Douglas County, Washington: New American county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Republican peak: R+47 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 44,3662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,3632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 35.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Flathead County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Douglas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Douglas 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 | −10.1% |
| 1896 | +37.0% |
| 1900 | +8.5% |
| 1904 | −47.4% |
| 1908 | −10.8% |
| 1912 | +22.4% |
| 1916 | +24.6% |
| 1920 | −24.4% |
| 1924 | −26.5% |
| 1928 | −33.8% |
| 1932 | +22.7% |
| 1936 | +36.7% |
| 1940 | +0.3% |
| 1944 | +0.6% |
| 1948 | +13.6% |
| 1952 | −11.1% |
| 1956 | +7.7% |
| 1960 | −2.4% |
| 1964 | +17.0% |
| 1968 | −7.1% |
| 1972 | −28.0% |
| 1976 | −8.6% |
| 1980 | −26.8% |
| 1984 | −34.2% |
| 1988 | −17.5% |
| 1992 | −10.8% |
| 1996 | −16.2% |
| 2000 | −36.5% |
| 2004 | −34.4% |
| 2008 | −21.4% |
| 2012 | −28.3% |
| 2016 | −29.5% |
| 2020 | −24.1% |
| 2024 | −26.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,410 | 13,095 | 21,182 | ||
| R | 7,811 | 12,955 | 21,308 | ||
| R | 4,918 | 9,603 | 15,901 | ||
| R | 5,166 | 9,425 | 15,060 | ||
| R | 5,848 | 9,098 | 15,209 | ||
| R | 4,306 | 8,900 | 13,372 | ||
| R | 3,822 | 8,512 | 12,855 | ||
| R | 3,913 | 5,682 | 10,925 | ||
| R | 3,731 | 4,920 | 11,048 | ||
| R | 3,760 | 5,378 | 9,247 | ||
| R | 3,127 | 6,443 | 9,698 | ||
| R | 2,833 | 5,171 | 8,709 | ||
| R | 3,809 | 4,547 | 8,564 | ||
| R | 2,420 | 4,512 | 7,481 | ||
| R | 2,764 | 3,234 | 6,665 | ||
| D | 3,728 | 2,643 | 6,376 | ||
| R | 3,087 | 3,241 | 6,346 | ||
| D | 3,034 | 2,602 | 5,645 | ||
| R | 2,361 | 2,954 | 5,329 | ||
| D | 2,251 | 1,703 | 4,033 | ||
| D | 1,832 | 1,809 | 3,665 | ||
| D | 1,972 | 1,959 | 3,971 | ||
| D | 2,290 | 1,025 | 3,445 | ||
| D | 1,941 | 1,179 | 3,362 | ||
| R | 862 | 1,760 | 2,653 | ||
| R | 398 | 1,070 | 2,536 | ||
| R | 918 | 1,587 | 2,743 | ||
| D | 1,916 | 1,125 | 3,219 | ||
| D | 1,357 | 642 | 3,185 | ||
| R | 1,540 | 1,942 | 3,720 | ||
| R | 577 | 1,722 | 2,415 | ||
| D | 615 | 516 | 1,161 | ||
| D | 733 | 334 | 1,077 | ||
| R | 253 | 345 | 915 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.2%
English
10.7%
Irish
8.5%
American
5.0%
French
3.0%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
2.0%
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: 38.9 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
$80,363
Douglas County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Douglas County$80,363
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Douglas 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
8.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.3%
speak English only
Spanish26.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
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 71.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Douglas County sits east of the Cascades in Washington's dryland wheat belt, where sparse population and an agricultural economy have produced Republican presidential margins above 20 points in each of the last several cycles.
Douglas County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-seven points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved three 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 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,363, and a population of 44,366. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Flathead County and Beaverhead County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Douglas County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Douglas County, Washington voted Republican by 26.8 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,182 votes cast, 7,410 went Democratic and 13,095 went Republican.
What is Douglas County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Douglas 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 11 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Douglas County, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Douglas County, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Douglas County, Washington?
Douglas County, Washington has a population of 44,366 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Douglas County, Washington?
Median household income in Douglas County, Washington is $80,363 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Douglas County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Douglas County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.