Wahkiakum County, Washington: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,6582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,6532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Skamania County, WA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wahkiakum CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wahkiakum 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 | −2.7% |
| 1896 | +15.4% |
| 1900 | −29.5% |
| 1904 | −57.3% |
| 1908 | −48.9% |
| 1912 | −11.0% |
| 1916 | −15.9% |
| 1920 | −38.5% |
| 1924 | −49.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +21.1% |
| 1936 | +42.9% |
| 1940 | +28.6% |
| 1944 | +30.5% |
| 1948 | +16.0% |
| 1952 | +6.4% |
| 1956 | +8.2% |
| 1960 | +7.4% |
| 1964 | +44.9% |
| 1968 | +15.4% |
| 1972 | −1.3% |
| 1976 | +13.9% |
| 1980 | −4.3% |
| 1984 | +8.9% |
| 1988 | +20.4% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.6% |
| 2000 | −11.7% |
| 2004 | −6.7% |
| 2008 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | −1.1% |
| 2016 | −21.1% |
| 2020 | −19.3% |
| 2024 | −18.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,204 | 1,757 | 3,062 | ||
| R | 1,165 | 1,741 | 2,981 | ||
| R | 832 | 1,344 | 2,429 | ||
| R | 1,094 | 1,119 | 2,313 | ||
| D | 1,121 | 1,105 | 2,294 | ||
| R | 1,021 | 1,171 | 2,235 | ||
| R | 803 | 1,033 | 1,973 | ||
| D | 924 | 619 | 1,836 | ||
| D | 696 | 488 | 1,796 | ||
| D | 961 | 629 | 1,626 | ||
| D | 930 | 776 | 1,739 | ||
| R | 751 | 828 | 1,778 | ||
| D | 942 | 704 | 1,710 | ||
| R | 796 | 818 | 1,726 | ||
| D | 899 | 641 | 1,675 | ||
| D | 1,175 | 446 | 1,624 | ||
| D | 923 | 796 | 1,722 | ||
| D | 953 | 808 | 1,767 | ||
| D | 928 | 815 | 1,760 | ||
| D | 877 | 622 | 1,597 | ||
| D | 1,003 | 532 | 1,545 | ||
| D | 1,164 | 642 | 1,825 | ||
| D | 1,098 | 419 | 1,583 | ||
| D | 730 | 442 | 1,364 | ||
| R | 382 | 578 | 975 | ||
| R | 89 | 496 | 820 | ||
| R | 164 | 494 | 857 | ||
| R | 340 | 490 | 941 | ||
| O | 185 | 282 | 884 | ||
| R | 150 | 485 | 685 | ||
| R | 101 | 473 | 649 | ||
| R | 207 | 396 | 641 | ||
| D | 396 | 290 | 689 | ||
| R | 225 | 239 | 517 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.3%
German
13.4%
Irish
8.2%
American
5.3%
Scottish
4.6%
Italian
3.7%
French
2.4%
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: 54.5 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
$62,653
Wahkiakum County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wahkiakum County$62,653
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Wahkiakum 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
17.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)19.8%
Seniors (65+)3.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Perched along the Columbia River estuary, Wahkiakum County's roughly 3,800 residents have shifted from competitive margins in the early 2000s to an R+18 result in 2024, reflecting a broader rural realignment across the Pacific Northwest.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-seven points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A population of 4,658, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,653 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Skamania County and Warren County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wahkiakum County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wahkiakum County, Washington voted Republican by 18.1 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,062 votes cast, 1,204 went Democratic and 1,757 went Republican.
What is Wahkiakum County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Wahkiakum 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 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wahkiakum County, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wahkiakum County, Washington voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Wahkiakum County, Washington?
Wahkiakum County, Washington has a population of 4,658 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wahkiakum County, Washington?
Median household income in Wahkiakum County, Washington is $62,653 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Wahkiakum County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wahkiakum County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.