Lincoln County, Oregon: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+18%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 50,9642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,1652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rolette County, ND · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1896 | −2.2% |
| 1900 | −26.2% |
| 1904 | −44.9% |
| 1908 | −30.8% |
| 1912 | −2.7% |
| 1916 | −11.0% |
| 1920 | −26.9% |
| 1924 | −27.0% |
| 1928 | −17.4% |
| 1932 | +24.0% |
| 1936 | +28.5% |
| 1940 | +8.3% |
| 1944 | +2.5% |
| 1948 | +1.7% |
| 1952 | −20.8% |
| 1956 | −7.2% |
| 1960 | +0.1% |
| 1964 | +37.8% |
| 1968 | −0.2% |
| 1972 | −8.4% |
| 1976 | +7.0% |
| 1980 | −3.7% |
| 1984 | −2.7% |
| 1988 | +12.8% |
| 1992 | +18.0% |
| 1996 | +18.6% |
| 2000 | +11.4% |
| 2004 | +14.8% |
| 2008 | +22.9% |
| 2012 | +20.5% |
| 2016 | +9.7% |
| 2020 | +16.0% |
| 2024 | +18.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 17,112 | 11,645 | 29,804 | ||
| D | 17,385 | 12,460 | 30,726 | ||
| D | 12,501 | 10,039 | 25,256 | ||
| D | 13,401 | 8,686 | 22,984 | ||
| D | 14,258 | 8,791 | 23,889 | ||
| D | 13,753 | 10,160 | 24,325 | ||
| D | 10,861 | 8,446 | 21,118 | ||
| D | 10,552 | 6,717 | 20,607 | ||
| D | 9,603 | 5,716 | 21,623 | ||
| D | 9,598 | 7,364 | 17,443 | ||
| R | 8,637 | 9,110 | 17,804 | ||
| R | 7,009 | 7,637 | 17,127 | ||
| D | 6,685 | 5,755 | 13,199 | ||
| R | 5,117 | 6,112 | 11,854 | ||
| R | 5,009 | 5,031 | 10,699 | ||
| D | 7,101 | 3,200 | 10,323 | ||
| D | 5,243 | 5,231 | 10,483 | ||
| R | 4,624 | 5,346 | 9,970 | ||
| R | 3,632 | 5,559 | 9,252 | ||
| D | 3,720 | 3,587 | 7,656 | ||
| D | 2,947 | 2,801 | 5,813 | ||
| D | 3,510 | 2,962 | 6,565 | ||
| D | 3,024 | 1,585 | 5,042 | ||
| D | 2,376 | 1,415 | 3,998 | ||
| R | 1,464 | 2,100 | 3,663 | ||
| R | 641 | 1,328 | 2,544 | ||
| R | 669 | 1,229 | 2,080 | ||
| R | 915 | 1,167 | 2,294 | ||
| O | 375 | 410 | 1,319 | ||
| R | 282 | 595 | 1,017 | ||
| R | 179 | 581 | 896 | ||
| R | 266 | 472 | 787 | ||
| R | 557 | 583 | 1,161 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.0%
English
15.2%
Irish
11.7%
Scottish
3.9%
American
3.3%
Italian
3.1%
French
2.0%
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: 52.7 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
$63,165
Lincoln County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lincoln County$63,165
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Lincoln 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
15.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.8%
Working age (18–64)15.0%
Seniors (65+)13.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.0%
speak English only
Spanish6.1%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
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 77.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lincoln County stretches along Oregon's Pacific coast, where a mix of retirees, seasonal workers, and small-city residents in Newport has produced Democratic presidential margins above 15 points in each of the last three cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-five points in 1904 at its widest — Lincoln County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A median household income of $63,165 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 50,964 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rolette County and Jackson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Oregon voted Democratic by 18.3 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 29,804 votes cast, 17,112 went Democratic and 11,645 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln County, Oregon in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 18 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lincoln County, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Oregon voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Oregon?
Lincoln County, Oregon has a population of 50,964 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Oregon?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Oregon is $63,165 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.