Hidalgo County, New Mexico: New American county. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+57 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,0412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,8822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 57.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Luna County, NM · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hidalgo CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hidalgo County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | +10.7% |
| 1924 | +23.2% |
| 1928 | −4.9% |
| 1932 | +57.0% |
| 1936 | +54.1% |
| 1940 | +34.1% |
| 1944 | +37.5% |
| 1948 | +39.0% |
| 1952 | −1.6% |
| 1956 | −1.2% |
| 1960 | +8.5% |
| 1964 | +22.5% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −29.5% |
| 1976 | +2.6% |
| 1980 | −11.0% |
| 1984 | −19.5% |
| 1988 | −9.9% |
| 1992 | +5.4% |
| 1996 | +7.9% |
| 2000 | −6.3% |
| 2004 | −11.2% |
| 2008 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | −6.7% |
| 2020 | −15.0% |
| 2024 | −23.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 705 | 1,140 | 1,862 | ||
| R | 823 | 1,120 | 1,974 | ||
| R | 784 | 910 | 1,872 | ||
| D | 995 | 899 | 1,935 | ||
| D | 993 | 936 | 1,951 | ||
| R | 861 | 1,081 | 1,964 | ||
| R | 839 | 954 | 1,834 | ||
| D | 943 | 789 | 1,952 | ||
| D | 995 | 871 | 2,315 | ||
| R | 901 | 1,100 | 2,020 | ||
| R | 860 | 1,282 | 2,161 | ||
| R | 840 | 1,059 | 1,991 | ||
| D | 938 | 891 | 1,835 | ||
| R | 562 | 1,051 | 1,657 | ||
| D | 678 | 606 | 1,544 | ||
| D | 995 | 628 | 1,634 | ||
| D | 889 | 750 | 1,643 | ||
| R | 771 | 790 | 1,564 | ||
| R | 757 | 781 | 1,544 | ||
| D | 859 | 374 | 1,242 | ||
| D | 807 | 367 | 1,174 | ||
| D | 1,049 | 516 | 1,565 | ||
| D | 1,115 | 326 | 1,459 | ||
| D | 1,131 | 299 | 1,460 | ||
| R | 509 | 561 | 1,071 | ||
| D | 476 | 261 | 926 | ||
| D | 551 | 443 | 1,011 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.1%
Irish
7.9%
German
6.3%
Scottish
2.3%
American
2.3%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.2%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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: 42.6 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
$48,882
Hidalgo County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Hidalgo County$48,882
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Hidalgo County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
23.1%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.4%
Working age (18–64)18.5%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.8%
speak English only
Spanish30.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hidalgo County sits at New Mexico's bootheel, where the economy traces back to open-range cattle and the legacy of the Chino copper mine. Its sparse, rural electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, landing at a 23-point Republican margin in 2024.
Hidalgo County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-seven points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $48,882, and a population of 4,041. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Luna County and Warren County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hidalgo County, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hidalgo County, New Mexico voted Republican by 23.4 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,862 votes cast, 705 went Democratic and 1,140 went Republican.
What is Hidalgo County, New Mexico's political typology?
Akashic places Hidalgo County, New Mexico in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hidalgo County, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hidalgo County, New Mexico voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Hidalgo County, New Mexico?
Hidalgo County, New Mexico has a population of 4,041 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hidalgo County, New Mexico?
Median household income in Hidalgo County, New Mexico is $48,882 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Hidalgo County, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hidalgo County, New Mexico from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.