Coke County, Texas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+80%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,3532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $43,3332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hamilton County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coke CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coke County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1912 | +77.4% |
| 1916 | +81.5% |
| 1920 | +68.1% |
| 1924 | +77.4% |
| 1928 | −37.2% |
| 1932 | +88.4% |
| 1936 | +84.9% |
| 1940 | +81.9% |
| 1944 | +79.1% |
| 1948 | +83.7% |
| 1952 | +12.1% |
| 1956 | +11.3% |
| 1960 | +16.1% |
| 1964 | +42.1% |
| 1968 | +15.2% |
| 1972 | −35.5% |
| 1976 | +23.7% |
| 1980 | +8.3% |
| 1984 | −33.0% |
| 1988 | −12.3% |
| 1992 | −3.7% |
| 1996 | −12.6% |
| 2000 | −51.6% |
| 2004 | −66.6% |
| 2008 | −60.7% |
| 2012 | −73.8% |
| 2016 | −79.1% |
| 2020 | −79.1% |
| 2024 | −79.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 179 | 1,623 | 1,814 | ||
| R | 178 | 1,586 | 1,779 | ||
| R | 140 | 1,265 | 1,423 | ||
| R | 179 | 1,218 | 1,408 | ||
| R | 299 | 1,252 | 1,569 | ||
| R | 266 | 1,338 | 1,610 | ||
| R | 355 | 1,137 | 1,515 | ||
| R | 595 | 790 | 1,546 | ||
| R | 580 | 640 | 1,614 | ||
| R | 674 | 863 | 1,542 | ||
| R | 532 | 1,060 | 1,600 | ||
| D | 838 | 708 | 1,558 | ||
| D | 844 | 517 | 1,377 | ||
| R | 358 | 761 | 1,134 | ||
| D | 563 | 387 | 1,159 | ||
| D | 900 | 366 | 1,269 | ||
| D | 799 | 575 | 1,388 | ||
| D | 690 | 549 | 1,245 | ||
| D | 736 | 576 | 1,317 | ||
| D | 909 | 65 | 1,008 | ||
| D | 824 | 65 | 959 | ||
| D | 967 | 94 | 1,066 | ||
| D | 888 | 68 | 966 | ||
| D | 983 | 57 | 1,047 | ||
| R | 206 | 450 | 656 | ||
| D | 673 | 80 | 766 | ||
| D | 444 | 59 | 565 | ||
| D | 484 | 29 | 558 | ||
| D | 301 | 7 | 380 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
16.6%
English
11.4%
German
10.5%
Irish
7.0%
Scottish
5.0%
Italian
2.9%
French
1.5%
African American
1.0%
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: 47.4 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
$43,333
Coke County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Coke County$43,333
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Coke County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
22.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.0%
Working age (18–64)20.3%
Seniors (65+)23.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coke County's sparse ranchland population of roughly 3,800 has delivered some of the widest presidential margins in west Texas, with 2024's R+79.6 result reflecting a pattern of near-unanimous rural consolidation seen across the Rolling Plains.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 2024. The 2024 margin was eighty points.
A median household income of $43,333, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,353 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hamilton County and Bosque County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coke County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coke County, Texas voted Republican by 79.6 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,814 votes cast, 179 went Democratic and 1,623 went Republican.
What is Coke County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Coke County, Texas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 16 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Coke County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coke County, Texas voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Coke County, Texas?
Coke County, Texas has a population of 3,353 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coke County, Texas?
Median household income in Coke County, Texas is $43,333 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Coke County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coke County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.