Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+52 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 64,8272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,1432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR
TrumpR+20
Constituent county margins for Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, OROne 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 | 58.3% | 20,849 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 38.4% | 13,731 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.2% | 1,155 |
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 | −16.0% |
| 1896 | +16.7% |
| 1900 | −12.4% |
| 1904 | −45.9% |
| 1908 | −29.4% |
| 1912 | +10.4% |
| 1916 | +1.9% |
| 1920 | −15.7% |
| 1924 | −26.6% |
| 1928 | −23.2% |
| 1932 | +23.7% |
| 1936 | +43.2% |
| 1940 | +21.7% |
| 1944 | +16.6% |
| 1948 | −0.7% |
| 1952 | −10.9% |
| 1956 | +9.7% |
| 1960 | +19.1% |
| 1964 | +52.4% |
| 1968 | +12.7% |
| 1972 | +6.1% |
| 1976 | +19.0% |
| 1980 | −4.3% |
| 1984 | −0.2% |
| 1988 | +15.5% |
| 1992 | +9.4% |
| 1996 | +4.6% |
| 2000 | −13.7% |
| 2004 | −11.7% |
| 2008 | −3.1% |
| 2012 | −6.4% |
| 2016 | −23.7% |
| 2020 | −20.5% |
| 2024 | −19.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 13,731 | 20,849 | 35,735 | ||
| R | 14,243 | 21,829 | 37,075 | ||
| R | 10,448 | 17,865 | 31,313 | ||
| R | 12,845 | 14,673 | 28,686 | ||
| R | 14,401 | 15,354 | 30,951 | ||
| R | 14,393 | 18,291 | 33,362 | ||
| R | 11,610 | 15,626 | 29,379 | ||
| D | 12,171 | 10,886 | 27,638 | ||
| D | 12,072 | 9,284 | 29,659 | ||
| D | 13,996 | 10,153 | 24,836 | ||
| R | 13,582 | 13,637 | 27,339 | ||
| R | 11,817 | 13,041 | 28,176 | ||
| D | 14,168 | 9,481 | 24,725 | ||
| D | 11,778 | 10,370 | 23,213 | ||
| D | 10,884 | 8,230 | 20,890 | ||
| D | 16,109 | 5,032 | 21,149 | ||
| D | 12,893 | 8,751 | 21,705 | ||
| D | 11,183 | 9,201 | 20,384 | ||
| R | 8,118 | 10,122 | 18,389 | ||
| R | 5,453 | 5,536 | 11,562 | ||
| D | 6,476 | 4,609 | 11,225 | ||
| D | 7,853 | 5,034 | 12,988 | ||
| D | 7,167 | 2,576 | 10,630 | ||
| D | 5,504 | 3,299 | 9,296 | ||
| R | 3,040 | 4,929 | 8,126 | ||
| R | 1,757 | 3,905 | 8,070 | ||
| R | 2,297 | 3,272 | 6,205 | ||
| D | 3,352 | 3,209 | 7,358 | ||
| O | 1,081 | 701 | 3,657 | ||
| R | 894 | 1,850 | 3,249 | ||
| R | 490 | 1,712 | 2,664 | ||
| R | 888 | 1,153 | 2,139 | ||
| D | 1,558 | 1,105 | 2,709 | ||
| O | 299 | 603 | 1,902 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.9%
English
13.9%
Irish
13.5%
American
3.9%
Italian
3.2%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.8%
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: 48.6 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
$62,143
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR$62,143
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
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.5%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coos Bay-North Bend anchors Oregon's southern coast, where timber and fishing economies have long shaped a working-class electorate that swings more competitively than the state's Portland-dominated reputation suggests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-two points in 1964 and a Republican high of forty-six points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty points.
A population of 64,827, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,143 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 19.9 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,735 votes cast, 13,731 went Democratic and 20,849 went Republican.
What is Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Coos Bay-North Bend, 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 15 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon?
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon has a population of 64,827 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon is $62,143 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coos Bay-North Bend, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.