Clallam County, Washington: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+8%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+8MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 77,8132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,3702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Whitman County, WA · similarity 0.87
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Clallam CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Clallam 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 | −5.2% |
| 1896 | +12.3% |
| 1900 | −26.4% |
| 1904 | −47.5% |
| 1908 | −32.4% |
| 1912 | −10.4% |
| 1916 | −4.2% |
| 1920 | −38.9% |
| 1924 | −45.1% |
| 1928 | −31.9% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +37.8% |
| 1940 | +25.0% |
| 1944 | +20.9% |
| 1948 | +12.2% |
| 1952 | −8.8% |
| 1956 | −9.8% |
| 1960 | +4.4% |
| 1964 | +37.8% |
| 1968 | +7.8% |
| 1972 | −23.3% |
| 1976 | −4.7% |
| 1980 | −15.6% |
| 1984 | −16.4% |
| 1988 | −0.3% |
| 1992 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | −7.7% |
| 2004 | −5.0% |
| 2008 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | −2.8% |
| 2020 | +3.4% |
| 2024 | +7.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 25,440 | 21,632 | 48,663 | ||
| D | 24,721 | 23,062 | 49,264 | ||
| R | 17,677 | 18,794 | 40,533 | ||
| D | 18,580 | 18,437 | 38,385 | ||
| D | 19,470 | 18,199 | 38,519 | ||
| R | 17,049 | 18,871 | 36,766 | ||
| R | 13,779 | 16,251 | 32,232 | ||
| D | 12,585 | 12,432 | 29,516 | ||
| D | 10,820 | 9,765 | 28,673 | ||
| R | 11,123 | 11,200 | 22,794 | ||
| R | 9,701 | 13,605 | 23,735 | ||
| R | 8,029 | 11,515 | 22,296 | ||
| R | 8,268 | 9,132 | 18,386 | ||
| R | 5,620 | 9,372 | 16,089 | ||
| D | 7,030 | 5,921 | 14,234 | ||
| D | 9,265 | 4,175 | 13,455 | ||
| D | 6,801 | 6,227 | 13,080 | ||
| R | 5,632 | 6,852 | 12,500 | ||
| R | 5,390 | 6,442 | 11,938 | ||
| D | 5,412 | 4,178 | 10,097 | ||
| D | 5,441 | 3,551 | 9,051 | ||
| D | 5,966 | 3,555 | 9,631 | ||
| D | 5,586 | 2,404 | 8,418 | ||
| D | 3,954 | 1,870 | 7,537 | ||
| R | 1,705 | 3,319 | 5,065 | ||
| R | 283 | 2,129 | 4,089 | ||
| R | 489 | 1,775 | 3,302 | ||
| R | 1,339 | 1,475 | 3,261 | ||
| O | 464 | 727 | 2,536 | ||
| R | 428 | 938 | 1,574 | ||
| R | 273 | 903 | 1,325 | ||
| R | 407 | 723 | 1,196 | ||
| D | 717 | 559 | 1,287 | ||
| R | 448 | 518 | 1,356 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.9%
English
17.4%
Irish
10.6%
American
5.2%
Scottish
4.1%
Italian
3.7%
French
2.9%
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: 52.1 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
$70,370
Clallam County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Clallam County$70,370
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Clallam 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
10.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)7.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clallam sits on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where a mix of tribal communities, retirees, and legacy timber workers has produced competitive but increasingly center-left presidential results over the past decade.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-eight points in 1904 at its widest — Clallam County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eight points.
A median household income of $70,370 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 77,813 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Whitman County and Chaffee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Clallam County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clallam County, Washington voted Democratic by 7.8 points (D+8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 48,663 votes cast, 25,440 went Democratic and 21,632 went Republican.
What is Clallam County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Clallam County, Washington 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 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Clallam County, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Clallam County, Washington voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Clallam County, Washington?
Clallam County, Washington has a population of 77,813 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clallam County, Washington?
Median household income in Clallam County, Washington is $70,370 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Clallam County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clallam County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.