Whitman County, Washington: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Republican peak: R+42 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 47,0032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,4062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clallam County, WA · similarity 0.87
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Whitman CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Whitman 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 | −1.2% |
| 1896 | +39.1% |
| 1900 | +8.3% |
| 1904 | −41.8% |
| 1908 | −15.4% |
| 1912 | +16.4% |
| 1916 | +8.5% |
| 1920 | −36.1% |
| 1924 | −33.8% |
| 1928 | −40.6% |
| 1932 | +11.1% |
| 1936 | +31.7% |
| 1940 | −0.0% |
| 1944 | −4.8% |
| 1948 | −3.1% |
| 1952 | −31.7% |
| 1956 | −27.7% |
| 1960 | −19.3% |
| 1964 | −0.0% |
| 1968 | −18.8% |
| 1972 | −20.3% |
| 1976 | −13.1% |
| 1980 | −17.1% |
| 1984 | −20.2% |
| 1988 | −1.8% |
| 1992 | +6.9% |
| 1996 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | −15.4% |
| 2004 | −6.2% |
| 2008 | +5.5% |
| 2012 | −2.7% |
| 2016 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | +10.0% |
| 2024 | +8.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 10,480 | 8,699 | 20,027 | ||
| D | 11,184 | 9,067 | 21,126 | ||
| D | 8,146 | 7,403 | 18,028 | ||
| R | 8,037 | 8,507 | 17,270 | ||
| D | 9,070 | 8,104 | 17,589 | ||
| R | 8,287 | 9,397 | 18,012 | ||
| R | 6,509 | 9,003 | 16,237 | ||
| D | 7,262 | 6,734 | 15,895 | ||
| D | 7,637 | 6,428 | 17,478 | ||
| R | 7,403 | 7,680 | 15,333 | ||
| R | 6,621 | 10,021 | 16,849 | ||
| R | 5,726 | 8,636 | 17,024 | ||
| R | 6,197 | 8,168 | 15,068 | ||
| R | 6,248 | 9,548 | 16,266 | ||
| R | 5,218 | 7,810 | 13,789 | ||
| R | 6,760 | 6,765 | 13,538 | ||
| R | 5,458 | 8,069 | 13,544 | ||
| R | 4,854 | 8,572 | 13,434 | ||
| R | 4,611 | 8,905 | 13,560 | ||
| R | 6,015 | 6,411 | 12,740 | ||
| R | 5,449 | 6,000 | 11,490 | ||
| R | 6,351 | 6,356 | 12,799 | ||
| D | 7,753 | 3,955 | 11,973 | ||
| D | 5,945 | 4,727 | 11,011 | ||
| R | 2,969 | 7,065 | 10,101 | ||
| R | 1,745 | 4,960 | 9,516 | ||
| R | 2,806 | 6,344 | 9,809 | ||
| D | 5,888 | 4,933 | 11,251 | ||
| O | 3,621 | 1,989 | 9,943 | ||
| R | 2,386 | 3,376 | 6,418 | ||
| R | 1,519 | 4,090 | 6,152 | ||
| D | 2,826 | 2,366 | 5,565 | ||
| D | 3,690 | 1,592 | 5,367 | ||
| R | 2,061 | 2,131 | 5,709 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.7%
English
14.3%
Irish
12.7%
American
4.4%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
3.2%
French
2.2%
African American
1.2%
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: 26.4 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
$55,406
Whitman County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Whitman County$55,406
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Whitman County ranks in the bottom 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
22.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.8%
Working age (18–64)26.0%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.5%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander4.2%
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European2.9%
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 69.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Whitman County's lean toward Democratic presidential candidates is driven largely by Washington State University's student and faculty population in Pullman, making it an outlier in an otherwise Republican-leaning agricultural region.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-two points in 1904 at its widest — Whitman County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A median household income of $55,406 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 47,003 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clallam County and Hays County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Whitman County, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Whitman County, Washington voted Democratic by 8.9 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 20,027 votes cast, 10,480 went Democratic and 8,699 went Republican.
What is Whitman County, Washington's political typology?
Akashic places Whitman 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 11 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.
When did Whitman County, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Whitman County, Washington voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Whitman County, Washington?
Whitman County, Washington has a population of 47,003 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Whitman County, Washington?
Median household income in Whitman County, Washington is $55,406 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Whitman County, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Whitman County, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.