Morrow County, Oregon: New American county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,3002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,4482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 42.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- White Pine County, NV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morrow CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morrow County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −10.4% |
| 1896 | −3.7% |
| 1900 | −31.6% |
| 1904 | −48.0% |
| 1908 | −37.3% |
| 1912 | −16.4% |
| 1916 | +4.8% |
| 1920 | −42.6% |
| 1924 | −32.0% |
| 1928 | −32.6% |
| 1932 | +21.9% |
| 1936 | +35.4% |
| 1940 | +12.6% |
| 1944 | +5.6% |
| 1948 | +5.4% |
| 1952 | −22.9% |
| 1956 | −10.0% |
| 1960 | +1.8% |
| 1964 | +40.2% |
| 1968 | −13.8% |
| 1972 | −17.0% |
| 1976 | +3.0% |
| 1980 | −20.7% |
| 1984 | −25.8% |
| 1988 | −5.2% |
| 1992 | −0.4% |
| 1996 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | −28.5% |
| 2004 | −33.0% |
| 2008 | −27.1% |
| 2012 | −34.3% |
| 2016 | −40.9% |
| 2020 | −43.3% |
| 2024 | −48.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,138 | 3,408 | 4,732 | ||
| R | 1,371 | 3,586 | 5,118 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 2,721 | 4,167 | ||
| R | 1,202 | 2,532 | 3,882 | ||
| R | 1,410 | 2,509 | 4,058 | ||
| R | 1,361 | 2,732 | 4,149 | ||
| R | 1,197 | 2,224 | 3,609 | ||
| D | 1,426 | 1,381 | 3,331 | ||
| R | 1,174 | 1,187 | 3,474 | ||
| R | 1,375 | 1,529 | 2,970 | ||
| R | 1,254 | 2,130 | 3,397 | ||
| R | 1,077 | 1,728 | 3,141 | ||
| D | 1,162 | 1,091 | 2,367 | ||
| R | 718 | 1,059 | 2,007 | ||
| R | 797 | 1,068 | 1,967 | ||
| D | 1,470 | 627 | 2,097 | ||
| D | 1,039 | 1,003 | 2,042 | ||
| R | 893 | 1,092 | 1,985 | ||
| R | 786 | 1,254 | 2,045 | ||
| D | 838 | 751 | 1,622 | ||
| D | 836 | 747 | 1,596 | ||
| D | 979 | 758 | 1,749 | ||
| D | 1,181 | 518 | 1,874 | ||
| D | 929 | 579 | 1,601 | ||
| R | 543 | 1,093 | 1,685 | ||
| R | 397 | 991 | 1,858 | ||
| R | 451 | 1,186 | 1,725 | ||
| D | 830 | 748 | 1,697 | ||
| R | 275 | 447 | 1,050 | ||
| R | 272 | 680 | 1,095 | ||
| R | 230 | 875 | 1,344 | ||
| R | 358 | 723 | 1,154 | ||
| R | 544 | 586 | 1,150 | ||
| R | 352 | 470 | 1,136 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.7%
English
9.6%
Irish
9.1%
American
4.9%
French
2.1%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
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: 36.3 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
$75,448
Morrow County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Morrow County$75,448
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Morrow 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
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.0%
Working age (18–64)12.9%
Seniors (65+)8.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
66.6%
speak English only
Spanish32.3%
Other languages0.6%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morrow County's sparse, ranch-and-farm landscape anchors a Republican tilt that reached 48 points in 2024, making it an outlier even within a state where rural eastern counties trend heavily red.
Morrow County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,448, and a population of 12,300. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White Pine County and Hill County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morrow County, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morrow County, Oregon voted Republican by 48.0 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,732 votes cast, 1,138 went Democratic and 3,408 went Republican.
What is Morrow County, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Morrow County, Oregon in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Morrow County, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morrow County, Oregon voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morrow County, Oregon?
Morrow County, Oregon has a population of 12,300 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morrow County, Oregon?
Median household income in Morrow County, Oregon is $75,448 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Morrow County, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morrow County, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.