Elk City, OK, Oklahoma: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+70%. Democratic peak: D+74 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,1482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,3282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Elk City, 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 | 1,093 | 6,474 | 7,678 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 6,767 | 7,948 | ||
| R | 960 | 6,308 | 7,552 | ||
| R | 1,417 | 5,508 | 6,925 | ||
| R | 1,625 | 5,772 | 7,397 | ||
| R | 1,931 | 5,454 | 7,385 | ||
| R | 2,408 | 4,067 | 6,532 | ||
| R | 2,797 | 2,912 | 6,551 | ||
| D | 2,947 | 2,913 | 7,820 | ||
| R | 3,388 | 3,463 | 6,915 | ||
| R | 2,601 | 5,005 | 7,654 | ||
| R | 3,298 | 3,637 | 7,113 | ||
| D | 4,530 | 2,351 | 6,935 | ||
| R | 1,608 | 4,472 | 6,235 | ||
| R | 2,354 | 2,935 | 6,839 | ||
| D | 4,115 | 2,557 | 6,672 | ||
| R | 2,721 | 4,258 | 6,979 | ||
| D | 3,561 | 3,194 | 6,755 | ||
| R | 3,972 | 4,504 | 8,476 | ||
| D | 4,544 | 1,310 | 5,854 | ||
| D | 3,608 | 2,034 | 5,657 | ||
| D | 4,598 | 2,148 | 6,783 | ||
| D | 5,372 | 1,352 | 6,780 | ||
| D | 5,979 | 892 | 6,871 | ||
| R | 2,201 | 3,810 | 6,110 | ||
| D | 2,496 | 1,357 | 4,387 | ||
| D | 2,347 | 1,755 | 4,745 | ||
| D | 1,850 | 527 | 3,275 | ||
| D | 1,566 | 648 | 3,109 | ||
| D | 1,807 | 866 | 3,188 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.4%
German
10.1%
Irish
9.7%
American
7.3%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
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: 37.1 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
$53,328
Elk City, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Elk City, OK$53,328
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.1%
Working age (18–64)21.2%
Seniors (65+)4.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.2%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Elk City, OK sits in the Southern Plains. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Elk City, OK peaked at seventy-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $53,328 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Elk City, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Elk City, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 70.1 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,678 votes cast, 1,093 went Democratic and 6,474 went Republican.
What is Elk City, OK, Oklahoma's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Elk City, 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 14 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Elk City, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Elk City, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Elk City, OK, Oklahoma?
Elk City, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 22,148 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elk City, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Elk City, OK, Oklahoma is $53,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Elk City, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Elk City, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.