† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWichita Falls, TXTexasUnited States
German12.0%8.3%12.5%
English10.2%7.9%9.5%
Irish8.3%6.0%9.4%
American5.0%4.6%5.3%
Scottish1.9%1.3%1.3%
Italian1.5%1.9%4.8%
French1.1%1.5%1.6%
Dutch0.8%——
Mexican16.7%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.2%1.2%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Spanish0.2%——
African American†8.0%10.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.4%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Filipino0.4%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%1.0%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%1.8%1.4%
Korean0.2%0.3%0.4%
Cambodian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wichita Falls, TX
Texas
United States
Median age
36.6
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wichita Falls, TX
Texas
United States
Median household income
$65,202
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.9%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wichita Falls, TX
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.9%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
9.0%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wichita Falls, TX
Texas
United States
Catholic
16.7%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
43.1%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
32.0%
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wichita Falls, TX
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+70.9%
1916
+69.3%
1920
+44.2%
1924
+47.8%
1928
−15.2%
1932
+76.0%
1936
+77.4%
1940
+69.1%
1944
+67.4%
1948
+61.8%
1952
+7.7%
1956
+5.4%
1960
+10.4%
1964
+41.2%
1968
+12.2%
1972
−38.3%
1976
+10.4%
1980
−10.6%
1984
−28.3%
1988
−11.1%
1992
−1.6%
1996
−12.1%
2000
−33.7%
2004
−45.2%
2008
−42.8%
2012
−51.5%
2016
−55.0%
2020
−48.1%
2024
−51.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
24.0%Harris13,341
75.0%Trump41,698
0.6%Oliver328 +2
R+51.0
R+2.9
R+49.6
55,570
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.0%41,698
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic24.0%13,341
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%328
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%168
OtherAll other candidates0.1%35
R
25.1%Biden14,221
73.2%Trump41,438
1.6%
R+48.1
D+6.9
R+52.5
56,588
R
20.5%Clinton9,700
75.5%Trump35,794
4.1%
R+55.0
R+3.5
R+57.1
47,420
R
23.5%Obama11,790
75.0%Romney37,678
1.5%
R+51.5
R+8.7
R+55.4
50,239
R
28.2%Obama15,693
71.0%McCain39,539
0.8%
R+42.8
D+2.4
R+50.1
55,686
R
27.1%Kerry14,996
72.4%Bush39,999
0.5%
R+45.2
R+11.5
R+42.8
55,284
R
32.3%Gore16,561
66.0%Bush33,865
1.8%
R+33.7
R+21.6
R+34.2
51,347
R
39.2%Clinton18,700
51.2%Dole24,466
9.6%
R+12.1
R+10.5
R+20.6
47,765
R
36.4%Clinton20,224
38.0%Bush21,102
25.5%
R+1.6
D+9.5
R+7.1
55,485
R
44.1%Dukakis21,871
55.2%Bush27,377
0.7%
R+11.1
D+17.2
R+3.4
49,576
R
35.7%Mondale18,942
64.0%Reagan33,988
0.3%
R+28.3
R+17.8
R+10.1
53,093
R
43.5%Carter21,334
54.1%Reagan26,512
2.4%
R+10.6
R+21.0
R+0.8
49,023
D
55.0%Carter26,162
44.5%Ford21,190
0.5%
D+10.4
D+48.7
D+8.4
47,610
R
30.2%McGovern12,603
68.4%Nixon28,584
1.4%
R+38.3
R+50.5
R+15.1
41,779
D
46.9%Humphrey18,268
34.7%Nixon13,509
18.4%
D+12.2
R+29.0
D+12.9
38,945
D
70.6%Johnson23,254
29.4%Goldwater9,685
0.1%
D+41.2
D+30.7
D+18.6
32,957
D
55.1%Kennedy17,620
44.7%Nixon14,286
0.2%
D+10.4
D+5.0
D+10.3
31,954
D
52.6%Stevenson15,606
47.2%Eisenhower13,996
0.2%
D+5.4
R+2.3
D+20.8
29,655
D
53.8%Stevenson16,821
46.1%Eisenhower14,406
0.1%
D+7.7
R+54.1
D+18.5
31,259
D
78.6%Truman15,965
16.8%Dewey3,410
4.6%
D+61.8
R+5.6
D+57.4
20,304
D
78.1%Roosevelt15,373
10.7%Dewey2,102
11.3%
D+67.4
R+1.7
D+59.9
19,693
D
84.5%Roosevelt15,933
15.4%Willkie2,909
0.1%
D+69.1
R+8.3
D+59.1
18,858
D
88.5%Roosevelt13,268
11.1%Landon1,669
0.4%
D+77.4
D+1.4
D+53.1
14,990
D
87.8%Roosevelt12,809
11.8%Hoover1,727
0.4%
D+76.0
D+91.2
D+58.2
14,590
R
42.4%Smith6,878
57.6%Hoover9,352
0.0%
R+15.2
R+63.0
D+2.2
16,230
D
71.0%Davis8,116
23.2%Coolidge2,653
5.8%
D+47.8
D+3.6
D+73.0
11,431
D
70.9%Cox5,585
26.7%Harding2,102
2.4%
D+44.2
R+25.1
D+70.4
7,876
D
82.3%Wilson3,959
13.1%Hughes628
4.6%
D+69.3
R+1.6
D+66.1
4,808
D
76.4%Wilson2,583
5.5%Taft187
18.0%
D+70.9
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D+51.4
3,379
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
24.9%13,770
73.0%40,322
55,245
2020
R
24.2%13,498
73.2%40,762
55,691
2018
R
26.1%10,894
73.1%30,566
41,808
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Wichita Falls, TX
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
81,373
2018
93,092
2020
98,072
2022
93,417
2024
95,104
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−63 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −5,520 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wichita Falls, TX in Wichita Falls, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,065
2012
−440
2013
−420
2014
−414
2015
−2,688
2016
−414
2017
+282
2018
−123
2019
+36
2021
+842
2022
+485
2023
−12
2024
−526
2025
−63
Sheppard Air Force Base shapes Wichita Falls' demographic churn, as transient military households dilute long-term registration trends in a metro that has voted Republican at the presidential level by double-digit margins for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 55.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.0 points.
A population of 149,358, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,202 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Abilene, TX and Amarillo, TX.
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In 2024, Wichita Falls, TX, Texas voted Republican by 51.0 points (R+51.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,570 votes cast, 13,341 went Democratic and 41,698 went Republican.
When did Wichita Falls, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wichita Falls, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Wichita Falls, TX, Texas?
Wichita Falls, TX, Texas has a population of 149,358 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wichita Falls, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Wichita Falls, TX, Texas is $65,202 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Wichita Falls, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wichita Falls, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
