Concho County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,3282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,7952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- McCulloch County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Concho CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Concho 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 | +67.2% |
| 1916 | +75.0% |
| 1920 | +37.6% |
| 1924 | +74.0% |
| 1928 | −2.3% |
| 1932 | +92.2% |
| 1936 | +87.0% |
| 1940 | +74.7% |
| 1944 | +68.8% |
| 1948 | +73.0% |
| 1952 | −6.6% |
| 1956 | −0.6% |
| 1960 | +15.8% |
| 1964 | +51.0% |
| 1968 | +8.2% |
| 1972 | −33.9% |
| 1976 | +20.2% |
| 1980 | +0.1% |
| 1984 | −17.1% |
| 1988 | +2.1% |
| 1992 | +6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.2% |
| 2000 | −49.9% |
| 2004 | −53.7% |
| 2008 | −51.1% |
| 2012 | −59.8% |
| 2016 | −69.0% |
| 2020 | −67.9% |
| 2024 | −73.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 153 | 1,038 | 1,198 | ||
| R | 197 | 1,058 | 1,268 | ||
| R | 148 | 885 | 1,068 | ||
| R | 194 | 793 | 1,001 | ||
| R | 257 | 807 | 1,077 | ||
| R | 270 | 911 | 1,193 | ||
| R | 268 | 818 | 1,103 | ||
| R | 434 | 488 | 1,032 | ||
| D | 489 | 414 | 1,236 | ||
| D | 643 | 617 | 1,263 | ||
| R | 580 | 821 | 1,408 | ||
| D | 702 | 700 | 1,417 | ||
| D | 715 | 474 | 1,195 | ||
| R | 350 | 709 | 1,059 | ||
| D | 502 | 411 | 1,110 | ||
| D | 948 | 307 | 1,256 | ||
| D | 718 | 522 | 1,242 | ||
| R | 567 | 574 | 1,142 | ||
| R | 708 | 808 | 1,516 | ||
| D | 1,156 | 174 | 1,346 | ||
| D | 1,090 | 151 | 1,364 | ||
| D | 1,310 | 189 | 1,500 | ||
| D | 1,089 | 76 | 1,165 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 44 | 1,174 | ||
| R | 426 | 446 | 875 | ||
| D | 668 | 90 | 781 | ||
| D | 405 | 151 | 675 | ||
| D | 418 | 36 | 509 | ||
| D | 326 | 16 | 461 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
10.8%
Irish
8.3%
English
6.6%
American
2.0%
Scottish
1.0%
Italian
0.5%
French
0.5%
African American
3.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 43.0 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
$65,795
Concho County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Concho County$65,795
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Concho 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
11.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.8%
Working age (18–64)7.0%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
73.1%
speak English only
Spanish25.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Concho County's roughly 4,000 residents delivered a 74-point Republican margin in 2024, typical of the sparsely settled ranchland counties of west-central Texas where GOP dominance has deepened steadily over two decades.
Concho County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-two points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved six points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,795, and a population of 3,328. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McCulloch County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Concho County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Concho County, Texas voted Republican by 73.9 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,198 votes cast, 153 went Democratic and 1,038 went Republican.
What is Concho County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Concho County, Texas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 Concho County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Concho County, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Concho County, Texas?
Concho County, Texas has a population of 3,328 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Concho County, Texas?
Median household income in Concho County, Texas is $65,795 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Concho County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Concho County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.