Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBorden CountyTexasUnited States
English19.6%7.9%9.5%
American16.4%4.6%5.3%
German11.6%8.3%12.5%
Irish8.8%6.0%9.4%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Scottish0.4%1.3%1.3%
Mexican8.4%32.1%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Borden County
Texas
United States
Median age
32.2
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
4.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Borden County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$65,625
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.4%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.9%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Borden County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
28.2%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
3.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Borden County
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
43.4%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.6%
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Borden County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 387 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Borden County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
2
124
0
126
1.6%
98.4%
R+96.8
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
5
83
1
89
5.6%
93.3%
R+87.6
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
3
73
0
76
3.9%
96.1%
R+92.1
Precinct -Precinct 1APrecinct 1A
0
48
0
48
0.0%
100.0%
R+100.0
Precinct -Precinct 1BPrecinct 1B
6
42
0
48
12.5%
87.5%
R+75.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+83.1%
1908
+82.8%
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
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
4.1%Harris16
95.6%Trump370
0.3%Oliver1
R+91.5
D+0.1
R+90.0
387
All 3 candidates in 2024 · 1 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican95.6%370
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic4.1%16
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%1
R
3.8%Biden16
95.4%Trump397
0.5%Jorgensen2
R+91.6
R+9.7
R+96.0
416
R
8.5%Clinton31
90.4%Trump330
0.8%Johnson3
R+81.9
R+1.5
R+84.0
365
R
8.8%Obama32
89.3%Romney324
0.8%Gray3
R+80.4
R+4.0
R+84.3
363
R
11.1%Obama40
87.5%McCain316
1.4%
R+76.5
R+7.4
R+83.7
361
R
15.3%Kerry55
84.4%Bush303
0.3%
R+69.1
R+6.5
R+66.6
359
R
17.6%Gore62
80.2%Bush283
1.4%Nader5
R+62.6
R+32.4
R+63.1
353
R
27.8%Clinton93
58.1%Dole194
13.5%Perot45
R+30.2
R+9.6
R+38.8
334
R
28.0%Clinton106
48.7%Bush184
23.0%Perot87
R+20.6
D+4.5
R+26.2
378
R
37.2%Dukakis169
62.3%Bush283
0.4%
R+25.1
D+14.4
R+17.4
454
R
29.9%Mondale140
69.4%Reagan325
0.6%
R+39.5
R+3.9
R+21.3
468
R
31.6%Carter131
67.2%Reagan279
1.2%
R+35.7
R+57.2
R+25.9
415
D
60.0%Carter234
38.5%Ford150
1.5%
D+21.5
D+75.6
D+19.5
390
R
22.2%McGovern96
76.2%Nixon330
1.6%
R+54.0
R+64.4
R+30.9
433
D
40.7%Humphrey157
30.3%Nixon117
29.0%
D+10.4
R+16.8
D+11.1
386
D
63.5%Johnson266
36.3%Goldwater152
0.2%
D+27.2
D+11.6
D+4.6
419
D
56.0%Kennedy230
40.4%Nixon166
3.6%
D+15.6
R+15.1
D+15.4
411
D
65.2%Stevenson240
34.5%Eisenhower127
0.3%
D+30.7
D+23.6
D+46.1
368
D
53.6%Stevenson210
46.4%Eisenhower182
0.0%
D+7.1
R+72.3
D+17.9
392
D
87.1%Truman203
7.7%Dewey18
5.2%
D+79.4
D+13.5
D+74.9
233
D
76.9%Roosevelt237
11.0%Dewey34
12.0%
D+65.9
R+13.1
D+58.4
308
D
89.5%Roosevelt375
10.5%Willkie44
0.0%
D+79.0
D+0.8
D+69.1
419
D
88.7%Roosevelt220
10.5%Landon26
0.8%
D+78.2
R+16.2
D+54.0
248
D
97.2%Roosevelt242
2.8%Hoover7
0.0%
D+94.4
D+109.0
D+76.6
249
R
42.7%Smith73
57.3%Hoover98
0.0%
R+14.6
±0.0
D+2.8
171
R
42.7%Davis73
57.3%Coolidge98
0.0%
R+14.6
R+95.6
D+10.6
171
D
84.8%Cox89
3.8%Harding4
11.4%
D+81.0
R+10.3
D+107.1
105
D
92.3%Wilson84
1.1%Hughes1
6.6%
D+91.2
R+1.5
D+88.1
91
D
93.4%Wilson128
0.7%Taft1
5.8%
D+92.7
D+9.9
D+73.2
137
D
86.0%Bryan135
3.2%Taft5
10.8%
D+82.8
R+0.3
D+92.4
157
D
85.4%Parker187
2.3%Roosevelt5
12.3%
D+83.1
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D+102.8
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
3.4%13
95.6%366
383
2020
R
4.4%18
94.9%390
411
2018
R
6.4%22
93.3%320
343
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Borden County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
463
2018
488
2020
499
2022
462
2024
487
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+12 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −62 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Borden County, TX in Borden County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−14
2012
−15
2013
+28
2014
+13
2015
−9
2016
0
2017
+8
2018
−22
2019
+6
2021
−17
2022
−35
2023
−6
2024
−11
2025
+12
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 91.6 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 91.5 points.
A population of 713, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,625 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glascock County and Shackelford County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Borden County, Texas voted Republican by 91.5 points (R+91.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 387 votes cast, 16 went Democratic and 370 went Republican.
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, 16 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
