Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+49 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 73,4632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,3982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Shawnee, 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 | 7,266 | 20,915 | 28,774 | ||
| R | 7,275 | 20,240 | 28,185 | ||
| R | 6,015 | 17,848 | 25,452 | ||
| R | 7,188 | 16,250 | 23,438 | ||
| R | 7,910 | 17,753 | 25,663 | ||
| R | 8,638 | 17,215 | 25,853 | ||
| R | 8,763 | 13,235 | 22,316 | ||
| R | 9,141 | 9,802 | 21,753 | ||
| R | 8,616 | 10,350 | 25,572 | ||
| R | 8,873 | 12,099 | 21,169 | ||
| R | 6,966 | 16,143 | 23,261 | ||
| R | 8,526 | 12,466 | 21,850 | ||
| D | 11,255 | 9,090 | 20,571 | ||
| R | 4,822 | 13,308 | 18,664 | ||
| R | 6,721 | 6,899 | 17,493 | ||
| D | 10,884 | 6,841 | 17,725 | ||
| R | 8,067 | 9,421 | 17,488 | ||
| D | 8,895 | 8,496 | 17,391 | ||
| R | 9,455 | 10,099 | 19,554 | ||
| D | 10,220 | 4,760 | 14,980 | ||
| D | 9,130 | 6,486 | 15,659 | ||
| D | 12,058 | 6,776 | 18,912 | ||
| D | 12,187 | 4,703 | 16,968 | ||
| D | 12,013 | 4,063 | 16,076 | ||
| R | 3,797 | 8,478 | 12,364 | ||
| D | 5,072 | 4,040 | 10,409 | ||
| R | 5,310 | 5,355 | 11,260 | ||
| D | 3,276 | 2,042 | 6,473 | ||
| D | 3,082 | 2,107 | 6,243 | ||
| D | 3,551 | 2,609 | 6,726 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.4%
German
10.9%
Irish
9.8%
American
5.8%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.7%
Italian
1.1%
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: 37.9 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
$61,398
Shawnee, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Shawnee, OK$61,398
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.7%
Working age (18–64)14.3%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Shawnee sits at the edge of Oklahoma City's exurban sprawl, where tribal-nation governance and rural Baptist conservatism converge with a mid-size university population, producing margins that diverge noticeably from the state's statewide averages.
The Democratic margin in Shawnee, OK peaked at forty-nine points in 1932. By 1980 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $61,398 sits well below state and national norms, and 16% 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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Frequently asked questions
How did Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 47.4 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,774 votes cast, 7,266 went Democratic and 20,915 went Republican.
What is Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma?
Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 73,463 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma is $61,398 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Shawnee, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.