Klamath County, Oregon

2024 results by precinct

45 precincts · 35,515 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−41.7%	9,856	24,675	35,515
2020	R	−40.6%	10,388	25,308	36,726
2016	R	−43.4%	7,210	20,435	30,507
2012	R	−37.6%	8,302	18,898	28,152
2008	R	−33.1%	9,370	19,113	29,399
2004	R	−45.9%	8,264	22,733	31,515
2000	R	−40.6%	7,541	18,855	27,844
1996	R	−22.0%	7,207	12,116	22,360
1992	R	−14.8%	7,918	11,864	26,593
1988	R	−22.5%	8,429	13,484	22,470
1984	R	−39.9%	7,575	17,686	25,335
1980	R	−34.0%	7,371	16,060	25,592
1976	R	−9.0%	9,659	11,649	22,187
1972	R	−28.8%	5,719	11,169	18,954
1968	R	−23.4%	5,629	9,604	17,017
1964	D	+3.0%	9,066	8,530	17,599
1960	R	−0.9%	8,928	9,095	18,023
1956	R	−7.2%	8,434	9,740	18,174
1952	R	−28.4%	6,407	11,517	17,989
1948	D	+3.0%	7,520	7,072	14,898
1944	D	+5.4%	6,656	5,969	12,717
1940	D	+20.3%	9,345	6,169	15,610
1936	D	+43.7%	8,562	3,225	12,222
1932	D	+30.6%	6,772	3,483	10,755
1928	R	−23.8%	2,721	4,453	7,267
1924	R	−40.4%	680	2,775	5,189
1920	R	−47.1%	901	2,742	3,907
1916	D	+6.0%	1,853	1,631	3,676
1912	D	+19.7%	815	433	1,943
1908	R	−17.8%	427	634	1,161
1904	R	−42.8%	208	552	803
1900	R	−13.5%	324	428	772
1896	D	+14.2%	463	346	825
1892	R	−28.6%	76	269	675
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

3.3%

75–84

3.6%

6.8%

65–74

7.2%

6.4%

55–64

6.6%

5.5%

45–54

5.3%

5.9%

35–44

5.9%

6.3%

25–34

6.2%

4.3%

18–24

3.6%

8.3%

5–17

7.8%

2.9%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,830

Klamath County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Klamath County$58,830

Oregon$83,011

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

16.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Baptist

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Methodist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Klamath's high-desert ranching economy and sparse population density anchor one of the state's most lopsided presidential results, with Republicans carrying the county by over 40 points in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Klamath County peaked at forty-four points in 1936. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Klamath County's median household income of $58,830 sits well below state and national norms, and 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Twin Falls County and Jerome County.

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Klamath County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.