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1876–2024
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Okfuskee County·Oklahoma

Okfuskee County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Oklahoma's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma · Pigdogx · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
11,278
2024 ACS
Most similar
Johnston County
OK · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 3,988 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.8%
8543,0803,988
2020R
−53.5%
8963,0584,038
2016R
−47.1%
9432,8003,943
2012R
−30.0%
1,2562,3353,591
2008R
−28.2%
1,4802,6434,123
2004R
−18.6%
1,7432,5424,285
2000R
−2.5%
1,8141,9103,788
1996D
+17.3%
2,0741,3804,010
1992D
+12.1%
2,1411,5804,630
1988D
+8.7%
2,2091,8514,098
1984R
−18.3%
1,6842,4434,145
1980D
+1.2%
2,1772,1264,401
1976D
+23.9%
2,6631,6304,325
1972R
−35.8%
1,3282,8624,289
1968D
+2.0%
1,7771,6864,444
1964D
+28.1%
2,9051,6294,534
1960R
−12.1%
1,9682,5104,478
1956D
+0.7%
2,3312,2994,630
1952D
+5.8%
2,7752,4695,244
1948D
+34.5%
3,3351,6244,959
1944D
+20.3%
3,2912,1775,477
1940D
+20.7%
4,5743,0017,599
1936D
+38.0%
4,8432,1627,052
1932D
+56.7%
5,1261,4156,541
1928R
−17.7%
2,5133,6126,201
1924D
+28.1%
2,6541,4314,349
1920R
−3.0%
1,6501,7603,652
1916D
+26.3%
1,3376702,532
1912D
+12.8%
9526512,343
1908R
−16.5%
8721,2972,573
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%
African American
5.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
31.1%
Methodist
6.5%
Other Christian
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Okfuskee County, anchored by the small city of Okemah, has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, posting a 55-point margin in 2024 against a backdrop of declining population and a predominantly rural, Native American–influenced demographic mix.

The Democratic margin in Okfuskee County peaked at fifty-seven points in 1932. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Okfuskee County's median household income of $48,363 sits well below state and national norms, and 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Johnston County and Craig County.