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1876–2024
Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County·Washington

Snohomish County is one of the bluest places in America.

Puget Sound suburb where aerospace jobs shape the electorate

18762024·38 elections
Snohomish County, Washington · Dicklyon · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+19
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
844,430
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ingham County
MI · similarity 0.99
848 precincts · 418,221 votes cast
Harris · D+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+18.8%
240,099161,371418,221
2020D
+20.6%
256,728166,428438,796
2016D
+16.1%
185,227128,255354,734
2012D
+16.7%
188,516133,016331,968
2008D
+18.9%
187,294126,722320,333
2004D
+7.5%
156,468134,317295,414
2000D
+8.0%
129,612109,615251,328
1996D
+12.5%
109,62481,885221,670
1992D
+8.7%
88,64369,137225,430
1988R
−2.1%
80,69484,158167,165
1984R
−14.9%
66,72890,362158,995
1980R
−10.4%
52,00366,153135,907
1976D
+0.2%
55,62355,375115,488
1972R
−19.6%
39,47160,032104,821
1968D
+8.9%
44,01936,25287,424
1964D
+35.8%
55,01325,90281,405
1960D
+6.9%
38,79333,73173,163
1956D
+3.0%
31,95030,05262,327
1952D
+3.2%
28,51826,74955,801
1948D
+19.3%
25,92417,01846,260
1944D
+28.2%
27,34515,18243,130
1940D
+30.9%
26,18513,63840,585
1936D
+45.5%
25,0818,88235,569
1932D
+29.2%
18,3529,31030,963
1928R
−37.1%
7,41916,51624,507
1924R
−41.6%
1,54810,48421,473
1920R
−37.6%
3,05610,79320,567
1916R
−1.2%
8,3908,62520,207
1912D
+4.4%
3,8463,00719,182
1908R
−26.4%
2,9745,65910,171
1904R
−55.0%
1,4056,0258,404
1900R
−8.4%
2,4782,9615,716
1896D
+20.7%
2,8581,8714,774
1892R
−2.3%
1,3901,4884,260
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
3.0%
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
Other Christian
25.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Methodist
0.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Boeing's Everett assembly plant and a rapidly growing commuter belt north of Seattle, Snohomish County has shifted steadily toward Democrats over two decades as its white working-class base gave way to a more suburban, college-educated majority.

The Democratic margin in Snohomish County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-six points in 1936; the 2024 margin was nineteen points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Snohomish County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $111,246, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Ingham County and Cumberland County.