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
GroupCrane CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican68.5%32.1%11.3%
English9.4%7.9%9.5%
American5.3%4.6%5.3%
German3.2%8.3%12.5%
French1.4%1.5%1.6%
Irish1.2%6.0%9.4%
Italian1.0%1.9%4.8%
Scottish0.6%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.4%——
African American†1.7%10.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Burmese1.0%——
Chinese0.3%0.8%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
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
Crane County
Texas
United States
Median age
35
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.9%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crane County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$62,212
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.6%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crane County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
61.3%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
58.6%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crane County
Texas
United States
Catholic
28.3%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.8%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
40.1%
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.
Crane County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 1,390 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Crane County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
51
418
2
471
10.8%
88.7%
R+77.9
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
55
327
1
383
14.4%
85.4%
R+71.0
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
56
209
3
268
20.9%
78.0%
R+57.1
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
24
241
3
268
9.0%
89.9%
R+81.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1928–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1928
+11.2%
1932
+83.5%
1936
+92.3%
1940
+84.5%
1944
+77.3%
1948
+80.6%
1952
+15.9%
1956
+6.0%
1960
+10.8%
1964
+18.1%
1968
+0.3%
1972
−50.9%
1976
−17.8%
1980
−36.0%
1984
−57.7%
1988
−34.3%
1992
−21.9%
1996
−20.3%
2000
−51.9%
2004
−67.3%
2008
−55.0%
2012
−55.3%
2016
−54.2%
2020
−66.9%
2024
−72.6%
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
13.4%Harris186
86.0%Trump1,195
0.2%Oliver3 +2
R+72.6
R+5.8
R+71.2
1,389
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.0%1,195
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic13.4%186
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%3
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%3
OtherAll other candidates0.1%2
R
16.0%Biden241
82.9%Trump1,247
0.7%Jorgensen10
R+66.9
R+12.7
R+71.3
1,504
R
21.6%Clinton299
75.8%Trump1,049
2.0%Johnson28
R+54.2
D+1.1
R+56.3
1,384
R
21.4%Obama275
76.8%Romney985
1.4%Gray18
R+55.3
R+0.3
R+59.2
1,283
R
21.9%Obama319
77.0%McCain1,119
1.1%
R+55.0
D+12.3
R+62.3
1,454
R
16.1%Kerry254
83.5%Bush1,314
0.4%
R+67.3
R+15.4
R+64.9
1,574
R
23.4%Gore387
75.3%Bush1,246
1.0%Nader16
R+51.9
R+31.7
R+52.5
1,654
R
33.9%Clinton616
54.2%Dole984
11.1%Perot201
R+20.3
D+1.6
R+28.8
1,815
R
27.9%Clinton514
49.8%Bush918
22.3%Perot412
R+21.9
D+12.4
R+27.5
1,845
R
32.8%Dukakis596
67.1%Bush1,219
0.2%
R+34.3
D+23.4
R+26.5
1,818
R
20.9%Mondale392
78.6%Reagan1,473
0.5%
R+57.7
R+21.7
R+39.5
1,874
R
31.1%Carter607
67.1%Reagan1,310
1.7%
R+36.0
R+18.2
R+26.3
1,951
R
39.5%Carter664
57.3%Ford963
3.2%
R+17.8
D+33.1
R+19.9
1,680
R
22.9%McGovern349
73.8%Nixon1,123
3.3%
R+50.9
R+51.1
R+27.7
1,522
O
29.2%Humphrey498
28.9%Nixon493
41.8%
Wallace +12.6
R+17.8
D+1.0
1,703
D
58.9%Johnson919
40.9%Goldwater637
0.2%
D+18.1
D+7.2
R+4.5
1,559
D
54.1%Kennedy848
43.2%Nixon678
2.7%
D+10.8
D+4.8
D+10.7
1,568
D
52.4%Stevenson707
46.4%Eisenhower626
1.1%
D+6.0
R+9.9
D+21.4
1,348
D
57.6%Stevenson857
41.7%Eisenhower621
0.7%
D+15.9
R+64.7
D+26.6
1,488
D
88.2%Truman812
7.6%Dewey70
4.2%
D+80.6
D+3.3
D+76.1
921
D
86.4%Roosevelt552
9.1%Dewey58
4.5%
D+77.3
R+7.2
D+69.8
639
D
92.2%Roosevelt815
7.7%Willkie68
0.1%
D+84.5
R+7.8
D+74.6
884
D
96.1%Roosevelt622
3.9%Landon25
0.0%
D+92.3
D+8.8
D+68.0
647
D
91.6%Roosevelt416
8.1%Hoover37
0.2%
D+83.5
D+72.3
D+65.7
454
D
55.6%Smith159
44.4%Hoover127
0.0%
D+11.2
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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
14.7%196
83.5%1,115
1,335
2020
R
15.5%229
82.0%1,213
1,479
2018
R
20.2%213
79.2%836
1,055
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Crane County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
2,689
2018
2,666
2020
2,663
2022
2,670
2024
2,674
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−57 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −191 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,384 in average income, against $77,044 for residents who stayed — 37% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.9 on average — 20 points more Democratic-leaning than Crane County, TX itself (R+72.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Ector County, TX41R+52.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Ector County, TX35
Midland County, TX25
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 Crane County, TX in Crane County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−46
2012
+121
2013
+158
2014
+121
2015
+59
2016
−274
2017
−139
2018
+29
2019
0
2021
−43
2022
−105
2023
+8
2024
−23
2025
−57
Crane County's economy revolves around the Permian Basin oil patch, and its small, largely Hispanic population still delivered one of Texas's widest Republican presidential margins in 2024, reflecting a broader rightward shift in rural energy-producing counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 72.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.6 points.
A population of 4,610, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,212 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Reagan County and Bailey 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, Crane County, Texas voted Republican by 72.6 points (R+72.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,389 votes cast, 186 went Democratic and 1,195 went Republican.
When did Crane County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crane County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Crane County, Texas?
Crane County, Texas has a population of 4,610 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crane County, Texas?
Median household income in Crane County, Texas is $62,212 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Crane County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crane County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
