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1876–2024
Tahlequah, OK·Oklahoma

Tahlequah, OK has voted Republican in six straight presidential cycles.

Capital of the Cherokee Nation anchors a two-county metro in the Ozark foothills

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OK
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
47,942
2024 ACS

Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+33%. Republican peak: R+41 in 1972.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+33MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
47,9422024 5-year
Median household income
$53,2182024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
46.2%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+34 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+41 in 1972MIT 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
−32.6%
5,82611,63717,823
R
−29.3%
6,02711,22317,714
R
−27.5%
5,4569,99416,490
R
−14.1%
6,1448,16214,306
R
−12.2%
7,1949,18616,380
R
−5.2%
8,6239,56918,192
D
+2.3%
7,2566,91814,468
D
+12.9%
6,8175,04613,696
D
+12.0%
6,7944,97715,111
D
+5.2%
6,4835,83812,424
R
−17.7%
5,3077,61413,015
R
−3.4%
5,2155,59411,308
D
+14.8%
6,0064,44310,564
R
−41.0%
2,8997,08010,206
R
−16.9%
2,5543,9718,391
D
+12.4%
4,4493,4677,916
R
−14.1%
2,6873,5716,258
R
−4.6%
2,9913,2776,268
R
−1.4%
3,2343,3266,560
D
+20.8%
4,2492,7857,034
D
+1.2%
3,4153,3366,763
R
−2.2%
3,9524,1288,098
D
+15.2%
3,9662,9176,904
D
+34.1%
4,6332,2756,908
R
−9.5%
2,4462,9635,438
R
−3.2%
2,4542,6225,261
R
−14.9%
1,8592,5244,469
D
+6.6%
1,5941,3793,255
D
+6.0%
1,0949622,203
R
−6.3%
9131,0392,000
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.3%
English
9.0%
German
8.6%
American
3.3%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.2%
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: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.5%
2.5%
75–84
2.7%
5.2%
65–74
5.2%
5.5%
55–64
6.3%
5.3%
45–54
5.6%
5.8%
35–44
6.0%
6.1%
25–34
6.1%
7.1%
18–24
7.3%
8.0%
5–17
7.8%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,218
Tahlequah, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Tahlequah, OK$53,218
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.0%
Working age (18–64)18.2%
Seniors (65+)12.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.1%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Other languages2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
14.8%
Other Christian
12.7%
Methodist
4.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Mainline Protestant
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tahlequah's political identity is shaped by its role as the seat of Cherokee Nation governance, giving tribal sovereignty issues unusual salience in local and federal races compared with most small Oklahoma metros.

The Republican margin in Tahlequah, OK reached its widest at forty-one points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-three points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $53,218, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,942 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/45140/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 32.6 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,823 votes cast, 5,826 went Democratic and 11,637 went Republican.
What is Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma as a "Republican loyalist" 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 Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma?
Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 47,942 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma is $53,218 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tahlequah, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.