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Okaloosa County, FL


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Designated Market Area: Mobile-Pensacola, AL-FL-MS
USDA County Type (2025): Recreation/Tourism
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Military Posts

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2024 population: 220,483   ( 8,821 from 2020)
Land area: 930.2 square miles
Population density: 237.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:153,783 69.75% 0.8%
Black:21,2929.66% 4.1%
Indian:1,1760.53% 4.0%
Asian:7,8273.55% 15.2%
2+ races:9,1824.16% 10.4%
Hispanic:27,22312.35% 21.1%
Total non-White:66,70030.25% 12.7%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:11,065 13.1
Deaths:9,40011.1
Net Migration: 1,4391.7
Net Immigration: 5,5476.6
Change in White population:1,288 0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:7,533 3.6



Historical Presidential Election Results for Okaloosa County, FL



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2024 67% Donald Trump (R) 80,309 70.7% Kamala Harris (D) 32,074 28.2% 1,253 [+] 1.1% 113,636 15 21 1.04%
2020 70% Donald Trump* (R) 79,798 68.4% Joe Biden (D) 34,248 29.3% 2,697 [+] 2.3% 116,743 17 22 1.05%
2016 65% Donald Trump (R) 71,893 70.4% Hillary Clinton (D) 23,780 23.3% 6,423 [+] 6.3% 102,096 22 25 1.07%
2012 65% Mitt Romney (R) 70,168 73.8% Barack Obama* (D) 23,421 24.6% 1,486 [+] 1.6% 95,075 25 27 1.12%
2008 69% John McCain (R) 68,789 71.8% Barack Obama (D) 25,872 27.0% 1,120 [+] 1.2% 95,781 24 26 1.14%
2004 67% George W. Bush* (R) 69,693 77.6% John Kerry (D) 19,368 21.6% 695 [+] 0.8% 89,756 26 27 1.18%
2000 55% George W. Bush (R) 52,186 73.7% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 16,989 24.0% 1,644 [+] 2.3% 70,819 25 26 1.19%
1996 53% Robert Dole (R) 40,683 64.5% Bill Clinton* (D) 16,462 26.1% 5,899 [+] 9.4% 63,044 22 24 1.19%
1992 56% George Bush* (R) 32,818 53.1% Ross Perot (I) 16,671 27.0% 12,280 [+] 19.9% 61,769 12 16 1.16%
1988 50% George Bush (R) 40,389 80.0% Michael Dukakis (D) 9,753 19.3% 320 [+] 0.6% 50,462 19 27 1.17%
1984 50% Ronald Reagan* (R) 37,044 83.5% Walter Mondale (D) 7,304 16.5% 9 0.0% 44,357 18 25 1.06%
1980 52% Ronald Reagan (R) 28,072 69.6% Jimmy Carter* (D) 10,845 26.9% 1,406 [+] 3.5% 40,323 14 19 1.09%
1976 50% Gerald Ford* (R) 18,598 55.9% Jimmy Carter (D) 14,210 42.7% 487 [+] 1.5% 33,295 9 8 1.06%
1972 43% Richard Nixon* (R) 23,303 88.6% George McGovern (D) 2,843 10.8% 144 [+] 0.5% 26,290 17 28 1.02%
1968 43% George Wallace (AIP) 12,237 58.8% Richard Nixon (R) 5,525 26.5% 3,059 [+] 14.7% 20,821 -14 -17 0.95%
1964 43% Barry Goldwater (R) 9,961 55.8% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 7,890 44.2% 0 0.0% 17,851 7 17 0.96%
1960 37% John Kennedy (D) 8,263 63.8% Richard Nixon (R) 4,685 36.2% 0 0.0% 12,948 -15 -13 0.84%
1956 30% Adlai Stevenson (D) 5,748 67.3% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 2,788 32.7% 0 0.0% 8,536 -25 -25 0.76%
1952 38% Adlai Stevenson (D) 5,375 69.5% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 2,355 30.5% 0 0.0% 7,730 -25 -25 0.78%
1948 28% Harry Truman* (D) 2,519 62.9% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 992 24.8% 496 [+] 12.4% 4,007 -22 -33 0.69%
1944 32% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 2,877 82.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 626 17.9% 0 0.0% 3,503 -12 -28 0.73%
1940 49% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 3,003 81.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 690 18.7% 0 0.0% 3,693 -7 -26 0.76%
1936 46% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 2,433 84.2% Alf Landon (R) 457 15.8% 0 0.0% 2,890 -8 -21 0.88%
1932 42% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 2,137 90.2% Herbert Hoover* (R) 232 9.8% 0 0.0% 2,369 -15 -30 0.86%
1928 39% Herbert Hoover (R) 1,385 72.7% Al Smith (D) 503 26.4% 17 [+] 0.9% 1,905 16 15 0.75%
1924 20% John Davis (D) 642 67.4% Calvin Coolidge (R) 183 19.2% 128 [+] 13.4% 953 -9 -35 0.87%
1920 21% James Cox (D) 568 56.6% Warren Harding (R) 411 41.0% 24 [+] 2.4% 1,003 10 -19 0.69%
1916 35% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 603 63.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 303 31.9% 45 [+] 4.7% 951 14 -14 1.18%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Okaloosa County, FL

