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1876–2024
Outline of Jackson County, Oregon
Jackson County·Oregon

Jackson County votes the way the country votes.

A mid-size southern Oregon county that has drifted steadily rightward since 2008

18762024·38 elections
OR
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
222,645
2024 ACS
Most similar
Yamhill County
OR · similarity 0.97
50 precincts · 119,572 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.4%
54,06561,743119,572
2020R
−3.5%
59,47863,869127,165
2016R
−8.6%
44,44753,870109,327
2012R
−4.7%
44,46849,02097,127
2008D
+0.0%
49,09049,043101,047
2004R
−11.9%
44,36656,519102,189
2000R
−15.2%
33,15346,05284,796
1996R
−6.2%
29,23033,77173,647
1992D
+0.6%
29,14628,70477,096
1988R
−7.2%
28,02832,51661,912
1984R
−23.9%
23,23037,89561,359
1980R
−22.1%
19,90332,87958,740
1976R
−1.7%
23,38424,23750,236
1972R
−22.8%
14,52924,00341,561
1968R
−19.7%
12,71419,57734,842
1964D
+14.3%
19,48614,59834,084
1960R
−9.4%
14,53117,55432,157
1956R
−14.9%
12,73317,20129,934
1952R
−35.5%
8,67418,27927,060
1948R
−20.4%
7,34211,22619,072
1944R
−12.5%
6,6688,59815,426
1940R
−11.4%
6,7548,50715,339
1936D
+19.1%
7,5204,86613,914
1932D
+15.1%
7,5195,45913,639
1928R
−52.4%
2,4638,05310,676
1924R
−33.1%
1,8404,8689,141
1920R
−25.6%
2,5034,3827,326
1916D
+14.9%
4,8743,5388,978
1912D
+23.5%
2,0798475,243
1908R
−12.2%
1,5372,0324,057
1904R
−36.7%
7981,9923,257
1900R
−1.2%
1,5251,5653,249
1896D
+25.5%
2,3541,3873,788
1892R
−18.0%
4669592,737
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%
Irish
0.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Other Christian
14.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.6%
Methodist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Medford and Ashland, Jackson County blends rural timber communities with a small college-town liberal enclave, producing a competitive-to-Republican lean that has tightened by roughly 10 points over the past three election cycles.

The Democratic margin in Jackson County has rarely exceeded twenty-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-two points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Jackson County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 81% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $73,999 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Yamhill County and Polk County.