Borden County, Texas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+91%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+91MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 7132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,6252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+92 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Donley County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Borden CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Borden 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 | +92.7% |
| 1916 | +91.2% |
| 1920 | +81.0% |
| 1924 | −14.6% |
| 1928 | −14.6% |
| 1932 | +94.4% |
| 1936 | +78.2% |
| 1940 | +79.0% |
| 1944 | +65.9% |
| 1948 | +79.4% |
| 1952 | +7.1% |
| 1956 | +30.7% |
| 1960 | +15.6% |
| 1964 | +27.2% |
| 1968 | +10.4% |
| 1972 | −54.0% |
| 1976 | +21.5% |
| 1980 | −35.7% |
| 1984 | −39.5% |
| 1988 | −25.1% |
| 1992 | −20.6% |
| 1996 | −30.2% |
| 2000 | −62.6% |
| 2004 | −69.1% |
| 2008 | −76.5% |
| 2012 | −80.4% |
| 2016 | −81.9% |
| 2020 | −91.6% |
| 2024 | −91.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16 | 370 | 387 | ||
| R | 16 | 397 | 416 | ||
| R | 31 | 330 | 365 | ||
| R | 32 | 324 | 363 | ||
| R | 40 | 316 | 361 | ||
| R | 55 | 303 | 359 | ||
| R | 62 | 283 | 353 | ||
| R | 93 | 194 | 334 | ||
| R | 106 | 184 | 378 | ||
| R | 169 | 283 | 454 | ||
| R | 140 | 325 | 468 | ||
| R | 131 | 279 | 415 | ||
| D | 234 | 150 | 390 | ||
| R | 96 | 330 | 433 | ||
| D | 157 | 117 | 386 | ||
| D | 266 | 152 | 419 | ||
| D | 230 | 166 | 411 | ||
| D | 240 | 127 | 368 | ||
| D | 210 | 182 | 392 | ||
| D | 203 | 18 | 233 | ||
| D | 237 | 34 | 308 | ||
| D | 375 | 44 | 419 | ||
| D | 220 | 26 | 248 | ||
| D | 242 | 7 | 249 | ||
| R | 73 | 98 | 171 | ||
| R | 73 | 98 | 171 | ||
| D | 89 | 4 | 105 | ||
| D | 84 | 1 | 91 | ||
| D | 128 | 1 | 137 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.6%
American
16.4%
German
11.6%
Irish
8.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 32.2 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
$65,625
Borden County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Borden County$65,625
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Borden 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
7.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)6.5%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.7%
Spanish1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 750 residents spread across a flat Permian Basin landscape, Borden County recorded one of the widest presidential margins in Texas in 2024, reflecting the deep Republican lean common to sparsely settled West Texas ranch country.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at ninety-two points in 2020. The 2024 margin was ninety-one points.
A median household income of $65,625, a 7% poverty rate, and a 91% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Donley County and Motley County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Borden County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Borden County, Texas voted Republican by 91.5 points (R+91), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 387 votes cast, 16 went Democratic and 370 went Republican.
What is Borden County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Borden County, Texas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Borden County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Borden County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Borden County, Texas?
Borden County, Texas has a population of 713 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Borden County, Texas?
Median household income in Borden County, Texas is $65,625 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Borden County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Borden County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.