Texas County, Oklahoma: New American county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+71 in 2008.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,7742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,0692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 52.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cassia County, ID · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Texas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Texas County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +5.1% |
| 1912 | +4.7% |
| 1916 | +22.0% |
| 1920 | −11.0% |
| 1924 | +1.7% |
| 1928 | −39.5% |
| 1932 | +49.2% |
| 1936 | +44.9% |
| 1940 | +19.1% |
| 1944 | +10.0% |
| 1948 | +23.3% |
| 1952 | −37.3% |
| 1956 | −27.5% |
| 1960 | −47.2% |
| 1964 | −14.4% |
| 1968 | −43.6% |
| 1972 | −69.2% |
| 1976 | −20.2% |
| 1980 | −57.1% |
| 1984 | −70.1% |
| 1988 | −48.2% |
| 1992 | −36.8% |
| 1996 | −44.8% |
| 2000 | −63.7% |
| 2004 | −68.6% |
| 2008 | −70.5% |
| 2012 | −70.2% |
| 2016 | −65.1% |
| 2020 | −65.4% |
| 2024 | −67.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 793 | 4,319 | 5,206 | ||
| R | 894 | 4,505 | 5,521 | ||
| R | 858 | 4,621 | 5,780 | ||
| R | 862 | 4,930 | 5,792 | ||
| R | 923 | 5,336 | 6,259 | ||
| R | 1,016 | 5,450 | 6,466 | ||
| R | 1,084 | 4,964 | 6,088 | ||
| R | 1,408 | 4,139 | 6,091 | ||
| R | 1,487 | 4,059 | 6,980 | ||
| R | 1,717 | 4,971 | 6,752 | ||
| R | 1,033 | 5,968 | 7,039 | ||
| R | 1,451 | 5,503 | 7,099 | ||
| R | 2,591 | 3,919 | 6,580 | ||
| R | 924 | 5,726 | 6,937 | ||
| R | 1,176 | 3,729 | 5,859 | ||
| R | 2,500 | 3,339 | 5,839 | ||
| R | 1,549 | 4,314 | 5,863 | ||
| R | 1,886 | 3,320 | 5,206 | ||
| R | 1,915 | 4,196 | 6,111 | ||
| D | 2,693 | 1,676 | 4,369 | ||
| D | 2,119 | 1,731 | 3,870 | ||
| D | 2,831 | 1,918 | 4,777 | ||
| D | 3,229 | 1,223 | 4,471 | ||
| D | 4,033 | 1,372 | 5,405 | ||
| R | 1,240 | 2,890 | 4,179 | ||
| D | 1,812 | 1,745 | 3,962 | ||
| R | 1,398 | 1,762 | 3,295 | ||
| D | 1,349 | 807 | 2,469 | ||
| D | 764 | 683 | 1,722 | ||
| D | 1,470 | 1,315 | 3,032 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.9%
English
5.9%
Irish
5.1%
American
2.9%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
4.3%
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: 33.0 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
$60,069
Texas County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Texas County$60,069
Oklahoma$65,039
United States$80,734
Texas County ranks near the middle 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
15.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.7%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
55.4%
speak English only
Spanish40.4%
Other languages2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas County sits in Oklahoma's narrow Panhandle strip, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered some of the state's most lopsided presidential margins — R+67.7 in 2024 — driven by ranching and natural-gas industry ties.
Texas County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved two 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 46% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,069, and a population of 20,774. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cassia County and Stevens County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Texas County, Oklahoma vote in 2024?
In 2024, Texas County, Oklahoma voted Republican by 67.7 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,206 votes cast, 793 went Democratic and 4,319 went Republican.
What is Texas County, Oklahoma's political typology?
Akashic places Texas County, Oklahoma 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 9 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Texas County, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Texas County, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Texas County, Oklahoma?
Texas County, Oklahoma has a population of 20,774 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Texas County, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Texas County, Oklahoma is $60,069 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Texas County, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Texas County, Oklahoma from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.