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1876–2024
Ada, OK·Oklahoma

Ada, OK has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+47 in 2024.

Pontotoc County's oil-patch hub where turnout swings on energy-sector confidence

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OK
LatestR+47in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population38,2352024 ACS

Ada, OK, Oklahoma: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+47MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
38,2352024 5-year
Median household income
$63,0172024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.7%2024 5-year
Black
2.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+47 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Ada, OK
TrumpR+47
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican72.3%10,967
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.7%3,895
OtherAll other candidates2.1%312
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −46.6% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−46.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892No data
1896No data
1900No data
1904No data
1908+29.9%
1912+35.1%
1916+35.1%
1920+22.4%
1924+36.4%
1928−2.3%
1932+71.4%
1936+59.8%
1940+45.8%
1944+37.7%
1948+54.4%
1952+14.4%
1956+10.6%
1960−11.5%
1964+28.3%
1968+1.2%
1972−46.1%
1976+20.6%
1980−2.3%
1984−20.0%
1988−0.9%
1992+7.4%
1996+8.1%
2000−14.9%
2004−30.3%
2008−36.7%
2012−38.8%
2016−45.8%
2020−43.7%
2024−46.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−46.6%
3,89510,96715,174
R
−43.7%
4,11710,80515,320
R
−45.8%
3,63710,43114,831
R
−38.8%
3,9478,94512,892
R
−36.7%
4,5129,75014,262
R
−30.3%
5,1659,64714,812
R
−14.9%
5,3877,29912,836
D
+8.1%
6,4705,36613,613
D
+7.4%
6,3505,20615,521
R
−0.9%
6,4846,60913,239
R
−20.0%
5,5268,30113,907
R
−2.3%
5,9426,23212,631
D
+20.6%
7,4664,89512,486
R
−46.1%
3,1608,76212,162
D
+1.2%
4,2914,16110,877
D
+28.3%
7,4494,16611,615
R
−11.5%
4,6545,86310,517
D
+10.6%
5,9504,81410,764
D
+14.4%
7,2085,38912,597
D
+54.4%
7,7502,28910,039
D
+37.7%
6,5522,9609,533
D
+45.8%
9,3103,44912,794
D
+59.8%
8,0792,01510,136
D
+71.4%
7,2271,2078,434
R
−2.3%
3,2033,3566,597
D
+36.4%
4,2681,8596,620
D
+22.4%
3,8002,3706,376
D
+35.1%
2,4189134,288
D
+35.1%
1,8426423,421
D
+29.9%
1,8418603,282
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.6%
Irish
12.6%
German
9.1%
American
5.4%
Scottish
3.2%
Italian
1.4%
French
1.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.3%
2.2%
75–84
3.1%
4.4%
65–74
5.2%
5.9%
55–64
6.2%
5.5%
45–54
5.6%
6.5%
35–44
6.6%
6.1%
25–34
6.7%
4.5%
18–24
4.5%
9.5%
5–17
9.1%
3.4%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,017
Ada, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ada, OK$63,017
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.7%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.5%
Other languages0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
32.3%
Other Christian
23.4%
Methodist
6.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ada anchors a small Oklahoma metro that has voted Republican at the presidential level by margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, while its Chickasaw Nation presence shapes local governance and voter-registration patterns in ways that diverge from surrounding rural precincts.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of seventy-one points in 1932 and a Republican high of forty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-seven points.

A population of 38,235, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,017 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Ada, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ada, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 46.6 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,174 votes cast, 3,895 went Democratic and 10,967 went Republican.
What is Ada, OK, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Ada, OK, Oklahoma in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ada, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ada, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Ada, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 38,235 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Ada, OK, Oklahoma is $63,017 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Ada, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ada, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.