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1876–2024
Orange County, Florida
Orange County·Florida

Orange County changed direction in the last decade.

Orlando's home county shifted markedly left as it urbanized over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Orange County, Florida · Idroveazamboni · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+14
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
1,471,937
2024 ACS
Most similar
Prince William County
VA · similarity 0.96
257 precincts · 607,092 votes cast
Harris · D+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+13.6%
340,726258,254607,092
2020D
+23.1%
395,014245,398647,403
2016D
+24.7%
329,894195,216546,275
2012D
+18.2%
273,665188,589466,359
2008D
+18.6%
273,009186,832462,711
2004D
+0.2%
193,354192,539388,044
2000D
+2.0%
140,236134,531280,155
1996R
−0.2%
105,539106,059231,126
1992R
−11.0%
82,683108,788237,011
1988R
−36.6%
54,023117,237172,770
1984R
−42.9%
48,752122,068170,985
1980R
−27.0%
48,76787,454143,219
1976R
−9.2%
58,44270,451130,437
1972R
−59.5%
23,84094,516118,777
1968R
−28.1%
22,54850,874100,669
1964R
−12.2%
38,24848,88487,132
1960R
−42.0%
19,72948,24467,973
1956R
−44.1%
14,53237,48252,014
1952R
−42.1%
12,14129,81341,954
1948R
−7.4%
10,06311,97125,652
1944D
+15.3%
12,0088,82620,834
1940D
+22.0%
12,8218,19821,019
1936D
+24.9%
7,3144,39411,708
1932D
+16.1%
4,8773,5228,399
1928R
−42.0%
2,6166,5249,315
1924D
+5.6%
1,8831,6534,108
1920D
+16.0%
2,0351,4473,668
1916D
+48.2%
1,2614151,757
1912D
+55.8%
1,2562281,843
1908D
+29.0%
9524851,609
1904D
+44.8%
8743151,247
1900D
+32.9%
8574021,385
1896D
+29.9%
1,0865651,740
1892D
+92.1%
1,14201,240
1888
No data
1884D
+25.4%
1,8671,1102,977
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.8%
African American
16.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.0%
Other Christian
16.0%
Baptist
6.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Non-Christian
2.7%
Methodist
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orange County anchors Florida's I-4 corridor and has trended consistently Democratic since 2008, driven by rapid population growth among Latino and college-educated residents around the Orlando metro core.

The 2000 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by two points. The 2024 margin was fourteen points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 1,471,937, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,719 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prince William County and Lake County.