combined metro areaPortland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+10.4
2008D+22.7
2012D+18.3
2016D+19.1
2020D+23.5
2024D+21.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 70.4% of 2,439,906 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
1,013,266
637,160
66,350
1,716,776
2,439,906
70.4%
2020
1,090,823
664,988
59,256
1,815,067
2,349,795
77.2%
2016
811,668
524,814
167,326
1,503,808
2,185,572
68.8%
2012
776,493
529,013
46,934
1,352,440
2,048,919
66.0%
2008
813,089
506,152
34,986
1,354,227
1,968,572
68.8%
2004
729,100
589,746
18,283
1,337,129
1,888,225†
70.8%
† 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
12 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
GroupPortland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WAUnited States
German16.2%12.5%
English13.4%9.5%
Irish10.5%9.4%
American4.4%5.3%
Italian3.4%4.8%
Norwegian3.2%—
Scottish2.9%1.3%
French2.1%1.6%
Mexican11.7%11.3%
Spaniard0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%
Spanish0.3%—
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Chinese1.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.9%0.6%
Filipino0.7%0.9%
Korean0.5%0.4%
Japanese0.4%0.2%
African American†1.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%
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
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
United States
Median age
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
United States
Median household income
$93,014
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.0%
22.3%
Spanish
9.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
United States
Catholic
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.7%
51.5%
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.
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−29.3%
1896
−10.6%
1900
−21.1%
1904
−52.9%
1908
−24.6%
1912
+7.9%
1916
−8.5%
1920
−25.6%
1924
−27.0%
1928
−27.2%
1932
+21.7%
1936
+37.7%
1940
+10.1%
1944
+9.5%
1948
+1.1%
1952
−16.9%
1956
−9.8%
1960
−6.1%
1964
+30.0%
1968
−1.6%
1972
−7.3%
1976
−0.3%
1980
−5.0%
1984
−8.4%
1988
+7.3%
1992
+12.3%
1996
+13.1%
2000
+7.6%
2004
+10.4%
2008
+22.7%
2012
+18.3%
2016
+19.1%
2020
+23.5%
2024
+21.9%
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
D
59.0%Harris1,013,266
37.1%Trump637,160
3.9%
D+21.9
R+1.6
D+23.4
1,716,776
D
60.1%Biden1,090,823
36.6%Trump664,988
3.3%
D+23.5
D+4.4
D+19.0
1,815,067
D
54.0%Clinton811,668
34.9%Trump524,814
11.1%
D+19.1
D+0.8
D+17.0
1,503,808
D
57.4%Obama776,493
39.1%Romney529,013
3.5%
D+18.3
R+4.4
D+14.4
1,352,440
D
60.0%Obama813,089
37.4%McCain506,152
2.6%
D+22.7
D+12.2
D+15.4
1,354,227
D
54.5%Kerry729,100
44.1%Bush589,746
1.4%
D+10.4
D+2.8
D+12.9
1,337,129
D
50.7%Gore559,339
43.1%Bush475,727
6.1%
D+7.6
R+5.5
D+7.1
1,102,807
D
50.1%Clinton492,422
37.0%Dole363,939
12.9%
D+13.1
D+0.8
D+4.5
983,126
D
44.0%Clinton455,592
31.7%Bush328,362
24.2%
D+12.3
D+5.0
D+6.7
1,034,735
D
52.7%Dukakis444,018
45.4%Bush382,516
1.9%
D+7.3
D+15.7
D+15.0
842,377
R
45.5%Mondale383,248
53.9%Reagan453,834
0.6%
R+8.4
R+3.4
D+9.8
841,730
R
40.8%Carter325,832
45.7%Reagan365,474
13.5%
R+5.0
R+4.6
D+4.8
799,468
R
47.7%Carter340,356
48.0%Ford342,837
4.3%
R+0.3
D+7.0
R+2.4
713,876
R
44.2%McGovern290,755
51.5%Nixon338,857
4.3%
R+7.3
R+5.7
D+15.8
657,714
R
46.6%Humphrey268,572
48.2%Nixon277,783
5.3%
R+1.6
R+31.6
R+0.9
576,630
D
64.8%Johnson354,493
34.8%Goldwater190,301
0.4%
D+30.0
D+36.1
D+7.4
547,031
R
46.9%Kennedy252,651
53.0%Nixon285,549
0.1%
R+6.1
D+3.7
R+6.3
538,935
R
45.1%Stevenson229,074
54.9%Eisenhower278,938
0.0%
R+9.8
D+7.1
D+5.6
508,115
R
41.3%Stevenson200,813
58.2%Eisenhower283,162
0.5%
R+16.9
R+18.0
R+6.2
486,631
D
48.4%Truman183,277
47.4%Dewey179,284
4.2%
D+1.1
R+8.4
R+3.4
378,622
D
54.1%Roosevelt193,815
44.6%Dewey159,837
1.4%
D+9.5
R+0.6
D+2.0
358,538
D
54.7%Roosevelt184,145
44.6%Willkie150,281
0.7%
D+10.1
R+27.7
D+0.1
336,881
D
66.6%Roosevelt193,715
28.8%Landon83,873
4.6%
D+37.7
D+16.0
D+13.5
290,990
D
58.1%Roosevelt145,983
36.3%Hoover91,392
5.6%
D+21.7
D+49.0
D+3.9
251,424
R
35.6%Smith79,096
62.8%Hoover139,655
1.6%
R+27.2
R+0.2
R+9.8
222,255
R
23.2%Davis42,917
50.2%Coolidge92,905
26.6%
R+27.0
R+1.4
R+1.8
185,114
R
33.7%Cox51,301
59.3%Harding90,270
7.0%
R+25.6
R+17.0
D+0.6
152,279
R
43.0%Wilson70,412
51.6%Hughes84,390
5.4%
R+8.5
R+16.5
R+11.7
163,575
O
33.6%Wilson30,018
25.6%Taft22,915
40.8%
Roosevelt +7.3
D+32.5
R+11.6
89,450
R
33.4%Bryan22,517
58.0%Taft39,064
8.5%
R+24.6
D+28.3
R+15.0
67,326
R
16.8%Parker8,519
69.7%Roosevelt35,337
13.5%
R+52.9
R+31.8
R+33.2
50,699
R
36.5%Bryan16,746
57.6%McKinley26,430
5.8%
R+21.1
R+10.5
R+13.6
45,848
R
43.6%Bryan24,226
54.2%McKinley30,117
2.2%
R+10.6
D+18.7
R+4.5
55,549
R
17.1%Cleveland8,201
46.4%Harrison22,220
36.4%
R+29.3
—
R+30.9
47,869
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
557,558
2018 (partial)
397,817
2020 (partial)
441,002
2022
2,286,582
2024
2,365,675
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,667 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +141,007 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+10,827
2012
+9,160
2013
+7,039
2014
+18,836
2015
+28,894
2016
+34,955
2017
+22,932
2018
+15,827
2019
+14,039
2021
−3,503
2022
−10,293
2023
−4,265
2024
−5,108
2025
+1,667
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.9 points.
A population of 3,299,262, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,014 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seattle-Tacoma, WA and Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO.
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How did Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon voted Democratic by 21.9 points (D+21.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,716,776 votes cast, 1,013,266 went Democratic and 637,160 went Republican.
When did Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon?
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon has a population of 3,299,262 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon?
Median household income in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon is $93,014 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA, Oregon from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