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 66% Rick Scott* (R) 81,192 72.1% Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) 28,850 25.6% 2,561 [+] 2.3% 112,603 17 1.05%
2022 S3 47% Marco Rubio* (R) 60,808 75.3% Val Demings (D) 18,851 23.3% 1,130 [+] 1.4% 80,789 18 1.04%
2022 G 48% Ron DeSantis* (R) 61,715 76.2% Charlie Crist (D) 18,569 22.9% 724 [+] 0.9% 81,008 17 1.04%
2018 S1 52% Rick Scott (R) 60,924 72.7% Bill Nelson* (D) 22,902 27.3% 19 [+] 0.0% 83,845 23 1.02%
2018 G 52% Ron DeSantis (R) 59,940 71.5% Andrew Gillum (D) 22,408 26.7% 1,534 [+] 1.8% 83,882 22 1.02%
2016 S3 64% Marco Rubio* (R) 74,749 74.8% Patrick Murphy (D) 20,813 20.8% 4,430 [+] 4.4% 99,992 23 1.07%
2014 G 41% Rick Scott* (R) 46,162 75.5% Charlie Crist (D) 12,129 19.8% 2,872 [+] 4.7% 61,163 27 1.03%
2012 S1 63% Connie Mack IV (R) 61,796 67.0% Bill Nelson* (D) 27,098 29.4% 3,283 [+] 3.6% 92,177 25 1.13%
2010 S3 44% Marco Rubio (R) 44,084 71.3% Charlie Crist (I) 10,320 16.7% 7,431 [+] 12.0% 61,835 22 1.14%
2010 G 43% Rick Scott (R) 42,200 69.3% Alex Sink (D) 14,499 23.8% 4,177 [+] 6.9% 60,876 20 1.14%
2006 S1 41% Katherine Harris (R) 33,895 60.8% Bill Nelson* (D) 20,882 37.4% 995 [+] 1.8% 55,772 23 1.16%
2006 G 41% Charlie Crist (R) 42,686 76.4% Jim Davis (D) 12,117 21.7% 1,097 [+] 2.0% 55,900 24 1.16%
2004 S3 65% Mel Martinez (R) 65,146 74.7% Betty Castor (D) 19,645 22.5% 2,413 [+] 2.8% 87,204 25 1.17%
2002 G 43% Jeb Bush* (R) 43,587 77.0% Bill McBride (D) 12,563 22.2% 468 [+] 0.8% 56,618 21 1.11%
2000 S1 54% Bill McCollum (R) 49,016 70.8% Bill Nelson (D) 18,731 27.1% 1,478 [+] 2.1% 69,225 25 1.18%
1998 S3 35% Charlie Crist (R) 25,871 59.4% Bob Graham* (D) 17,714 40.6% 0 0.0% 43,585 22 1.12%
1998 G 35% Jeb Bush (R) 33,844 77.7% Buddy MacKay (D) 9,732 22.3% 5 [+] 0.0% 43,581 22 1.10%
1994 S1 41% Connie Mack* (R) 40,330 84.5% Hugh Rodham (D) 7,390 15.5% 0 0.0% 47,720 14 1.16%
1994 G 42% Jeb Bush (R) 31,459 65.7% Lawton Chiles* (D) 16,459 34.3% 0 0.0% 47,918 16 1.14%
1992 S3 54% Bill Grant (R) 30,102 50.3% Bob Graham* (D) 29,801 49.7% 0 0.0% 59,903 16 1.21%
1990 G 37% Bob Martinez* (R) 22,049 55.3% Lawton Chiles (D) 17,794 44.7% 7 [+] 0.0% 39,850 12 1.13%
1988 S1 48% Connie Mack (R) 34,349 71.1% Buddy MacKay (D) 13,938 28.9% 0 0.0% 48,287 21 1.19%
1986 S3 37% Paula Hawkins* (R) 22,862 65.7% Bob Graham (D) 11,944 34.3% 0 0.0% 34,806 20 1.01%
1986 G 36% Bob Martinez (R) 21,524 62.5% Steve Pajcic (D) 12,889 37.5% 0 0.0% 34,413 8 1.02%
1982 S1 29% Lawton Chiles* (D) 12,212 51.3% Van Poole (R) 11,567 48.6% 10 [+] 0.0% 23,789 10 0.90%
1982 G 29% Bob Graham* (D) 14,564 60.8% Skip Bafalis (R) 9,405 39.2% 0 0.0% 23,969 4 0.89%
1980 S3 51% Paula Hawkins (R) 21,426 54.9% Bill Gunter (D) 17,618 45.1% 0 0.0% 39,044 3 1.11%
1978 G 36% Jack Eckerd (R) 12,670 50.4% Bob Graham (D) 12,458 49.6% 0 0.0% 25,128 6 0.99%
1976 S1 48% Lawton Chiles* (D) 20,037 63.1% John Grady (R) 11,716 36.9% 0 0.0% 31,753 0 1.11%
1974 S3 26% Richard Stone (D) 7,016 42.8% Jack Eckerd (R) 5,773 35.2% 3,618 [+] 22.1% 16,407 -6 0.91%
1974 G 26% Jerry Thomas (R) 8,343 50.3% Reubin Askew* (D) 8,240 49.7% 0 0.0% 16,583 12 0.91%
1970 S1 27% Lawton Chiles (D) 10,400 70.1% William Cramer (R) 4,427 29.9% 0 0.0% 14,827 -16 0.88%
1970 G 28% Reubin Askew (D) 12,222 80.0% Claude Kirk* (R) 3,063 20.0% 0 0.0% 15,285 -23 0.88%
1968 S3 41% Edward Gurney (R) 13,035 66.7% Leroy Collins (D) 6,516 33.3% 0 0.0% 19,551 11 0.97%
1966 G 27% Claude Kirk (R) 7,287 59.8% Robert King High (D) 4,898 40.2% 3 [+] 0.0% 12,188 5 0.82%
1964 S1 36% Spessard Holland* (D) 11,031 73.4% Claude Kirk (R) 3,998 26.6% 0 0.0% 15,029 -9 0.96%
1964 G 40% Haydon Burns (D) 11,916 70.8% Charles Holley (R) 4,917 29.2% 0 0.0% 16,833 -12 1.01%
1962 S3 14% George Smathers* (D) 4,473 85.1% Emerson Rupert (R) 784 14.9% 0 0.0% 5,257 -15 0.56%
1960 G 31% Farris Bryant (D) 9,248 83.5% George Petersen (R) 1,831 16.5% 0 0.0% 11,079 -24 0.78%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Okaloosa County, FL

