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1876–2024
Pacific County, Washington
Pacific County·Washington

Pacific County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A coastal county where timber, oysters, and close elections define the landscape

18762024·38 elections
Pacific County, Washington · Chetsford · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
23,994
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grays Harbor County
WA · similarity 0.98
39 precincts · 14,244 votes cast
Trump · R+1
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−1.3%
6,8257,01014,244
2020R
−1.1%
6,7946,95314,064
2016R
−6.7%
4,6205,36010,972
2012D
+11.4%
5,7114,49910,636
2008D
+14.1%
6,0944,55510,937
2004D
+9.0%
5,5704,63410,431
2000D
+9.0%
4,8954,0429,519
1996D
+27.4%
5,0952,5989,111
1992D
+25.3%
4,5872,2439,252
1988D
+23.7%
5,0173,0738,200
1984D
+12.7%
4,6793,6138,421
1980D
+7.4%
3,7273,1328,012
1976D
+20.4%
4,2782,7817,350
1972D
+3.3%
3,5853,3497,166
1968D
+18.9%
3,7402,4916,605
1964D
+47.6%
5,0561,7896,860
1960D
+8.6%
3,8373,2247,090
1956D
+0.3%
3,8243,7997,635
1952R
−0.9%
3,7783,8467,663
1948D
+16.3%
3,9022,7497,052
1944D
+21.5%
3,7452,4196,176
1940D
+23.6%
4,3932,7047,145
1936D
+41.3%
4,3951,7326,447
1932D
+24.4%
3,0991,7375,588
1928R
−35.8%
1,5233,2474,817
1924R
−52.5%
5012,6724,138
1920R
−43.6%
8742,6073,976
1916R
−25.5%
1,5372,6884,518
1912R
−9.9%
9711,3754,072
1908R
−46.9%
4831,4922,153
1904R
−62.3%
2581,3541,759
1900R
−37.2%
3938871,329
1896R
−24.0%
5629251,511
1892R
−13.9%
5597591,443
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
1.1%
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
16.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pacific County sits along Washington's southwest coast where natural-resource industries shape a working-class electorate that has swung between parties by single digits in recent cycles, landing at R+1.3 in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-eight points in 1964; the Republican margin reached sixty-two points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Pacific County's demographics — a population of 23,994, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $67,081 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grays Harbor County and Pueblo County.