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1876–2024
Harper County, Oklahoma
Harper County·Oklahoma

Harper County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Oklahoma's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Harper County, Oklahoma · JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+78
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,203
2024 ACS
Most similar
Woodward County
OK · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 1,451 votes cast
Trump · R+78
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−78.4%
1471,2841,451
2020R
−80.1%
1361,3271,487
2016R
−79.0%
1341,3181,499
2012R
−75.9%
1731,2611,434
2008R
−71.7%
2211,3421,563
2004R
−67.8%
2681,3971,665
2000R
−54.8%
3741,2961,683
1996R
−29.5%
5111,0361,778
1992R
−27.1%
4861,0382,035
1988R
−36.2%
5931,2811,900
1984R
−64.1%
3731,7482,146
1980R
−50.9%
5171,6522,230
1976R
−14.0%
9781,3032,320
1972R
−64.3%
3851,9762,475
1968R
−41.0%
5181,4832,354
1964R
−5.3%
1,2401,3792,619
1960R
−46.9%
7442,0572,801
1956R
−36.9%
7361,5962,332
1952R
−47.3%
7362,0572,793
1948D
+2.4%
1,2811,2212,502
1944R
−13.7%
1,0561,3942,473
1940R
−6.4%
1,4191,6163,073
1936D
+26.4%
1,8361,0682,911
1932D
+46.4%
2,1397832,922
1928R
−35.0%
8721,8442,775
1924R
−16.6%
8241,2262,415
1920R
−27.8%
7531,4042,339
1916D
+7.2%
7986621,887
1912R
−10.4%
5236791,500
1908R
−7.1%
7468761,829
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
47.2%
Methodist
28.0%
Other Christian
10.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 1.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Harper County, anchored by the small ranching town of Buffalo, sits in Oklahoma's northwestern panhandle-adjacent plains and recorded an R+78.4 presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most skewed results in the state.

The Republican margin in Harper County reached its widest at eighty points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Harper County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,053, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,203 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Woodward County and Alfalfa County.