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 FL01Matt Gaetz* (R) 76,839 68.7% Gay Valimont (D) 34,957 31.3% 0 0.0% 111,796
County Total for 2024-11-05:   111,796
2022-11-08 FL01Matt Gaetz* (R) 56,621 71.1% Rebekah Jones (D) 23,015 28.9% 0 0.0% 79,636
County Total for 2022-11-08:   79,636
2020-11-03 FL01Matt Gaetz* (R) 78,035 67.9% Phil Ehr (D) 34,966 30.4% 1,877 1.6% 114,878
County Total for 2020-11-03:   114,878
2018-11-06 FL01Matt Gaetz* (R) 60,222 71.8% Jennifer Zimmerman (D) 23,694 28.2% 0 0.0% 83,916
County Total for 2018-11-06:   83,916
2016-11-08 FL01Matt Gaetz (R) 71,684 72.5% Stephen Specht (D) 27,135 27.5% 0 0.0% 98,819
County Total for 2016-11-08:   98,819
2014-11-04 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 44,845 73.7% Jim Bryan (D) 10,965 18.0% 4,998 8.2% 60,808
County Total for 2014-11-04:   60,808
2012-11-06 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 66,955 73.1% Jim Bryan (D) 20,509 22.4% 4,094 4.5% 91,558
County Total for 2012-11-06:   91,558
2010-11-02 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 42,501 82.9% Joe Cantrell (I) 4,817 9.4% 3,944 7.7% 51,262
2010-11-02 FL02Steve Southerland (R) 6,493 80.4% Allen Boyd* (D) 1,246 15.4% 338 4.2% 8,077
County Total for 2010-11-02:   59,339
2008-11-04 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 60,400 75.5% Jim Bryan (D) 19,619 24.5% 0 0.0% 80,019
2008-11-04 FL02Mark Mulligan (R) 7,846 76.6% Allen Boyd* (D) 2,395 23.4% 0 0.0% 10,241
County Total for 2008-11-04:   90,260
2006-11-07 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 37,033 77.3% Joe Roberts (D) 10,862 22.7% 0 0.0% 47,895
County Total for 2006-11-07:   47,895
2004-11-02 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 62,506 82.7% Mark Coutu (D) 13,082 17.3% 0 0.0% 75,588
2004-11-02 FL02Bev Kilmer (R) 7,910 79.8% Allen Boyd* (D) 2,000 20.2% 0 0.0% 9,910
County Total for 2004-11-02:   85,498
2002-11-05 FL01Jeff Miller* (R) 39,997 81.8% Bert Oram (D) 8,897 18.2% 0 0.0% 48,894
2002-11-05 FL02Tom McGuirk (R) 5,435 80.8% Allen Boyd* (D) 1,288 19.2% 0 0.0% 6,723
County Total for 2002-11-05:   55,617
2001-10-16 sp FL01Jeff Miller (R) 18,239 65.4% Steve Briese (D) 7,341 26.3% 2,316 8.3% 27,896
County Total for 2001-10-16:   27,896
2000-11-07 FL01Joe Scarborough* (R) 60,978 99.2% 497 0.8% 61,475
County Total for 2000-11-07:   61,475
1998-11-03 FL01Joe Scarborough* (R) 36,825 99.8% 62 0.2% 36,887
County Total for 1998-11-03:   36,887
1996-11-05 FL01Joe Scarborough* (R) 47,805 77.3% Kevin Beck (D) 14,019 22.7% 44 0.1% 61,868
County Total for 1996-11-05:   61,868
1994-11-08 FL01Joe Scarborough (R) 32,248 67.9% Vince Whibbs (D) 15,234 32.1% 10 0.0% 47,492
County Total for 1994-11-08:   47,492
1992-11-03 FL01Terry Ketchel (R) 29,745 49.2% Earl Hutto* (D) 28,213 46.7% 2,492 4.1% 60,450
County Total for 1992-11-03:   60,450
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Okaloosa County, FL

