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1876–2024
Brookings, OR·Oregon

Brookings, OR has voted Republican in eight straight presidential elections — R+16 in 2024.

Oregon's southernmost coastal metro, anchored by a retirement-driven economy

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
LatestR+16in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population23,3812024 ACS

Brookings, OR, Oregon: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
23,3812024 5-year
Median household income
$62,2442024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
83.9%2024 5-year
Black
0.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Brookings, OR
TrumpR+16
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.3%8,000
Kamala HarrisDemocratic40.4%5,737
OtherAll other candidates3.3%463
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: −15.9% in 2024.flipped R · 1996−15.9%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−25.5%
1896+0.2%
1900−33.5%
1904−51.6%
1908−26.3%
1912+19.3%
1916−2.4%
1920−32.4%
1924−36.2%
1928−20.5%
1932+40.3%
1936+24.8%
1940+4.6%
1944−9.8%
1948−23.2%
1952−35.9%
1956−7.2%
1960+7.5%
1964+36.9%
1968−8.2%
1972−13.2%
1976+4.1%
1980−26.6%
1984−22.0%
1988−8.3%
1992+0.3%
1996−5.4%
2000−21.4%
2004−16.5%
2008−11.5%
2012−16.9%
2016−23.1%
2020−16.3%
2024−15.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−15.9%
5,7378,00014,200
R
−16.3%
6,0588,48414,925
R
−23.1%
4,3007,21212,611
R
−16.9%
4,6256,59811,678
R
−11.5%
5,2306,64612,332
R
−16.5%
5,2207,33212,799
R
−21.4%
4,0906,55111,513
R
−5.4%
4,2024,79010,972
D
+0.3%
3,8413,80911,050
R
−8.3%
4,0154,7619,012
R
−22.0%
3,4235,3638,815
R
−26.6%
2,6564,9108,488
D
+4.1%
3,2272,9626,507
R
−13.2%
2,1082,8325,470
R
−8.2%
1,9342,3234,729
D
+36.9%
3,1951,4674,686
D
+7.5%
2,7672,3825,153
R
−7.2%
1,9962,3064,302
R
−35.9%
1,0052,1473,179
R
−23.2%
6771,1121,879
R
−9.8%
6788271,527
D
+4.6%
1,0339411,991
D
+24.8%
9134971,680
D
+40.3%
9713951,428
R
−20.5%
4536941,173
R
−36.2%
2246641,214
R
−32.4%
280599984
R
−2.4%
5125411,186
O
+19.3%
219102606
R
−26.3%
148268457
R
−51.6%
87322455
R
−33.5%
152308466
D
+0.2%
301300616
R
−25.5%
90183365
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.9%
German
15.8%
Irish
14.0%
Italian
4.9%
Scottish
3.2%
American
3.2%
French
2.9%
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: 57.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
2.1%
85+
1.8%
5.1%
75–84
5.8%
10.6%
65–74
11.3%
7.8%
55–64
9.2%
4.6%
45–54
5.1%
5.1%
35–44
5.2%
4.5%
25–34
3.9%
2.2%
18–24
1.7%
4.9%
5–17
5.7%
1.2%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,244
Brookings, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brookings, OR$62,244
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.9%
Working age (18–64)14.9%
Seniors (65+)7.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
12.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Curry County's largest urban cluster draws a disproportionately older, white population from California, producing a coastal community that votes markedly more Republican than Oregon's other Pacific-facing metros.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty points in 1932 and a Republican high of fifty-two points in 1904. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

A population of 23,381, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,244 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Brookings, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brookings, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,200 votes cast, 5,737 went Democratic and 8,000 went Republican.
What is Brookings, OR, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Brookings, OR, Oregon 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brookings, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brookings, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Brookings, OR, Oregon?
Brookings, OR, Oregon has a population of 23,381 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookings, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Brookings, OR, Oregon is $62,244 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Brookings, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brookings, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.