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
GroupCochran CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican55.3%32.1%11.3%
Bolivian2.5%——
Honduran0.3%0.8%0.3%
Venezuelan0.2%——
German8.6%8.3%12.5%
American5.5%4.6%5.3%
Irish4.9%6.0%9.4%
English4.4%7.9%9.5%
Scottish0.9%1.3%1.3%
Canadian0.7%——
Italian0.3%1.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.3%——
African American†4.5%10.3%9.9%
African0.4%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
Cochran County
Texas
United States
Median age
37.1
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cochran County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$45,313
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.2%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cochran County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
56.2%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
49.6%
28.2%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
6.5%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cochran County
Texas
United States
Catholic
38.6%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.6%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
7.8%
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.
Cochran County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 893 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Cochran County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 202Precinct 202
44
248
1
293
15.0%
84.6%
R+69.6
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
31
187
4
222
14.0%
84.2%
R+70.3
Precinct -Precinct 306Precinct 306
23
167
3
193
11.9%
86.5%
R+74.6
Precinct -Precinct 404Precinct 404
49
88
2
139
35.3%
63.3%
R+28.1
Precinct -Precinct 303Precinct 303
1
45
0
46
2.2%
97.8%
R+95.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1924–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1924
+69.4%
1928
−28.8%
1932
+80.9%
1936
+83.4%
1940
+72.2%
1944
+59.3%
1948
+71.8%
1952
+7.4%
1956
+21.3%
1960
+22.8%
1964
+43.3%
1968
+5.2%
1972
−45.0%
1976
+19.0%
1980
−34.3%
1984
−33.2%
1988
−6.2%
1992
−20.3%
1996
−9.4%
2000
−39.5%
2004
−54.7%
2008
−44.8%
2012
−42.9%
2016
−54.3%
2020
−63.2%
2024
−65.7%
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
16.6%Harris148
82.3%Trump735
1.0%Oliver9 +1
R+65.7
R+2.5
R+64.3
893
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.3%735
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.6%148
Chase OliverLibertarian1.0%9
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%1
R
17.7%Biden177
80.9%Trump809
1.1%Jorgensen11
R+63.2
R+8.9
R+67.7
1,000
R
21.1%Clinton190
75.4%Trump679
3.2%Johnson29
R+54.3
R+11.4
R+56.4
901
R
27.9%Obama256
70.8%Romney649
1.2%Gray11
R+42.9
D+2.0
R+46.7
917
R
26.9%Obama284
71.7%McCain758
1.4%
R+44.8
D+9.8
R+52.1
1,057
R
22.4%Kerry249
77.1%Bush856
0.5%
R+54.7
R+15.1
R+52.2
1,110
R
29.4%Gore344
68.9%Bush807
0.9%Nader11
R+39.5
R+30.1
R+40.1
1,171
R
40.5%Clinton541
49.9%Dole667
9.5%Perot127
R+9.4
D+10.8
R+18.0
1,336
R
31.1%Clinton454
51.3%Bush750
17.5%Perot255
R+20.3
R+14.1
R+25.8
1,461
R
46.6%Dukakis681
52.7%Bush771
0.7%
R+6.2
D+27.0
D+1.6
1,462
R
33.0%Mondale557
66.1%Reagan1,117
0.9%
R+33.2
D+1.1
R+14.9
1,689
R
31.9%Carter513
66.2%Reagan1,064
1.9%
R+34.3
R+53.3
R+24.6
1,607
D
59.3%Carter1,031
40.3%Ford701
0.4%
D+19.0
D+64.0
D+16.9
1,739
R
27.0%McGovern415
72.0%Nixon1,106
1.0%
R+45.0
R+50.2
R+21.8
1,536
D
38.8%Humphrey633
33.6%Nixon548
27.5%
D+5.2
R+38.1
D+5.9
1,630
D
71.6%Johnson1,260
28.2%Goldwater497
0.2%
D+43.3
D+20.5
D+20.7
1,761
D
61.4%Kennedy1,028
38.6%Nixon646
0.0%
D+22.8
D+1.5
D+22.7
1,674
D
60.6%Stevenson923
39.3%Eisenhower599
0.1%
D+21.3
D+13.8
D+36.7
1,523
D
53.5%Stevenson906
46.1%Eisenhower780
0.4%
D+7.4
R+64.4
D+18.2
1,693
D
81.9%Truman971
10.0%Dewey119
8.1%
D+71.8
D+12.5
D+67.4
1,186
D
71.6%Roosevelt716
12.3%Dewey123
16.1%
D+59.3
R+12.9
D+51.8
1,000
D
85.9%Roosevelt765
13.7%Willkie122
0.4%
D+72.2
R+11.3
D+62.2
891
D
91.2%Roosevelt683
7.7%Landon58
1.1%
D+83.4
D+2.5
D+59.2
749
D
88.9%Roosevelt345
8.0%Hoover31
3.1%
D+80.9
D+109.7
D+63.1
388
R
35.6%Smith109
64.4%Hoover197
0.0%
R+28.8
R+98.2
R+11.3
306
D
81.9%Davis59
12.5%Coolidge9
5.6%La Follette4
D+69.4
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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
16.9%149
80.2%706
880
2020
R
18.7%183
78.2%765
978
2018
R
20.4%140
78.9%541
686
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cochran County, TX
Year
Total registered
2020
1,771
2022
1,738
2024
1,676
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−29 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −766 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $41,541 in average income, against $64,979 for residents who stayed — 36% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Lubbock County, TX23
Hockley County, TX21
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 Cochran County, TX in Cochran County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−104
2012
−76
2013
−49
2014
−90
2015
+7
2016
−84
2017
−102
2018
−63
2019
−23
2021
−72
2022
+22
2023
−39
2024
−64
2025
−29
Cochran County's cotton-farming economy and sparse, majority-Hispanic population have not translated into competitive margins — the 2024 presidential result landed more than 65 points to the Republican side, consistent with its regional pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 65.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.7 points.
A population of 2,550, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,313 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dawson County and Castro 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, Cochran County, Texas voted Republican by 65.7 points (R+65.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 893 votes cast, 148 went Democratic and 735 went Republican.
When did Cochran County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cochran County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cochran County, Texas?
Cochran County, Texas has a population of 2,550 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cochran County, Texas?
Median household income in Cochran County, Texas is $45,313 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Cochran County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cochran County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