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2024 151,053 86,238 57.1% 25,725 17.0% 39,090 25.9% Rep +60,513 Rep +40.1% 89%
2022 144,013 80,915 56.2% 25,748 17.9% 37,350 25.9% Rep +55,167 Rep +38.3% 85%
2020 150,654 85,351 56.7% 29,454 19.6% 35,849 23.8% Rep +55,897 Rep +37.1% 89%
2018 135,563 78,242 57.7% 25,630 18.9% 31,691 23.4% Rep +52,612 Rep +38.8% 83%
2016 133,239 77,512 58.2% 25,863 19.4% 29,864 22.4% Rep +51,649 Rep +38.8% 84%
2014 124,621 72,177 57.9% 24,979 20.0% 27,465 22.0% Rep +47,198 Rep +37.9% 82%
2012 128,865 75,275 58.4% 27,627 21.4% 25,963 20.1% Rep +47,648 Rep +37.0% 88%
2010 128,654 74,314 57.8% 29,719 23.1% 24,621 19.1% Rep +44,595 Rep +34.7% 92%
2008 129,373 74,850 57.9% 31,052 24.0% 23,471 18.1% Rep +43,798 Rep +33.9% 94%
2006 124,257 72,557 58.4% 29,377 23.6% 22,323 18.0% Rep +43,180 Rep +34.8% 92%
2004 127,455 72,885 57.2% 31,526 24.7% 23,044 18.1% Rep +41,359 Rep +32.4% 96%
2002 110,464 62,755 56.8% 29,234 26.5% 18,475 16.7% Rep +33,521 Rep +30.3% 84%
2000 111,320 62,121 55.8% 30,931 27.8% 18,268 16.4% Rep +31,190 Rep +28.0% 87%
1998 102,436 57,398 56.0% 31,140 30.4% 13,898 13.6% Rep +26,258 Rep +25.6% 82%
1996 101,348 57,172 56.4% 32,251 31.8% 11,925 11.8% Rep +24,921 Rep +24.6% 85%
1994 77,544 40,745 52.5% 30,780 39.7% 6,019 7.8% Rep +9,965 Rep +12.9% 67%
1986 60,159 20,319 33.8% 37,128 61.7% 2,712 4.5% Dem +16,809 Dem +27.9% 64%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.