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1876–2024
Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Pawnee County·Oklahoma

Pawnee County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Oklahoma's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Pawnee County, Oklahoma · Steven C. Price · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+59
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,795
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marion County
AL · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 6,880 votes cast
Trump · R+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.9%
1,3555,4056,880
2020R
−57.5%
1,3635,2676,785
2016R
−53.2%
1,3444,7296,364
2012R
−40.0%
1,8134,2326,045
2008R
−37.4%
2,0634,5336,596
2004R
−26.5%
2,5644,4126,976
2000R
−16.1%
2,4353,3865,925
1996D
+1.7%
2,6632,5606,006
1992R
−0.9%
2,6122,6756,973
1988R
−8.8%
2,7813,3246,162
1984R
−36.6%
2,1654,6996,928
1980R
−30.6%
2,0203,9026,151
1976R
−1.3%
3,0313,1116,201
1972R
−56.8%
1,1354,2805,537
1968R
−22.9%
1,3432,4374,770
1964D
+2.4%
2,3892,2784,667
1960R
−31.6%
1,6393,1534,792
1956R
−19.9%
2,2643,3905,654
1952R
−27.2%
2,2743,9756,249
1948D
+1.3%
2,7212,6515,372
1944R
−14.7%
2,4603,3105,786
1940R
−7.4%
3,4353,9917,464
1936D
+15.1%
4,0312,9617,064
1932D
+37.4%
5,0002,2807,280
1928R
−38.9%
1,9494,4896,523
1924R
−11.9%
2,3763,0936,021
1920R
−19.3%
1,9552,9765,303
1916D
+2.8%
1,4911,3963,452
1912R
−0.5%
1,3161,3323,120
1908R
−1.7%
1,5001,5563,359
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
29.2%
Other Christian
17.3%
Methodist
7.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pawnee County recorded an R+58.9 margin in the 2024 presidential race, consistent with the sharp rightward drift that has reshaped rural Oklahoma over the past two decades. Its small, predominantly white population sits along the Arkansas River corridor northwest of Tulsa.

The Republican margin in Pawnee County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Pawnee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,738, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,795 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and Delaware County.