† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupKirklandWashingtonUnited States
German14.6%14.5%12.5%
English13.3%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.4%9.8%9.4%
Italian4.1%3.1%4.8%
Norwegian4.1%4.0%—
American3.0%3.8%5.3%
Swedish2.9%1.8%—
Scottish2.8%2.6%1.3%
Chinese5.4%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian4.7%2.0%1.4%
Filipino2.2%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese2.1%1.1%0.6%
Korean1.5%0.9%0.4%
Japanese0.9%0.4%0.2%
Taiwanese0.4%——
Cambodian0.3%0.3%—
Mexican5.0%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
African American†0.9%2.3%9.9%
Ethiopian0.3%0.3%—
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Somali0.2%0.2%—
Samoan0.7%0.2%—
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
Kirkland
Washington
United States
Median age
38.3
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kirkland
Washington
United States
Median household income
$150,414
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.1%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
66.3%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kirkland
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
30.0%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.9%
2.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
6.2%
1.9%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.5%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kirkland
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
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.
Kirkland, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.8%
2008
+31.6%
2012
+28.1%
2016
+43.0%
2020
+48.4%
2024
+47.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
71.6%Harris34,053
24.1%Trump11,479
4.2%
D+47.5
R+0.9
D+48.9
47,548
D
72.6%Biden37,163
24.2%Trump12,404
3.2%
D+48.4
D+5.3
D+43.9
51,189
D
67.9%Clinton29,576
24.8%Trump10,816
7.3%
D+43.0
D+15.0
D+40.9
43,588
D
62.6%Obama27,081
34.5%Romney14,940
2.9%
D+28.1
R+3.6
D+24.2
43,282
D
65.0%Obama26,729
33.4%McCain13,739
1.6%
D+31.6
D+11.8
D+24.3
41,106
D
59.2%Kerry23,922
39.4%Bush15,910
1.5%
D+19.8
—
D+22.3
40,419
Kirkland sits on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, its electorate shaped by a dense concentration of tech-sector professionals whose above-average turnout and high educational attainment make it a closely watched bellwether within King County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.4 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.5 points.
A population of 92,621, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $150,414 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bothell and Issaquah.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Kirkland, Washington voted Democratic by 47.5 points (D+47.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 47,548 votes cast, 34,053 went Democratic and 11,479 went Republican.
How many people live in Kirkland, Washington?
Kirkland, Washington has a population of 92,621 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kirkland, Washington?
Median household income in Kirkland, Washington is $150,414 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Kirkland, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kirkland, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
