Ada, OK, Oklahoma: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 38,2352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,0172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Ada, OK, OKOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,895 | 10,967 | 15,174 | ||
| R | 4,117 | 10,805 | 15,320 | ||
| R | 3,637 | 10,431 | 14,831 | ||
| R | 3,947 | 8,945 | 12,892 | ||
| R | 4,512 | 9,750 | 14,262 | ||
| R | 5,165 | 9,647 | 14,812 | ||
| R | 5,387 | 7,299 | 12,836 | ||
| D | 6,470 | 5,366 | 13,613 | ||
| D | 6,350 | 5,206 | 15,521 | ||
| R | 6,484 | 6,609 | 13,239 | ||
| R | 5,526 | 8,301 | 13,907 | ||
| R | 5,942 | 6,232 | 12,631 | ||
| D | 7,466 | 4,895 | 12,486 | ||
| R | 3,160 | 8,762 | 12,162 | ||
| D | 4,291 | 4,161 | 10,877 | ||
| D | 7,449 | 4,166 | 11,615 | ||
| R | 4,654 | 5,863 | 10,517 | ||
| D | 5,950 | 4,814 | 10,764 | ||
| D | 7,208 | 5,389 | 12,597 | ||
| D | 7,750 | 2,289 | 10,039 | ||
| D | 6,552 | 2,960 | 9,533 | ||
| D | 9,310 | 3,449 | 12,794 | ||
| D | 8,079 | 2,015 | 10,136 | ||
| D | 7,227 | 1,207 | 8,434 | ||
| R | 3,203 | 3,356 | 6,597 | ||
| D | 4,268 | 1,859 | 6,620 | ||
| D | 3,800 | 2,370 | 6,376 | ||
| D | 2,418 | 913 | 4,288 | ||
| D | 1,842 | 642 | 3,421 | ||
| D | 1,841 | 860 | 3,282 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.6%
Irish
12.6%
German
9.1%
American
5.4%
Scottish
3.2%
Italian
1.4%
French
1.2%
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: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,017
Ada, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ada, OK$63,017
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.7%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.5%
Other languages0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ada anchors a small Oklahoma metro that has voted Republican at the presidential level by margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, while its Chickasaw Nation presence shapes local governance and voter-registration patterns in ways that diverge from surrounding rural precincts.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Ada, OK peaked at seventy-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $63,017 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ada, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ada, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 46.6 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,174 votes cast, 3,895 went Democratic and 10,967 went Republican.
What is Ada, OK, Oklahoma's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Ada, OK, Oklahoma as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ada, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ada, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Ada, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 38,235 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Ada, OK, Oklahoma is $63,017 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ada, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.