† 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
2 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
GroupMoses Lake-Othello, WAWashingtonUnited States
Mexican43.2%10.8%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.7%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.7%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
German11.1%14.5%12.5%
English9.9%12.1%9.5%
Irish6.0%9.8%9.4%
American3.6%3.8%5.3%
Norwegian2.5%4.0%—
French1.5%—1.6%
Scottish1.4%2.6%1.3%
Italian1.4%3.1%4.8%
African American†0.8%2.3%9.9%
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
Moses Lake-Othello, WA
Washington
United States
Median age
33
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Moses Lake-Othello, WA
Washington
United States
Median household income
$72,057
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.9%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Moses Lake-Othello, WA
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
38.7%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
36.5%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Moses Lake-Othello, WA
Washington
United States
Catholic
26.1%
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.3%
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.5%
58.8%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
9.7%
3.6%
2.0%
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.
Moses Lake-Othello, WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−18.4%
1896
+20.6%
1900
+6.0%
1904
−33.4%
1908
−17.2%
1912
+17.4%
1916
+7.3%
1920
−36.7%
1924
−25.2%
1928
−32.8%
1932
+24.2%
1936
+64.5%
1940
+29.3%
1944
+3.3%
1948
+20.7%
1952
−9.9%
1956
−1.5%
1960
−4.8%
1964
+11.1%
1968
−13.7%
1972
−28.8%
1976
−10.8%
1980
−32.7%
1984
−35.8%
1988
−18.6%
1992
−10.8%
1996
−13.0%
2000
−37.5%
2004
−40.0%
2008
−28.6%
2012
−32.3%
2016
−36.7%
2020
−34.5%
2024
−38.0%
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
29.5%Harris12,261
67.5%Trump28,093
1.6%Kennedy666 +8
R+38.0
R+3.5
R+36.6
41,618
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.5%28,093
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic29.5%12,261
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.6%666
OtherAll other candidates0.5%213
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%145
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%106
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%51
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%37
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%30
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%9
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%7
R
31.3%Biden13,633
65.8%Trump28,671
2.8%
R+34.5
D+2.2
R+39.0
43,542
R
26.8%Clinton9,109
63.5%Trump21,601
9.8%
R+36.7
R+4.4
R+38.8
34,040
R
32.1%Obama10,490
64.4%Romney21,023
3.5%
R+32.3
R+3.7
R+36.1
32,651
R
34.5%Obama11,153
63.1%McCain20,375
2.4%
R+28.6
D+11.5
R+35.8
32,296
R
29.2%Kerry9,094
69.2%Bush21,550
1.5%
R+40.0
R+2.5
R+37.6
31,122
R
29.5%Gore8,479
67.0%Bush19,270
3.6%
R+37.5
R+24.5
R+38.0
28,772
R
37.0%Clinton9,805
50.0%Dole13,251
12.9%
R+13.0
R+2.2
R+21.5
26,480
R
32.9%Clinton8,727
43.7%Bush11,590
23.3%
R+10.8
D+7.8
R+16.4
26,506
R
39.7%Dukakis9,176
58.3%Bush13,471
1.9%
R+18.6
D+17.2
R+10.9
23,087
R
31.2%Mondale7,609
67.0%Reagan16,337
1.8%
R+35.8
R+3.1
R+17.6
24,393
R
30.0%Carter6,896
62.7%Reagan14,400
7.3%
R+32.7
R+21.9
R+22.9
22,972
R
42.5%Carter9,567
53.3%Ford11,987
4.2%
R+10.8
D+18.0
R+12.8
22,494
R
32.4%McGovern6,597
61.2%Nixon12,453
6.3%
R+28.8
R+15.1
R+5.6
20,333
R
38.1%Humphrey7,043
51.8%Nixon9,579
10.2%
R+13.7
R+24.8
R+13.0
18,508
D
55.5%Johnson10,379
44.4%Goldwater8,306
0.1%
D+11.1
D+15.8
R+11.5
18,700
R
47.5%Kennedy9,132
52.3%Nixon10,047
0.2%
R+4.8
R+3.3
R+4.9
19,221
R
49.2%Stevenson8,611
50.7%Eisenhower8,870
0.1%
R+1.5
D+8.4
D+13.9
17,493
R
44.9%Stevenson5,485
54.8%Eisenhower6,693
0.2%
R+9.9
R+30.6
D+0.9
12,205
D
59.5%Truman5,334
38.8%Dewey3,475
1.7%
D+20.7
D+17.4
D+16.3
8,960
D
51.4%Roosevelt3,416
48.1%Dewey3,196
0.5%
D+3.3
R+26.0
R+4.2
6,642
D
64.5%Roosevelt5,494
35.2%Willkie2,995
0.4%
D+29.3
R+35.2
D+19.4
8,519
D
81.4%Roosevelt6,504
16.9%Landon1,351
1.7%
D+64.5
D+40.3
D+40.2
7,989
D
59.5%Roosevelt2,880
35.3%Hoover1,707
5.2%
D+24.2
D+57.0
D+6.4
4,840
R
33.2%Smith1,448
66.0%Hoover2,880
0.9%
R+32.8
R+7.6
R+15.3
4,366
O
13.9%Davis560
39.2%Coolidge1,573
46.9%
La Follette +7.7
D+11.5
R+0.1
4,015
R
25.9%Cox1,199
62.6%Harding2,903
11.5%
R+36.7
R+44.0
R+10.6
4,637
D
50.1%Wilson2,857
42.8%Hughes2,442
7.1%
D+7.3
R+10.1
D+4.1
5,703
O
34.6%Wilson1,720
17.2%Taft856
48.1%
Roosevelt +13.5
D+34.6
R+2.2
4,968
R
38.6%Bryan714
55.8%Taft1,033
5.6%
R+17.2
D+16.2
R+7.7
1,851
R
31.0%Parker548
64.4%Roosevelt1,138
4.5%
R+33.4
R+39.5
R+13.7
1,766
D
51.0%Bryan523
45.0%McKinley461
4.0%
D+6.0
R+14.6
D+13.6
1,025
D
59.4%Bryan372
38.8%McKinley243
1.8%
D+20.6
D+39.0
D+26.7
626
R
24.4%Cleveland139
42.8%Harrison244
32.8%
R+18.4
—
R+20.1
570
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
33.0%13,291
66.7%26,894
40,303
2022
R
26.4%8,190
73.5%22,805
31,043
2018
R
31.0%9,524
69.0%21,200
30,724
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Moses Lake-Othello, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
53,191
2018
50,756
2020
59,244
2022
61,054
2024
65,435
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−453 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,048 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Moses Lake-Othello, WA in Moses Lake-Othello, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−117
2012
−332
2013
−724
2014
−123
2015
−734
2016
−618
2017
+256
2018
+202
2019
+150
2021
+102
2022
+207
2023
+156
2024
−20
2025
−453
Moses Lake-Othello, WA sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 40.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.0 points.
A population of 122,599, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,057 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX and Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX.
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How did Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington voted Republican by 38.0 points (R+38.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 41,618 votes cast, 12,261 went Democratic and 28,093 went Republican.
When did Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington?
Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington has a population of 122,599 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington is $72,057 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Moses Lake-Othello, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
