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Of the 100 counties most defined by spanish at home, 78 voted Republican and 22 Democratic in 2024 — a median of R+21.7, and as a group they shifted −9.2 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.
Does spanish at home move the vote?
Every U.S. county, plotted by how much of the community lives there against its 2024 presidential margin — the demographic dial on one axis, the political one on the other.
Across every county, spanish at home barely moves the vote either way — little relationship (r = +0.13).
| Spanish at home range | Counties | Median margin |
|---|---|---|
| 0.3% – 2.8% | 1327 | R+44.3 |
| 2.8% – 5.3% | 569 | R+33.6 |
| 5.3% – 7.8% | 288 | R+28.0 |
| 7.8% – 10.3% | 141 | R+34.7 |
| 10.3% – 12.8% | 97 | R+35.7 |
| 12.8% – 15.3% | 83 | R+32.5 |
| 15.3% – 17.8% | 63 | R+25.8 |
| 17.8% – 20.3% | 51 | R+28.9 |
| 20.3% – 22.8% | 36 | R+2.8 |
| 22.8% – 25.3% | 31 | R+37.6 |
| 25.3% – 27.8% | 23 | R+33.1 |
| 27.8% – 30.3% | 14 | R+44.8 |
| 30.3% – 32.8% | 7 | R+48.0 |
| 32.8% – 35.3% | 14 | R+12.7 |
| 35.3% – 37.8% | 10 | R+29.0 |
| 37.8% – 40.3% | 64 | R+20.9 |
Where spanish at home concentrates
Every county shaded by spanish at home — deep where the community clusters, pale at the other end. Counties below 5,000 population are suppressed.
The leaderboard
Ranked most to least by spanish at home. Filter by region or state, switch the column lens, cap the list, and sort on any figure.
| # | 2008–24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starr County, TX | 91.0% | R R+16.0 | −21.0 | 16,421 | |
| 2 | Maverick County, TX | 88.1% | R R+18.5 | −27.9 | 15,745 | |
| 3 | Webb County, TX | 86.0% | R R+2.2 | −25.4 | 65,865 | |
| 4 | Zapata County, TX | 82.4% | R R+22.4 | −17.1 | 4,871 | |
| 5 | Hidalgo County, TX | 78.9% | R R+2.9 | −19.9 | 217,265 | |
| 6 | Santa Cruz County, AZ | 77.1% | D D+18.6 | −16.8 | 19,121 | |
| 7 | Imperial County, CA | 74.0% | R R+0.9 | −25.2 | 54,025 | |
| 8 | Cameron County, TX | 71.3% | R R+5.8 | −18.9 | 116,153 | |
| 9 | Presidio County, TX | 71.2% | D D+30.2 | −3.2 | 1,994 | |
| 10 | Zavala County, TX | 67.5% | D D+14.4 | −17.0 | 3,492 | |
| 11 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 66.7% | R R+11.4 | −18.8 | 1,094,105 | |
| 12 | El Paso County, TX | 66.1% | D D+15.1 | −20.0 | 251,569 | |
| 13 | Val Verde County, TX | 62.8% | R R+26.6 | −16.7 | 14,588 | |
| 14 | Reeves County, TX | 61.9% | R R+36.9 | −13.7 | 3,439 | |
| 15 | Willacy County, TX | 60.5% | R R+3.3 | −15.2 | 5,563 | |
| 16 | Brooks County, TX | 58.2% | D D+9.6 | −9.4 | 2,402 | |
| 17 | Seward County, KS | 56.8% | R R+39.0 | −9.9 | 4,565 | |
| 18 | Dimmit County, TX | 55.8% | D D+3.3 | −20.7 | 3,427 | |
| 19 | Deaf Smith County, TX | 54.7% | R R+51.7 | −7.6 | 4,286 | |
| 20 | Parmer County, TX | 54.3% | R R+70.1 | −7.9 | 2,504 | |
| 21 | Yuma County, AZ | 53.3% | R R+20.4 | −14.2 | 68,195 | |
