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1876–2024
Aberdeen, WA·Washington

Aberdeen, WA peaked at D+50; 2024 delivered R+6.

Timber-economy port city where union labor and coastal geography shape the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WA
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
77,053
2024 ACS

Aberdeen, WA, Washington: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+6%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
77,0532024 5-year
Median household income
$64,4142024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
78.5%2024 5-year
Black
1.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
11.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+50 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−6.0%
17,16119,43237,793
R
−6.6%
17,35419,87738,441
R
−7.0%
12,02014,06729,301
D
+14.0%
15,96011,91428,947
D
+14.6%
16,35412,10429,184
D
+6.1%
14,58312,87127,953
D
+8.0%
13,30411,22525,972
D
+24.6%
14,0827,63526,250
D
+20.9%
12,5996,90427,238
D
+22.4%
14,0978,86023,391
D
+10.8%
14,05011,28625,671
D
+4.2%
11,29010,22625,444
D
+16.8%
13,4789,46423,893
D
+4.0%
11,78610,83923,745
D
+25.4%
13,4807,72022,684
D
+49.5%
17,1455,74423,027
D
+15.4%
13,77310,06724,006
D
+5.1%
12,85811,59924,514
D
+0.6%
12,31712,16824,683
D
+22.8%
13,6608,35723,215
D
+27.4%
13,8037,83421,767
D
+27.6%
14,8618,36923,487
D
+49.9%
15,8515,05321,622
D
+28.0%
10,3105,14118,436
R
−34.0%
5,25810,79816,286
R
−51.2%
1,2398,27313,751
R
−21.9%
3,3785,92011,622
R
−0.3%
4,9925,02411,336
O
−12.5%
1,9533,0558,814
R
−36.3%
1,2483,1285,183
R
−51.7%
6242,5893,800
R
−24.4%
1,0811,8503,148
D
+3.1%
1,3501,2672,641
R
−8.1%
7989902,356
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.2%
Irish
11.6%
English
11.2%
American
3.4%
Scottish
2.5%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 44.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.1%
3.1%
75–84
3.5%
7.0%
65–74
7.7%
7.5%
55–64
7.2%
6.1%
45–54
5.4%
6.5%
35–44
5.6%
6.4%
25–34
5.3%
3.6%
18–24
3.1%
7.6%
5–17
7.4%
2.4%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$64,414
Aberdeen, WA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Aberdeen, WA$64,414
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.8%
Working age (18–64)14.0%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
16.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Methodist
1.2%
Baptist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Aberdeen anchors Grays Harbor County, a historically Democratic timber and fishing hub that has trended Republican in recent cycles as extraction-industry employment declined and demographic composition shifted away from organized-labor households.

The Democratic margin in Aberdeen, WA peaked at fifty points in 1936. By 2016 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $64,414 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Aberdeen, WA, Washington — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/10140/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Aberdeen, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Aberdeen, WA, Washington voted Republican by 6.0 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,793 votes cast, 17,161 went Democratic and 19,432 went Republican.
What is Aberdeen, WA, Washington's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Aberdeen, WA, Washington as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Aberdeen, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Aberdeen, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Aberdeen, WA, Washington?
Aberdeen, WA, Washington has a population of 77,053 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Aberdeen, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Aberdeen, WA, Washington is $64,414 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Aberdeen, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Aberdeen, WA, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.