Kittitas County, Washington

2024 results by precinct

48 precincts · 26,499 votes cast

Trump · R+14

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.5%	10,810	14,645	26,499
2020	R	−10.2%	11,421	14,105	26,364
2016	R	−13.3%	7,489	10,100	19,615
2012	R	−10.0%	7,949	9,782	18,293
2008	R	−8.1%	8,030	9,471	17,868
2004	R	−14.4%	6,731	9,052	16,114
2000	R	−15.7%	5,516	7,727	14,086
1996	D	+3.8%	5,707	5,224	12,564
1992	D	+10.9%	5,432	4,078	12,385
1988	D	+2.6%	5,318	5,048	10,496
1984	R	−15.2%	4,830	6,580	11,531
1980	R	−11.9%	4,075	5,359	10,748
1976	D	+0.9%	4,858	4,765	10,017
1972	R	−11.5%	4,299	5,464	10,126
1968	R	−3.3%	3,921	4,212	8,729
1964	D	+25.4%	5,383	3,200	8,592
1960	R	−3.8%	4,303	4,640	8,953
1956	R	−15.5%	3,726	5,097	8,830
1952	R	−13.8%	3,937	5,201	9,174
1948	D	+13.7%	4,588	3,446	8,348
1944	D	+10.5%	4,227	3,423	7,686
1940	D	+20.8%	5,203	3,401	8,660
1936	D	+43.0%	5,044	1,941	7,218
1932	D	+34.5%	4,266	1,963	6,684
1928	R	−19.9%	2,136	3,207	5,392
1924	R	−38.1%	455	2,360	4,998
1920	R	−33.0%	1,119	2,837	5,202
1916	D	+5.7%	2,609	2,310	5,281
1912	D	+4.8%	1,407	1,157	5,156
1908	R	−24.6%	985	1,752	3,116
1904	R	−45.9%	523	1,787	2,755
1900	R	−9.5%	934	1,139	2,154
1896	D	+12.1%	1,336	1,044	2,406
1892	R	−2.4%	800	855	2,260
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%

African American

0.9%

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: 35.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.7%

2.5%

75–84

2.7%

5.2%

65–74

5.3%

6.1%

55–64

6.6%

5.6%

45–54

5.2%

5.6%

35–44

5.0%

6.8%

25–34

5.5%

9.5%

18–24

10.5%

6.4%

5–17

6.1%

1.9%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,804

Kittitas County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Kittitas County$73,804

Washington$98,141

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.4%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

10.5%

Other Christian

10.5%

Baptist

1.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Methodist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kittitas County sits east of the Cascades in Washington's shrubsteppe, where agriculture and outdoor recreation shape the economy. Ellensburg's Central Washington University introduces a younger demographic, but the surrounding rural vote consistently delivers double-digit Republican margins.

The Republican margin in Kittitas County reached its widest at forty-six points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was fourteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kittitas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,804, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,172 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 Asotin County and Nez Perce County.

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