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
GroupChildress CountyTexasUnited States
English11.5%7.9%9.5%
Irish7.3%6.0%9.4%
German6.5%8.3%12.5%
American4.6%4.6%5.3%
Scottish1.8%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.2%——
Polish0.4%0.8%2.2%
Dutch0.2%——
Mexican25.0%32.1%11.3%
Cuban0.5%0.5%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
African American†6.0%10.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.6%0.5%
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
Childress County
Texas
United States
Median age
35.9
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Childress County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$58,654
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.8%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Childress County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
17.3%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Childress County
Texas
United States
Catholic
3.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
30.2%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.7%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
4.5%
5.2%
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.
Childress County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,274 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Childress County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 401Precinct 401
69
528
8
605
11.4%
87.3%
R+75.9
Precinct -Precinct 201Precinct 201
55
535
1
591
9.3%
90.5%
R+81.2
Precinct -Precinct 301Precinct 301
79
485
7
571
13.8%
84.9%
R+71.1
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
60
443
4
507
11.8%
87.4%
R+75.5
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+78.2%
1908
+70.5%
1912
+77.7%
1916
+86.6%
1920
+73.0%
1924
+68.7%
1928
−32.9%
1932
+85.7%
1936
+80.9%
1940
+78.1%
1944
+71.4%
1948
+76.5%
1952
−0.3%
1956
+8.5%
1960
−13.8%
1964
+35.0%
1968
+1.7%
1972
−40.2%
1976
+20.4%
1980
−8.1%
1984
−27.2%
1988
−6.2%
1992
−6.5%
1996
−18.0%
2000
−42.5%
2004
−52.1%
2008
−56.0%
2012
−67.4%
2016
−74.3%
2020
−71.5%
2024
−76.1%
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
11.6%Harris263
87.6%Trump1,991
0.5%Oliver11 +1
R+76.1
R+4.5
R+74.6
2,272
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.6%1,991
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.6%263
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%11
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%7
R
13.6%Biden310
85.1%Trump1,943
0.8%Jorgensen18
R+71.5
D+2.8
R+76.0
2,283
R
12.1%Clinton253
86.5%Trump1,802
1.2%Johnson24
R+74.3
R+6.9
R+76.4
2,084
R
16.0%Obama320
83.4%Romney1,665
0.5%Gray10
R+67.4
R+11.4
R+71.2
1,996
R
21.6%Obama497
77.6%McCain1,782
0.7%
R+56.0
R+3.8
R+63.2
2,296
R
23.8%Kerry511
76.0%Bush1,629
0.2%
R+52.1
R+9.6
R+49.7
2,144
R
28.3%Gore602
70.8%Bush1,506
0.5%Nader11
R+42.5
R+24.5
R+43.0
2,126
R
36.6%Clinton719
54.6%Dole1,072
8.4%Perot165
R+18.0
R+11.5
R+26.5
1,962
R
37.7%Clinton881
44.2%Bush1,033
18.0%Perot421
R+6.5
R+0.3
R+12.1
2,338
R
46.8%Dukakis1,060
53.0%Bush1,201
0.3%
R+6.2
D+20.9
D+1.5
2,267
R
36.3%Mondale900
63.4%Reagan1,574
0.3%
R+27.2
R+19.0
R+8.9
2,481
R
45.0%Carter1,222
53.2%Reagan1,443
1.8%
R+8.1
R+28.5
D+1.6
2,713
D
60.1%Carter1,578
39.7%Ford1,043
0.2%
D+20.4
D+60.5
D+18.3
2,626
R
29.7%McGovern729
69.8%Nixon1,716
0.5%
R+40.2
R+41.9
R+17.0
2,458
D
39.6%Humphrey1,093
37.9%Nixon1,045
22.5%
D+1.7
R+33.2
D+2.4
2,759
D
67.5%Johnson1,977
32.5%Goldwater952
0.1%
D+35.0
D+48.8
D+12.4
2,931
R
43.0%Kennedy1,189
56.8%Nixon1,571
0.3%
R+13.8
R+22.3
R+14.0
2,767
D
54.1%Stevenson1,503
45.6%Eisenhower1,268
0.3%
D+8.5
D+8.7
D+23.9
2,780
R
49.8%Stevenson1,879
50.1%Eisenhower1,890
0.1%
R+0.3
R+76.8
D+10.5
3,771
D
86.2%Truman2,415
9.7%Dewey273
4.0%
D+76.5
D+5.1
D+72.0
2,801
D
82.1%Roosevelt2,295
10.7%Dewey299
7.3%
D+71.4
R+6.7
D+63.9
2,797
D
89.0%Roosevelt2,729
10.9%Willkie335
0.1%
D+78.1
R+2.9
D+68.1
3,067
D
90.0%Roosevelt2,076
9.1%Landon209
1.0%
D+80.9
R+4.8
D+56.7
2,307
D
92.6%Roosevelt2,072
6.8%Hoover153
0.6%
D+85.7
D+118.6
D+68.0
2,238
R
33.5%Smith726
66.5%Hoover1,438
0.0%
R+32.9
R+101.6
R+15.4
2,164
D
81.8%Davis1,117
13.0%Coolidge178
5.2%La Follette71
D+68.7
R+4.2
D+93.9
1,366
D
84.0%Cox1,206
11.0%Harding158
5.0%
D+73.0
R+13.6
D+99.2
1,436
D
89.5%Wilson948
2.9%Hughes31
7.6%
D+86.6
D+8.9
D+83.4
1,059
D
81.6%Wilson721
3.8%Taft34
14.6%
D+77.7
D+7.2
D+58.2
884
D
83.5%Bryan595
12.9%Taft92
3.6%
D+70.5
R+7.7
D+80.1
713
D
85.6%Parker393
7.4%Roosevelt34
7.0%
D+78.2
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D+97.9
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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
12.7%285
85.5%1,919
2,244
2020
R
12.5%283
85.7%1,936
2,259
2018
R
13.2%234
86.3%1,525
1,767
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Childress County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,568
2018
3,428
2020
3,658
2022
3,675
2024
3,804
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−33 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +231 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,356 in average income, against $65,752 for residents who stayed — 29% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Childress County, TX in Childress County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−79
2012
+76
2013
−39
2014
+132
2015
−20
2016
+31
2017
+64
2018
+23
2019
−30
2021
+167
2022
+70
2023
−63
2024
−68
2025
−33
Childress County's sparse, ranch-heavy economy and deep evangelical roots have pushed its presidential margins steadily rightward for decades, landing it among the top tier of Republican-leaning counties statewide in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.6 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 76.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.1 points.
A population of 6,743, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,654 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jones County and Scurry 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, Childress County, Texas voted Republican by 76.1 points (R+76.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,272 votes cast, 263 went Democratic and 1,991 went Republican.
When did Childress County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Childress County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Childress County, Texas?
Childress County, Texas has a population of 6,743 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Childress County, Texas?
Median household income in Childress County, Texas is $58,654 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Childress County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Childress County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
