Columbia County, Washington: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2000.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,0142024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,8102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fremont County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Columbia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Columbia 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 | +3.6% |
| 1896 | +5.2% |
| 1900 | −11.7% |
| 1904 | −36.6% |
| 1908 | −19.5% |
| 1912 | +7.1% |
| 1916 | +0.7% |
| 1920 | −33.3% |
| 1924 | −27.9% |
| 1928 | −31.3% |
| 1932 | +33.8% |
| 1936 | +24.2% |
| 1940 | −9.1% |
| 1944 | −7.6% |
| 1948 | −2.2% |
| 1952 | −32.7% |
| 1956 | −31.6% |
| 1960 | −24.3% |
| 1964 | +4.1% |
| 1968 | −21.7% |
| 1972 | −43.8% |
| 1976 | −15.9% |
| 1980 | −36.5% |
| 1984 | −34.9% |
| 1988 | −22.7% |
| 1992 | −4.9% |
| 1996 | −10.5% |
| 2000 | −47.8% |
| 2004 | −41.1% |
| 2008 | −36.5% |
| 2012 | −40.5% |
| 2016 | −43.6% |
| 2020 | −43.5% |
| 2024 | −43.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 661 | 1,737 | 2,485 | ||
| R | 668 | 1,754 | 2,495 | ||
| R | 526 | 1,497 | 2,229 | ||
| R | 645 | 1,568 | 2,280 | ||
| R | 686 | 1,499 | 2,228 | ||
| R | 605 | 1,470 | 2,107 | ||
| R | 515 | 1,523 | 2,107 | ||
| R | 743 | 948 | 1,955 | ||
| R | 668 | 761 | 1,914 | ||
| R | 730 | 1,172 | 1,944 | ||
| R | 673 | 1,404 | 2,095 | ||
| R | 587 | 1,349 | 2,086 | ||
| R | 829 | 1,153 | 2,034 | ||
| R | 533 | 1,445 | 2,080 | ||
| R | 754 | 1,221 | 2,152 | ||
| D | 1,138 | 1,048 | 2,187 | ||
| R | 793 | 1,301 | 2,094 | ||
| R | 739 | 1,423 | 2,162 | ||
| R | 765 | 1,511 | 2,283 | ||
| R | 1,015 | 1,062 | 2,112 | ||
| R | 1,039 | 1,211 | 2,270 | ||
| R | 1,218 | 1,461 | 2,685 | ||
| D | 1,391 | 807 | 2,412 | ||
| D | 1,491 | 714 | 2,298 | ||
| R | 689 | 1,328 | 2,041 | ||
| R | 522 | 1,122 | 2,153 | ||
| R | 662 | 1,376 | 2,144 | ||
| D | 1,164 | 1,148 | 2,447 | ||
| O | 855 | 673 | 2,564 | ||
| R | 585 | 887 | 1,545 | ||
| R | 482 | 1,089 | 1,657 | ||
| R | 706 | 899 | 1,643 | ||
| D | 862 | 776 | 1,651 | ||
| D | 672 | 615 | 1,565 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.8%
English
16.3%
Irish
11.2%
American
7.3%
Scottish
4.2%
Polish
3.1%
French
1.8%
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: 49.6 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
$71,810
Columbia County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Columbia County$71,810
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Columbia 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
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 182.5%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)10.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.3%
speak English only
Spanish4.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.1%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Columbia County, a sparsely populated wheat-farming county in Washington's southeastern corner, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, making it among the state's most lopsided counties by vote share.
The Republican margin here reached forty-eight points in 2000. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 4,014, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,810 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fremont County and Modoc County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Columbia County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbia County, Washington voted Republican by 43.3 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,485 votes cast, 661 went Democratic and 1,737 went Republican.
What is Columbia County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Columbia 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Columbia County, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbia County, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Columbia County, Washington?
Columbia County, Washington has a population of 4,014 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbia County, Washington?
Median household income in Columbia County, Washington is $71,810 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Columbia County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbia County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.