Walla Walla, WA — Elections 2008–2024

2024 presidential election

Walla Walla

HarrisD+9.5

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	53.1%	7,795
Donald TrumpRepublican	43.6%	6,399
OtherAll other candidates	3.3%	477

D+60

R+60

City boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2008–2024, on current city boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	−3.4%
2012	−4.3%
2016	+0.8%
2020	+9.7%
2024	+9.5%

DemocraticRepublican

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	53.1%Harris7,795	43.6%Trump6,399	3.3%	+9.5%	14,671
2020	D	52.9%Biden8,307	43.2%Trump6,785	3.8%incl. Jorgensen	+9.7%	15,693
2016	D	46.4%Clinton5,845	45.7%Trump5,748	7.9%incl. Johnson	+0.8%	12,590
2012	R	47.9%Obama5,779	52.1%Romney6,297	0.0%	−4.3%	12,076
2008	R	47.2%Obama5,947	50.7%McCain6,379	2.1%	−3.4%	12,592

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Walla WallaCity	WashingtonState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	69.9%	65.8%	61.0%
Black	2.5%	4.0%	12.2%
Asian	2.0%	9.8%	6.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	12.7%	12.6%
Other race	9.9%	7.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	14.4%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$66,748	$98,141	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.3%	9.9%	12.5%
Median age	37.4	38.5	39.1
Age 18–24	13.1%	8.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	20.0%	16.7%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	29.8%	39.3%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	19.9%	21.5%	22.3%
Spanish	17.4%	9.1%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Mexican 19.2%	German 14.5%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 18.4%	English 12.1%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 15.5%	Mexican 10.8%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	10.1%County context	10.7%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	19.6%County context	20.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	60.0%County context	58.8%	51.5%
Latter-day Saints	6.7%County context	3.6%	2.0%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

18.4%

English

15.5%

Irish

10.2%

American

4.9%

Norwegian

3.5%

French

3.2%

Scottish

2.8%

Italian

2.6%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

19.2%

Spaniard

1.3%

Salvadoran

0.9%

Puerto Rican

0.5%

Spanish

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Maya

0.6%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Liberian

0.3%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

0.6%

Filipino

0.5%

Asian Indian

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.8%

2.4%

75–84

3.2%

5.4%

65–74

5.9%

5.8%

55–64

5.8%

5.5%

45–54

5.1%

6.6%

35–44

5.5%

6.6%

25–34

5.4%

6.6%

18–24

6.5%

8.1%

5–17

7.6%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,748

Walla Walla$66,748

Washington$98,141

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.3%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.7%

Working age (18–64)11.2%

Seniors (65+)11.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

80.1%

speak English only

Spanish17.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.5%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%

Other Indo-European0.3%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%

German or other West Germanic0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Other languages0.2%

Korean0.1%

Vietnamese0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

19.6%

Catholic

10.1%

Latter-day Saints

6.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Other Christian

0.9%

Black Protestant

0.8%

Orthodox Christian

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted60.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Walla Walla sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 9.7 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 4.3 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 9.5 points.

A population of 33,925, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,748 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Walla Walla, Washington vote in 2024?

In 2024, Walla Walla, Washington voted Democratic by 9.5 points (D+9.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 14,671 votes cast, 7,795 went Democratic and 6,399 went Republican.

When did Walla Walla, Washington last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Walla Walla, Washington voted Republican was 2012.

How many people live in Walla Walla, Washington?

Walla Walla, Washington has a population of 33,925 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Walla Walla, Washington?

Median household income in Walla Walla, Washington is $66,748 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.

What is the political history of Walla Walla, Washington?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Walla Walla, Washington from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.

Walla Walla delivered D+9.5 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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