Adams County, Washington: New American county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Democratic peak: D+48 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,8002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,1362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 64.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grant County, WA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Adams CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Adams 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 | −18.4% |
| 1896 | +20.6% |
| 1900 | +6.0% |
| 1904 | −33.4% |
| 1908 | −17.2% |
| 1912 | +23.6% |
| 1916 | +2.1% |
| 1920 | −44.5% |
| 1924 | −26.3% |
| 1928 | −29.0% |
| 1932 | +26.2% |
| 1936 | +48.4% |
| 1940 | −3.8% |
| 1944 | −22.0% |
| 1948 | −4.7% |
| 1952 | −32.7% |
| 1956 | −15.1% |
| 1960 | −17.7% |
| 1964 | −5.0% |
| 1968 | −31.4% |
| 1972 | −43.7% |
| 1976 | −21.1% |
| 1980 | −42.4% |
| 1984 | −44.5% |
| 1988 | −23.3% |
| 1992 | −13.9% |
| 1996 | −13.4% |
| 2000 | −40.9% |
| 2004 | −47.5% |
| 2008 | −34.4% |
| 2012 | −33.8% |
| 2016 | −37.3% |
| 2020 | −35.7% |
| 2024 | −43.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,455 | 3,767 | 5,365 | ||
| R | 1,814 | 3,907 | 5,862 | ||
| R | 1,299 | 3,083 | 4,782 | ||
| R | 1,540 | 3,171 | 4,822 | ||
| R | 1,552 | 3,222 | 4,858 | ||
| R | 1,315 | 3,751 | 5,127 | ||
| R | 1,406 | 3,440 | 4,974 | ||
| R | 1,740 | 2,356 | 4,614 | ||
| R | 1,449 | 2,087 | 4,585 | ||
| R | 1,612 | 2,612 | 4,288 | ||
| R | 1,311 | 3,449 | 4,809 | ||
| R | 1,223 | 3,248 | 4,776 | ||
| R | 1,790 | 2,795 | 4,773 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 3,083 | 4,519 | ||
| R | 1,270 | 2,572 | 4,141 | ||
| R | 2,027 | 2,241 | 4,273 | ||
| R | 1,732 | 2,479 | 4,216 | ||
| R | 1,673 | 2,267 | 3,944 | ||
| R | 1,104 | 2,181 | 3,290 | ||
| R | 1,267 | 1,394 | 2,683 | ||
| R | 1,062 | 1,666 | 2,740 | ||
| R | 1,397 | 1,508 | 2,918 | ||
| D | 1,944 | 657 | 2,661 | ||
| D | 1,504 | 867 | 2,430 | ||
| R | 807 | 1,473 | 2,299 | ||
| O | 228 | 760 | 2,026 | ||
| R | 515 | 1,525 | 2,271 | ||
| D | 1,294 | 1,237 | 2,673 | ||
| O | 949 | 398 | 2,338 | ||
| R | 714 | 1,033 | 1,851 | ||
| R | 548 | 1,138 | 1,766 | ||
| D | 523 | 461 | 1,025 | ||
| D | 372 | 243 | 626 | ||
| R | 139 | 244 | 570 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
9.4%
English
6.8%
Irish
4.8%
American
1.9%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.8%
Scottish
0.8%
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: 29.3 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
$66,136
Adams County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Adams County$66,136
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Adams 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
19.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.0%
Working age (18–64)16.1%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
46.4%
speak English only
Spanish51.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Adams County's wheat-farming economy and sparse rural population anchor one of the most lopsided presidential results in Washington state, with Republicans carrying it by more than 43 points in 2024.
Adams County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-eight points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven 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 43% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,136, and a population of 20,800. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Jerome County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Adams County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Adams County, Washington voted Republican by 43.1 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,365 votes cast, 1,455 went Democratic and 3,767 went Republican.
What is Adams County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Adams County, Washington 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 5 times, Republican 27 times, and other 2 times.
When did Adams County, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Adams County, Washington voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Adams County, Washington?
Adams County, Washington has a population of 20,800 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Adams County, Washington?
Median household income in Adams County, Washington is $66,136 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Adams County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Adams County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.