Asotin County, Washington: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,4672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,2832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Nez Perce County, ID · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Asotin CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Asotin County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −13.8% |
| 1896 | +11.3% |
| 1900 | −9.2% |
| 1904 | −50.5% |
| 1908 | −26.0% |
| 1912 | −1.5% |
| 1916 | +5.6% |
| 1920 | −38.2% |
| 1924 | −24.9% |
| 1928 | −39.7% |
| 1932 | +33.9% |
| 1936 | +39.1% |
| 1940 | +17.3% |
| 1944 | +15.9% |
| 1948 | +18.7% |
| 1952 | −11.5% |
| 1956 | −0.4% |
| 1960 | +7.9% |
| 1964 | +34.6% |
| 1968 | +7.1% |
| 1972 | −6.1% |
| 1976 | +2.5% |
| 1980 | −8.3% |
| 1984 | −11.9% |
| 1988 | +8.6% |
| 1992 | +10.7% |
| 1996 | +6.7% |
| 2000 | −27.2% |
| 2004 | −22.8% |
| 2008 | −13.4% |
| 2012 | −16.6% |
| 2016 | −26.1% |
| 2020 | −25.7% |
| 2024 | −25.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,082 | 7,004 | 11,468 | ||
| R | 4,250 | 7,319 | 11,951 | ||
| R | 3,134 | 5,741 | 9,974 | ||
| R | 4,003 | 5,654 | 9,972 | ||
| R | 4,139 | 5,451 | 9,780 | ||
| R | 3,319 | 5,320 | 8,786 | ||
| R | 2,736 | 4,909 | 7,985 | ||
| D | 3,349 | 2,860 | 7,311 | ||
| D | 3,239 | 2,425 | 7,596 | ||
| D | 3,422 | 2,874 | 6,384 | ||
| R | 3,042 | 3,876 | 7,021 | ||
| R | 2,724 | 3,275 | 6,659 | ||
| D | 2,898 | 2,752 | 5,828 | ||
| R | 2,559 | 2,911 | 5,780 | ||
| D | 2,693 | 2,307 | 5,434 | ||
| D | 3,657 | 1,777 | 5,436 | ||
| D | 3,093 | 2,640 | 5,739 | ||
| R | 2,586 | 2,608 | 5,200 | ||
| R | 2,160 | 2,722 | 4,894 | ||
| D | 2,054 | 1,384 | 3,583 | ||
| D | 1,888 | 1,367 | 3,270 | ||
| D | 2,107 | 1,483 | 3,611 | ||
| D | 2,261 | 916 | 3,443 | ||
| D | 1,994 | 960 | 3,052 | ||
| R | 776 | 1,812 | 2,612 | ||
| R | 508 | 1,094 | 2,352 | ||
| R | 497 | 1,210 | 1,866 | ||
| D | 1,136 | 1,004 | 2,338 | ||
| O | 551 | 579 | 1,845 | ||
| R | 365 | 648 | 1,087 | ||
| R | 227 | 747 | 1,029 | ||
| R | 328 | 398 | 760 | ||
| D | 269 | 214 | 487 | ||
| R | 143 | 194 | 369 | ||
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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
15.4%
Irish
11.7%
American
5.1%
Scottish
2.3%
Italian
2.2%
French
2.1%
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: 46.2 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
$72,283
Asotin County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Asotin County$72,283
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Asotin 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
14.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.1%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)4.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Asotin sits at Washington's southeastern corner along the Snake River, where a rural, agriculture-rooted electorate has delivered consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins for over two decades.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-one points in 1904. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A population of 22,467, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,283 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nez Perce County and Mineral County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Asotin County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Asotin County, Washington voted Republican by 25.5 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,468 votes cast, 4,082 went Democratic and 7,004 went Republican.
What is Asotin County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Asotin County, Washington in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 14 times, Republican 19 times, and other 1 times.
When did Asotin County, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Asotin County, Washington voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Asotin County, Washington?
Asotin County, Washington has a population of 22,467 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Asotin County, Washington?
Median household income in Asotin County, Washington is $72,283 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Asotin County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Asotin County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.