Lake County, Oregon: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+65%. Republican peak: R+65 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+65MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,2672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,7872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Powder River County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lake CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lake County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −19.6% |
| 1896 | +4.3% |
| 1900 | −32.1% |
| 1904 | −52.5% |
| 1908 | −29.5% |
| 1912 | +5.7% |
| 1916 | +9.4% |
| 1920 | −49.4% |
| 1924 | −40.3% |
| 1928 | −29.2% |
| 1932 | +17.3% |
| 1936 | +24.4% |
| 1940 | +11.5% |
| 1944 | +6.4% |
| 1948 | +0.9% |
| 1952 | −17.7% |
| 1956 | −11.5% |
| 1960 | −3.8% |
| 1964 | +4.2% |
| 1968 | −32.3% |
| 1972 | −31.7% |
| 1976 | −6.3% |
| 1980 | −29.5% |
| 1984 | −35.1% |
| 1988 | −26.7% |
| 1992 | −20.3% |
| 1996 | −35.0% |
| 2000 | −56.9% |
| 2004 | −57.3% |
| 2008 | −45.6% |
| 2012 | −54.9% |
| 2016 | −60.6% |
| 2020 | −61.4% |
| 2024 | −65.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 681 | 3,421 | 4,209 | ||
| R | 792 | 3,470 | 4,363 | ||
| R | 639 | 3,022 | 3,930 | ||
| R | 770 | 2,808 | 3,710 | ||
| R | 957 | 2,638 | 3,688 | ||
| R | 802 | 3,039 | 3,905 | ||
| R | 707 | 2,830 | 3,729 | ||
| R | 962 | 2,239 | 3,652 | ||
| R | 1,019 | 1,791 | 3,802 | ||
| R | 1,237 | 2,161 | 3,463 | ||
| R | 1,184 | 2,466 | 3,653 | ||
| R | 1,147 | 2,234 | 3,689 | ||
| R | 1,381 | 1,575 | 3,088 | ||
| R | 777 | 1,619 | 2,653 | ||
| R | 730 | 1,538 | 2,505 | ||
| D | 1,419 | 1,304 | 2,723 | ||
| R | 1,441 | 1,555 | 2,996 | ||
| R | 1,289 | 1,623 | 2,912 | ||
| R | 1,205 | 1,727 | 2,943 | ||
| D | 1,104 | 1,083 | 2,254 | ||
| D | 1,147 | 1,008 | 2,169 | ||
| D | 1,414 | 1,121 | 2,544 | ||
| D | 1,274 | 725 | 2,253 | ||
| D | 1,199 | 839 | 2,084 | ||
| R | 549 | 1,014 | 1,594 | ||
| R | 304 | 917 | 1,520 | ||
| R | 358 | 1,136 | 1,576 | ||
| D | 971 | 793 | 1,891 | ||
| O | 357 | 297 | 1,061 | ||
| R | 239 | 465 | 765 | ||
| R | 115 | 394 | 531 | ||
| R | 233 | 456 | 694 | ||
| D | 383 | 351 | 736 | ||
| O | 110 | 237 | 648 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.2%
Irish
15.7%
English
15.3%
American
4.8%
Scottish
3.2%
Italian
2.1%
French
2.0%
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: 45.7 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
$62,787
Lake County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lake County$62,787
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Lake 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
14.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)14.7%
Seniors (65+)18.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 78.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lake County covers nearly 8,000 square miles of high desert and rangeland, and its small, dispersed population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles — among the widest gaps in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-five points.
A median household income of $62,787, a 15% poverty rate, and a 80% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Powder River County and Owyhee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lake County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake County, Oregon voted Republican by 65.1 points (R+65), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,209 votes cast, 681 went Democratic and 3,421 went Republican.
What is Lake County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Lake County, Oregon in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 8 times, Republican 24 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lake County, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake County, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lake County, Oregon?
Lake County, Oregon has a population of 8,267 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake County, Oregon?
Median household income in Lake County, Oregon is $62,787 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Lake County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.