combined metro areaTulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+28.0
2008R+28.8
2012R+32.1
2016R+33.2
2020R+29.4
2024R+30.3
full record · 1908 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 55.7% of 830,815 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
156,618
297,063
9,361
463,042
830,815
55.7%
2020
159,165
296,722
11,405
467,292
802,506
58.2%
2016
132,664
276,869
24,232
433,765
780,118
55.6%
2012
136,244
264,778
0
401,022
757,068
53.0%
2008
157,387
284,900
0
442,287
731,432
60.5%
2004
158,670
282,274
0
440,944
705,796†
62.5%
† 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
9 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
GroupTulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OKOklahomaUnited States
German12.2%12.0%12.5%
English12.1%11.4%9.5%
Irish10.3%9.9%9.4%
American5.8%6.1%5.3%
Scottish2.2%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.9%1.7%4.8%
French1.6%1.4%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%0.7%—
Mexican8.7%9.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%0.2%—
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Muscogee (Creek)1.3%0.6%—
Cherokee0.3%0.2%—
African American†6.4%6.0%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Hmong0.6%0.2%—
Burmese0.5%——
Vietnamese0.4%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.3%1.3%
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
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median age
37.5
37.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
16.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Median household income
$68,290
$65,039
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.2%
15.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.0%
11.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.3%
8.1%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
Oklahoma
United States
Catholic
5.4%
6.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
40.0%
41.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.0%
39.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
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.
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
−5.7%
1912
+8.1%
1916
+10.5%
1920
−11.1%
1924
−4.7%
1928
−35.0%
1932
+28.8%
1936
+23.7%
1940
+0.6%
1944
−2.0%
1948
+9.5%
1952
−13.8%
1956
−22.7%
1960
−22.4%
1964
+0.8%
1968
−24.9%
1972
−53.4%
1976
−13.9%
1980
−29.9%
1984
−40.2%
1988
−20.5%
1992
−12.2%
1996
−10.0%
2000
−20.0%
2004
−28.0%
2008
−28.8%
2012
−32.1%
2016
−33.2%
2020
−29.4%
2024
−30.3%
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
33.8%Harris156,618
64.2%Trump297,063
2.0%
R+30.3
R+0.9
R+28.9
463,042
R
34.1%Biden159,165
63.5%Trump296,722
2.4%
R+29.4
D+3.8
R+33.9
467,292
R
30.6%Clinton132,664
63.8%Trump276,869
5.6%
R+33.2
R+1.2
R+35.3
433,765
R
34.0%Obama136,244
66.0%Romney264,778
0.0%
R+32.1
R+3.2
R+35.9
401,022
R
35.6%Obama157,387
64.4%McCain284,900
0.0%
R+28.8
R+0.8
R+36.1
442,287
R
36.0%Kerry158,670
64.0%Bush282,274
0.0%
R+28.0
R+8.1
R+25.6
440,944
R
39.3%Gore146,791
59.3%Bush221,355
1.4%
R+20.0
R+10.0
R+20.5
373,349
R
39.7%Clinton141,146
49.7%Dole176,591
10.6%
R+10.0
D+2.2
R+18.5
355,325
R
32.9%Clinton133,066
45.0%Bush182,304
22.1%
R+12.2
D+8.3
R+17.7
405,038
R
39.5%Dukakis134,257
59.9%Bush203,899
0.6%
R+20.5
D+19.7
R+12.7
340,316
R
29.6%Mondale110,482
69.8%Reagan260,412
0.5%
R+40.2
R+10.4
R+22.0
372,925
R
32.8%Carter106,549
62.6%Reagan203,614
4.6%
R+29.9
R+15.9
R+20.1
325,146
R
42.5%Carter127,447
56.4%Ford169,189
1.2%
R+13.9
D+39.5
R+16.0
300,100
R
22.2%McGovern60,983
75.6%Nixon207,722
2.2%
R+53.4
R+28.5
R+30.2
274,826
R
27.2%Humphrey68,116
52.1%Nixon130,392
20.6%
R+24.9
R+25.7
R+24.2
250,079
D
50.4%Johnson125,606
49.6%Goldwater123,734
0.0%
D+0.8
D+23.2
R+21.8
249,340
R
38.8%Kennedy96,067
61.2%Nixon151,537
0.0%
R+22.4
D+0.3
R+22.6
247,604
R
38.6%Stevenson88,407
61.4%Eisenhower140,472
0.0%
R+22.7
R+9.0
R+7.3
228,879
R
43.1%Stevenson100,723
56.9%Eisenhower132,880
0.0%
R+13.8
R+23.3
R+3.0
233,603
D
54.8%Truman95,044
45.2%Dewey78,537
0.0%
D+9.5
D+11.5
D+5.0
173,581
R
48.9%Roosevelt83,172
50.9%Dewey86,528
0.1%
R+2.0
R+2.6
R+9.5
169,943
D
50.2%Roosevelt93,724
49.6%Willkie92,581
0.3%
D+0.6
R+23.1
R+9.3
186,795
D
61.6%Roosevelt106,791
37.9%Landon65,760
0.4%
D+23.7
R+5.2
R+0.6
173,285
D
64.4%Roosevelt104,259
35.6%Hoover57,592
0.0%
D+28.8
D+63.8
D+11.0
161,851
R
32.3%Smith47,346
67.3%Hoover98,649
0.5%
R+35.0
R+30.3
R+17.5
146,659
R
45.2%Davis52,987
49.9%Coolidge58,492
4.9%
R+4.7
D+6.4
D+20.5
117,199
R
42.7%Cox38,701
53.8%Harding48,783
3.4%
R+11.1
R+21.6
D+15.1
90,600
D
49.2%Wilson22,725
38.8%Hughes17,900
12.0%
D+10.5
D+2.3
D+7.3
46,150
D
47.4%Wilson16,654
39.2%Taft13,791
13.4%
D+8.1
D+13.9
R+11.4
35,148
R
44.2%Bryan14,836
50.0%Taft16,756
5.8%
R+5.7
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D+3.8
33,545
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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
33.8%115,724
62.6%214,327
342,148
2020
R
34.6%161,486
60.8%283,711
466,428
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+28.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+30.3
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.2 points.
Domestic migration in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−115
2012
+939
2013
+3,904
2014
+1,589
2015
+4,575
2016
+1,014
2017
−2,472
2018
−2,998
2019
+1,210
2021
+7,799
2022
+7,589
2023
+7,194
2024
+4,866
2025
+4,415
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.3 points.
A population of 1,157,304, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,290 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN and Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK.
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How did Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 30.3 points (R+30.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 463,042 votes cast, 156,618 went Democratic and 297,063 went Republican.
When did Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma?
Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 1,157,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma is $68,290 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee, OK, Oklahoma from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
