† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
8 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOklahoma City-Shawnee, OKOklahomaUnited States
English12.0%11.4%9.5%
German11.8%12.0%12.5%
Irish9.2%9.9%9.4%
American6.1%6.1%5.3%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.7%1.7%4.8%
French1.5%1.4%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%0.7%—
Mexican11.7%9.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.8%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
African American†8.3%6.0%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Chickasaw0.3%0.4%—
Muscogee (Creek)0.3%0.6%—
Aztec0.2%——
Vietnamese0.9%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.6%0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.3%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median age
36.1
37.1
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
16.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median household income
$72,103
$65,039
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
15.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.5%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.1%
11.5%
22.3%
Spanish
10.2%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Catholic
9.7%
6.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
39.0%
41.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
38.7%
39.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.9%
7.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+1.5%
1912
+9.1%
1916
+16.0%
1920
−1.5%
1924
+7.6%
1928
−35.8%
1932
+40.1%
1936
+33.8%
1940
+18.1%
1944
+14.0%
1948
+23.4%
1952
−13.3%
1956
−14.7%
1960
−20.2%
1964
+8.2%
1968
−15.2%
1972
−49.9%
1976
−9.0%
1980
−35.2%
1984
−44.8%
1988
−25.9%
1992
−17.1%
1996
−16.3%
2000
−27.2%
2004
−33.4%
2008
−26.3%
2012
−27.5%
2016
−25.0%
2020
−18.1%
2024
−19.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.2%Harris233,685
58.7%Trump349,935
2.1%
R+19.5
R+1.4
R+18.0
596,359
R
39.7%Biden231,358
57.8%Trump336,971
2.6%
R+18.1
D+6.9
R+22.6
583,442
R
34.1%Clinton182,785
59.1%Trump316,913
6.8%
R+25.0
D+2.5
R+27.1
536,270
R
36.3%Obama175,455
63.7%Romney308,531
0.0%
R+27.5
R+1.2
R+31.4
483,986
R
36.9%Obama193,491
63.1%McCain331,516
0.0%
R+26.3
D+7.1
R+33.6
525,007
R
33.3%Kerry168,277
66.7%Bush336,773
0.0%
R+33.4
R+6.2
R+30.9
505,050
R
35.8%Gore144,878
63.0%Bush254,749
1.2%
R+27.2
R+10.8
R+27.7
404,344
R
36.8%Clinton143,789
53.1%Dole207,610
10.1%
R+16.3
D+0.8
R+24.9
390,761
R
29.6%Clinton134,418
46.7%Bush212,215
23.6%
R+17.1
D+8.8
R+22.7
453,936
R
36.6%Dukakis133,316
62.5%Bush227,781
0.9%
R+25.9
D+18.9
R+18.2
364,268
R
27.1%Mondale102,924
71.9%Reagan273,394
1.1%
R+44.8
R+9.6
R+26.6
380,346
R
29.4%Carter101,513
64.6%Reagan223,244
6.0%
R+35.2
R+26.3
R+25.5
345,646
R
44.6%Carter146,567
53.6%Ford176,015
1.8%
R+9.0
D+41.0
R+11.0
328,517
R
23.9%McGovern75,154
73.8%Nixon231,980
2.2%
R+49.9
R+34.7
R+26.8
314,155
R
32.9%Humphrey90,724
48.1%Nixon132,552
19.0%
R+15.2
R+23.4
R+14.5
275,641
D
54.1%Johnson139,427
45.9%Goldwater118,198
0.0%
D+8.2
D+28.5
R+14.3
257,625
R
39.9%Kennedy97,232
60.1%Nixon146,511
0.0%
R+20.2
R+5.5
R+20.4
243,743
R
42.6%Stevenson92,828
57.4%Eisenhower124,950
0.0%
R+14.7
R+1.5
D+0.7
217,778
R
43.4%Stevenson108,473
56.6%Eisenhower141,653
0.0%
R+13.3
R+36.7
R+2.5
250,126
D
61.7%Truman102,907
38.3%Dewey63,826
0.0%
D+23.4
D+9.5
D+19.0
166,733
D
56.9%Roosevelt95,677
42.9%Dewey72,214
0.2%
D+14.0
R+4.1
D+6.5
168,181
D
58.8%Roosevelt99,012
40.8%Willkie68,631
0.4%
D+18.1
R+15.8
D+8.1
168,273
D
66.7%Roosevelt100,017
32.8%Landon49,248
0.5%
D+33.8
R+6.3
D+9.6
150,030
D
70.0%Roosevelt93,627
30.0%Hoover40,034
0.0%
D+40.1
D+75.9
D+22.3
133,661
R
31.7%Smith35,183
67.5%Hoover74,961
0.8%
R+35.8
R+43.4
R+18.4
111,031
D
48.7%Davis45,945
41.2%Coolidge38,824
10.1%
D+7.6
D+9.1
D+32.7
94,300
R
46.9%Cox40,576
48.4%Harding41,884
4.7%
R+1.5
R+17.6
D+24.7
86,494
D
51.0%Wilson23,943
35.0%Hughes16,417
14.0%
D+16.0
D+7.0
D+12.9
46,926
D
48.3%Wilson21,250
39.2%Taft17,254
12.5%
D+9.1
D+7.6
R+10.5
44,026
D
47.3%Bryan21,261
45.7%Taft20,575
7.0%
D+1.5
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D+11.1
44,987
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
38.7%172,133
57.7%256,509
444,751
2020
R
39.7%230,896
56.0%326,200
582,158
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+21.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+19.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.7 points.
Domestic migration in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+8,994
2012
+10,199
2013
+11,683
2014
+6,179
2015
+8,912
2016
+5,681
2017
+422
2018
+5,159
2019
+8,092
2021
+11,700
2022
+12,216
2023
+10,341
2024
+6,790
2025
+7,371
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 49.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.5 points.
A population of 1,536,730, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,103 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK and Amarillo-Borger, TX.
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In 2024, Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK voted Republican by 19.5 points (R+19.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 596,359 votes cast, 233,685 went Democratic and 349,935 went Republican.
When did Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK?
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK has a population of 1,536,730 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK?
Median household income in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK is $72,103 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
