Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 53,3262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,1622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Bartlesville, OK
TrumpR+48
Constituent county margins for Bartlesville, OK, OKOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 72.7% | 16,836 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 25.0% | 5,793 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.4% | 545 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | −3.9% |
| 1912 | +2.5% |
| 1916 | +2.9% |
| 1920 | −18.3% |
| 1924 | −13.2% |
| 1928 | −47.5% |
| 1932 | +18.6% |
| 1936 | +8.8% |
| 1940 | −7.7% |
| 1944 | −12.4% |
| 1948 | −4.6% |
| 1952 | −29.0% |
| 1956 | −38.6% |
| 1960 | −42.9% |
| 1964 | −18.2% |
| 1968 | −39.8% |
| 1972 | −61.9% |
| 1976 | −35.4% |
| 1980 | −45.6% |
| 1984 | −55.0% |
| 1988 | −35.2% |
| 1992 | −20.1% |
| 1996 | −23.5% |
| 2000 | −34.4% |
| 2004 | −41.4% |
| 2008 | −44.6% |
| 2012 | −47.8% |
| 2016 | −48.5% |
| 2020 | −48.0% |
| 2024 | −47.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,793 | 16,836 | 23,174 | ||
| R | 5,790 | 17,076 | 23,501 | ||
| R | 5,048 | 15,825 | 22,224 | ||
| R | 5,532 | 15,668 | 21,200 | ||
| R | 6,308 | 16,457 | 22,765 | ||
| R | 6,862 | 16,551 | 23,413 | ||
| R | 6,644 | 13,788 | 20,744 | ||
| R | 6,732 | 11,605 | 20,694 | ||
| R | 6,593 | 11,342 | 23,663 | ||
| R | 6,971 | 14,613 | 21,713 | ||
| R | 5,476 | 19,043 | 24,667 | ||
| R | 5,854 | 16,563 | 23,503 | ||
| R | 6,898 | 14,560 | 21,670 | ||
| R | 3,658 | 16,347 | 20,500 | ||
| R | 4,641 | 12,812 | 20,544 | ||
| R | 8,571 | 12,382 | 20,953 | ||
| R | 5,479 | 13,700 | 19,179 | ||
| R | 5,529 | 12,488 | 18,017 | ||
| R | 6,238 | 11,334 | 17,572 | ||
| R | 5,508 | 6,036 | 11,544 | ||
| R | 5,090 | 6,533 | 11,641 | ||
| R | 6,289 | 7,347 | 13,676 | ||
| D | 6,202 | 5,201 | 11,429 | ||
| D | 6,863 | 4,713 | 11,576 | ||
| R | 2,563 | 7,258 | 9,877 | ||
| R | 3,487 | 4,579 | 8,300 | ||
| R | 2,805 | 4,105 | 7,099 | ||
| D | 1,839 | 1,727 | 3,925 | ||
| D | 1,561 | 1,477 | 3,385 | ||
| R | 1,409 | 1,528 | 3,067 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.5%
English
13.6%
Irish
10.7%
American
6.0%
Italian
1.8%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.6%
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: 39.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,162
Bartlesville, OK ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bartlesville, OK$60,162
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
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.9%
Working age (18–64)15.1%
Seniors (65+)7.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bartlesville's economy and civic identity were shaped for decades by the energy industry, and Washington County consistently posts some of the widest Republican margins in a state already tilted heavily toward the GOP.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of nineteen points in 1932 and a Republican high of sixty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
A population of 53,326, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,162 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 47.7 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,174 votes cast, 5,793 went Democratic and 16,836 went Republican.
What is Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Bartlesville, 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 4 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma?
Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 53,326 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma is $60,162 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bartlesville, OK, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.