276
33.2%Hoover687
5.1%
D+28.5
D+50.9
D+10.7
2,068
R
38.2%Smith600
60.6%Hoover952
1.2%
R+22.4
D+3.8
R+4.9
1,571
R
27.6%Davis436
53.8%Coolidge851
18.0%La Follette285
R+26.2
D+7.5
R+1.1
1,581
R
29.5%Cox479
63.3%Harding1,026
7.2%
R+33.7
R+49.5
R+7.5
1,622
D
53.3%Wilson1,239
37.5%Hughes872
9.2%
D+15.8
D+2.7
D+12.6
2,324
D
43.7%Wilson538
30.6%Taft377
25.7%
D+13.1
D+27.2
R+6.5
1,232
R
38.3%Bryan329
52.4%Taft450
9.3%
R+14.1
D+16.2
R+4.5
859
R
28.1%Parker190
58.3%Roosevelt395
13.6%
R+30.3
R+32.2
R+10.6
677
D
49.2%Bryan387
47.3%McKinley372
3.6%
D+1.9
R+30.1
D+9.5
787
D
65.6%Bryan527
33.6%McKinley270
0.7%
D+32.0
D+22.2
D+38.1
803
D
43.0%Cleveland276
33.2%Harrison213
23.8%
D+9.8
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D+8.2
642
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
26.0%972
71.8%2,683
3,738
2020
R
24.1%1,055
73.5%3,213
4,371
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+36.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+59.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Democratic.
5,683 registered voters · 2024 · up from 5,606 in 2022
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−33 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −44 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $47,816 in average income, against $63,001 for residents who stayed — 24% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Deschutes County, OR23
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Harney County, OR in Harney County, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−20
2012
−131
2013
−83
2014
−51
2015
+23
2016
+99
2017
+17
2018
+18
2019
+110
2021
+122
2022
−27
2023
−59
2024
−29
2025
−33
Harney County stretches across 10,000 square miles of high desert and rangeland, with an economy built on cattle ranching and timber. Its sparse, rural population has shifted toward Republican presidential candidates by growing margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 59.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.0 points.
A population of 7,499, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,208 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Lake County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Harney County, Oregon voted Republican by 59.0 points (R+59.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,255 votes cast, 797 went Democratic and 3,307 went Republican.
When did Harney County, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Harney County, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Harney County, Oregon?
Harney County, Oregon has a population of 7,499 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Harney County, Oregon?
Median household income in Harney County, Oregon is $55,208 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Harney County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Harney County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