| 22 | Castro County, TX | 51.6% | R R+58.1 | −3.6 | 2,023 | |
| 23 | Colusa County, CA | 51.4% | R R+28.2 | −11.7 | 7,021 | |
| 24 | Adams County, WA | 51.2% | R R+43.1 | −7.4 | 5,365 | |
| 25 | Luna County, NM | 50.8% | R R+18.9 | −8.5 | 8,056 | |
| 26 | Yoakum County, TX | 50.1% | R R+70.9 | −4.4 | 2,393 | |
| 27 | Monterey County, CA | 49.8% | D D+29.9 | −11.4 | 146,718 | |
| 28 | Bailey County, TX | 49.6% | R R+61.1 | −5.9 | 1,741 | |
| 29 | Hendry County, FL | 49.3% | R R+38.3 | −15.3 | 13,460 | |
| 30 | Duval County, TX | 49.0% | R R+9.8 | −12.4 | 4,461 | |
| 31 | Uvalde County, TX | 48.5% | R R+33.4 | −13.1 | 9,772 | |
| 32 | La Salle County, TX | 47.5% | R R+20.5 | −8.7 | 2,360 | |
| 33 | Winkler County, TX | 47.4% | R R+70.5 | −4.9 | 1,933 | |
| 34 | Pecos County, TX | 47.0% | R R+44.8 | −5.6 | 4,233 | |
| 35 | Osceola County, FL | 46.8% | R R+1.5 | −15.3 | 172,780 | |
| 36 | Jim Wells County, TX | 46.4% | R R+15.5 | −5.8 | 13,268 | |
| 37 | Ochiltree County, TX | 46.3% | R R+81.5 | −2.0 | 3,010 | |
| 38 | Tulare County, CA | 46.0% | R R+20.7 | −12.9 | 138,271 | |
| 39 | Moore County, TX | 46.0% | R R+67.1 | −7.3 | 5,362 | |
| 40 | Franklin County, WA | 45.9% | R R+22.6 | −8.1 | 31,897 | |
| 41 | Bronx County, NY | 45.1% | D D+45.1 | −22.5 | 362,890 | |
| 42 | Ector County, TX | 45.0% | R R+52.9 | −5.1 | 42,616 | |
| 43 | Frio County, TX | 44.9% | R R+24.5 | −16.9 | 4,945 | |
| 44 | San Miguel County, NM | 44.6% | D D+27.9 | −10.8 | 11,108 | |
| 45 | Rio Arriba County, NM | 44.4% | D D+19.4 | −14.2 | 15,989 | |
| 46 | Merced County, CA | 44.2% | R R+4.4 | −14.9 | 86,392 | |
| 47 | Grant County, KS | 44.2% | R R+63.0 | −6.3 | 2,220 | |
| 48 | Ford County, KS | 43.9% | R R+38.4 | −6.3 | 8,224 | |
| 49 | Lea County, NM | 43.0% | R R+61.6 | −2.0 | 21,209 | |
| 50 | Doña Ana County, NM | 42.9% | D D+9.8 | −8.6 | 85,407 | |
| 51 | Madera County, CA | 42.7% | R R+20.8 | −9.2 | 54,624 | |
| 52 | Lamb County, TX | 42.5% | R R+64.3 | −3.6 | 4,151 | |
| 53 | Andrews County, TX | 40.5% | R R+72.6 | −2.8 | 6,060 | |
| 54 | Colfax County, NE | 40.4% | R R+50.9 | −7.7 | 3,519 | |
| 55 | Texas County, OK | 40.4% | R R+67.7 | −2.3 | 5,206 | |
| 56 | San Benito County, CA | 40.3% | D D+12.6 | −11.8 | 27,649 | |
| 57 | Yakima County, WA | 40.3% | R R+14.3 | −6.6 | 88,751 | |
| 58 | Kern County, CA | 40.1% | R R+21.1 | −10.9 | 283,246 | |
| 59 | Atascosa County, TX | 40.1% | R R+43.3 | −9.3 | 18,444 | |
| 60 | Manassas Park city, VA | 40.1% | D D+19.9 | −13.2 | 5,997 | |
| 61 | Manassas city, VA | 39.2% | D D+14.8 | −9.4 | 16,100 | |
| 62 | Finney County, KS | 39.0% | R R+34.7 | −10.0 | 10,782 | |
| 63 | Floyd County, TX | 38.9% | R R+64.9 | −8.8 | 2,090 | |
| 64 | Terry County, TX | 37.8% | R R+65.1 | −8.3 | 3,420 | |
| 65 | Kings County, CA | 37.7% | R R+23.0 | −10.8 | 41,501 | |
| 66 | Los Angeles County, CA | 37.6% | D D+32.9 | −11.0 | 3,728,427 | |
| 67 | Titus County, TX | 37.5% | R R+54.7 | −10.0 | 10,214 | |
