Kitsap County, Washington: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+21%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 277,8812024 5-year
- Median household income
- $104,1582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cumberland County, ME · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kitsap CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kitsap 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 | −5.4% |
| 1896 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | −26.0% |
| 1904 | −56.4% |
| 1908 | −29.9% |
| 1912 | −4.2% |
| 1916 | +12.1% |
| 1920 | −36.0% |
| 1924 | −39.6% |
| 1928 | −27.7% |
| 1932 | +46.1% |
| 1936 | +54.9% |
| 1940 | +42.5% |
| 1944 | +36.0% |
| 1948 | +31.5% |
| 1952 | +9.7% |
| 1956 | +4.4% |
| 1960 | +5.9% |
| 1964 | +43.0% |
| 1968 | +19.5% |
| 1972 | −19.4% |
| 1976 | +5.1% |
| 1980 | −14.1% |
| 1984 | −9.6% |
| 1988 | −1.4% |
| 1992 | +5.8% |
| 1996 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | +3.8% |
| 2004 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | +12.3% |
| 2012 | +11.6% |
| 2016 | +11.0% |
| 2020 | +18.1% |
| 2024 | +20.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 91,731 | 59,080 | 156,872 | ||
| D | 90,277 | 61,563 | 158,672 | ||
| D | 63,156 | 49,018 | 128,770 | ||
| D | 67,277 | 52,846 | 124,101 | ||
| D | 68,624 | 53,297 | 124,337 | ||
| D | 60,796 | 55,608 | 118,670 | ||
| D | 50,302 | 46,427 | 102,867 | ||
| D | 44,167 | 35,304 | 91,487 | ||
| D | 34,442 | 29,340 | 88,568 | ||
| R | 33,748 | 34,743 | 69,649 | ||
| R | 29,681 | 36,101 | 66,713 | ||
| R | 20,893 | 29,420 | 60,296 | ||
| D | 25,701 | 23,124 | 50,750 | ||
| R | 17,011 | 25,831 | 45,446 | ||
| D | 22,273 | 14,520 | 39,815 | ||
| D | 26,904 | 10,702 | 37,714 | ||
| D | 19,662 | 17,459 | 37,302 | ||
| D | 19,641 | 17,986 | 37,685 | ||
| D | 20,531 | 16,876 | 37,596 | ||
| D | 19,538 | 9,869 | 30,678 | ||
| D | 24,016 | 11,224 | 35,491 | ||
| D | 13,861 | 5,525 | 19,596 | ||
| D | 12,414 | 3,440 | 16,347 | ||
| D | 10,002 | 3,465 | 14,173 | ||
| R | 3,668 | 6,544 | 10,392 | ||
| O | 490 | 3,954 | 8,750 | ||
| R | 1,350 | 4,989 | 10,098 | ||
| D | 3,479 | 2,638 | 6,974 | ||
| O | 969 | 1,224 | 6,082 | ||
| R | 850 | 1,819 | 3,241 | ||
| R | 320 | 1,736 | 2,509 | ||
| R | 489 | 880 | 1,506 | ||
| O | 728 | 728 | 1,489 | ||
| O | 370 | 438 | 1,266 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.6%
English
14.9%
Irish
12.9%
American
4.0%
Italian
3.7%
Scottish
3.6%
French
2.6%
African American
1.8%
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: 40.2 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
$104,158
Kitsap County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Kitsap County$104,158
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Kitsap County ranks in the top 5% 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.0%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)6.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.6%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
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 56.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Naval Base Kitsap, one of the largest naval installations in the U.S., the county pairs a substantial military workforce with suburban growth from Seattle commuters, producing consistent double-digit Democratic margins in recent cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-six points in 1904 at its widest — Kitsap County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A median household income of $104,158 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 277,881 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Snohomish County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kitsap County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kitsap County, Washington voted Democratic by 20.8 points (D+21), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 156,872 votes cast, 91,731 went Democratic and 59,080 went Republican.
What is Kitsap County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Kitsap 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 21 times, Republican 9 times, and other 4 times.
When did Kitsap County, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kitsap County, Washington voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Kitsap County, Washington?
Kitsap County, Washington has a population of 277,881 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kitsap County, Washington?
Median household income in Kitsap County, Washington is $104,158 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Kitsap County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kitsap County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.