Socorro County, New Mexico: New American county. In 2024, voted R+4%. Republican peak: R+29 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,2002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $36,5702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 50.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sussex County, VA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Socorro CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Socorro County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +5.1% |
| 1916 | −11.2% |
| 1920 | −26.9% |
| 1924 | −28.9% |
| 1928 | −10.7% |
| 1932 | +12.7% |
| 1936 | −1.1% |
| 1940 | −4.1% |
| 1944 | −1.6% |
| 1948 | −12.9% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −23.1% |
| 1960 | +12.9% |
| 1964 | +14.9% |
| 1968 | −8.4% |
| 1972 | −14.0% |
| 1976 | +6.9% |
| 1980 | −8.5% |
| 1984 | −14.3% |
| 1988 | −2.5% |
| 1992 | +11.9% |
| 1996 | +16.6% |
| 2000 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | +21.1% |
| 2012 | +18.6% |
| 2016 | +10.1% |
| 2020 | +6.5% |
| 2024 | −3.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,384 | 3,651 | 7,233 | ||
| D | 3,722 | 3,255 | 7,160 | ||
| D | 3,313 | 2,616 | 6,868 | ||
| D | 4,058 | 2,722 | 7,193 | ||
| D | 4,696 | 3,032 | 7,895 | ||
| D | 4,025 | 3,696 | 7,851 | ||
| D | 3,294 | 3,173 | 6,826 | ||
| D | 3,374 | 2,315 | 6,364 | ||
| D | 2,908 | 2,186 | 6,088 | ||
| R | 2,960 | 3,114 | 6,217 | ||
| R | 2,541 | 3,403 | 6,048 | ||
| R | 2,226 | 2,685 | 5,422 | ||
| D | 2,606 | 2,265 | 4,939 | ||
| R | 1,994 | 2,658 | 4,730 | ||
| R | 1,871 | 2,230 | 4,283 | ||
| D | 2,397 | 1,774 | 4,181 | ||
| D | 2,327 | 1,796 | 4,128 | ||
| R | 1,476 | 2,365 | 3,841 | ||
| R | 1,777 | 2,224 | 4,006 | ||
| R | 1,650 | 2,139 | 3,798 | ||
| R | 1,967 | 2,030 | 4,000 | ||
| R | 2,489 | 2,703 | 5,197 | ||
| R | 2,477 | 2,530 | 5,023 | ||
| D | 2,495 | 1,931 | 4,438 | ||
| R | 1,564 | 1,940 | 3,507 | ||
| R | 1,251 | 2,332 | 3,742 | ||
| R | 1,807 | 3,150 | 4,987 | ||
| R | 1,558 | 1,954 | 3,534 | ||
| D | 1,078 | 960 | 2,327 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
14.4%
German
11.4%
English
6.3%
Irish
3.3%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
0.5%
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: 40.3 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
$36,570
Socorro County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Socorro County$36,570
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Socorro County ranks in the bottom 5% 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
33.2%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1846.6%
Working age (18–64)29.9%
Seniors (65+)21.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
66.6%
speak English only
Spanish21.7%
Other languages6.9%
Other Indo-European4.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Socorro County, anchored by the city of Socorro and New Mexico Tech, shifted to the Republican column by 3.7 points in 2024 after voting Democratic in prior presidential cycles — a swing reflecting broader rural realignment in the state's Hispanic-majority counties.
Socorro County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-one points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten 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 42% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $36,570, and a population of 16,200. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sussex County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Socorro County, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Socorro County, New Mexico voted Republican by 3.7 points (R+4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,233 votes cast, 3,384 went Democratic and 3,651 went Republican.
What is Socorro County, New Mexico's political typology?
Akashic places Socorro 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Socorro County, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Socorro County, New Mexico voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Socorro County, New Mexico?
Socorro County, New Mexico has a population of 16,200 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Socorro County, New Mexico?
Median household income in Socorro County, New Mexico is $36,570 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Socorro County, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Socorro County, New Mexico from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.