| 68 | Passaic County, NJ | 37.4% | R R+2.9 | −19.6 | 202,767 | |
| 69 | Ward County, TX | 37.4% | R R+66.1 | −5.1 | 3,765 | |
| 70 | Glenn County, CA | 36.8% | R R+34.9 | −7.7 | 10,442 | |
| 71 | Dallam County, TX | 36.3% | R R+78.3 | −4.2 | 1,447 | |
| 72 | Hale County, TX | 35.9% | R R+57.9 | −6.8 | 9,285 | |
| 73 | San Bernardino County, CA | 35.8% | R R+2.1 | −12.8 | 761,714 | |
| 74 | Harris County, TX | 35.3% | D D+5.5 | −7.7 | 1,557,484 | |
| 75 | Riverside County, CA | 35.0% | R R+1.3 | −9.2 | 940,405 | |
| 76 | Garza County, TX | 34.8% | R R+72.6 | −1.1 | 1,599 | |
| 77 | Hansford County, TX | 34.5% | R R+84.8 | −2.6 | 1,999 | |
| 78 | Stanislaus County, CA | 34.1% | R R+11.0 | −11.7 | 197,472 | |
| 79 | Jerome County, ID | 33.7% | R R+53.7 | −4.6 | 7,946 | |
| 80 | Dallas County, TX | 33.7% | D D+22.2 | −9.4 | 849,872 | |
| 81 | Grant County, WA | 33.5% | R R+37.3 | −2.9 | 36,253 | |
| 82 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 33.4% | D D+26.7 | −5.2 | 184,715 | |
| 83 | Hudson County, NJ | 33.4% | D D+28.1 | −18.5 | 231,181 | |
| 84 | Caldwell County, TX | 33.4% | R R+14.4 | −5.3 | 15,693 | |
| 85 | Fresno County, CA | 33.3% | R R+4.4 | −12.2 | 325,994 | |
| 86 | Chaves County, NM | 33.2% | R R+44.8 | −3.5 | 22,200 | |
| 87 | Bee County, TX | 32.9% | R R+39.9 | −11.0 | 8,790 | |
| 88 | Bexar County, TX | 32.8% | D D+9.7 | −8.4 | 758,323 | |
| 89 | Morrow County, OR | 32.3% | R R+48.0 | −4.7 | 4,732 | |
| 90 | Liberty County, TX | 32.2% | R R+61.6 | −1.9 | 31,323 | |
| 91 | Bastrop County, TX | 32.0% | R R+18.4 | −4.7 | 39,806 | |
| 92 | Kleberg County, TX | 32.0% | R R+12.7 | −11.0 | 10,014 | |
| 93 | Crosby County, TX | 31.9% | R R+51.3 | −6.8 | 1,880 | |
| 94 | Dakota County, NE | 31.4% | R R+29.7 | −12.4 | 6,138 | |
| 95 | Dawson County, NE | 31.3% | R R+49.4 | −5.6 | 8,522 | |
| 96 | Ventura County, CA | 30.2% | D D+15.1 | −6.0 | 387,595 | |
| 97 | Whitfield County, GA | 30.2% | R R+44.4 | −3.7 | 39,828 | |
| 98 | Union County, NJ | 30.2% | D D+24.2 | −11.6 | 240,632 | |
| 99 | Dawson County, TX | 30.0% | R R+61.0 | −4.4 | 3,513 | |
| 100 | Nueces County, TX | 30.0% | R R+11.5 | −8.6 | 121,678 |
Source. Demographics — U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year (ancestry B04006, language C16001, income B19013/B19001, education S1501, poverty S1701); adherence — 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB); density — Census TIGER land area · counties and cities ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by spanish at home; the medians are taken across the 100 top counties; the correlation is over all 2,818 eligible counties. Presidential results are two-party margins (MIT Election Lab); city results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024. A place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split — which is exactly what these tables are built to show. Real returns — nothing estimated.