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
GroupCulberson CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican67.2%32.1%11.3%
Cuban1.6%0.5%0.7%
Venezuelan1.3%——
American10.6%4.6%5.3%
English6.5%7.9%9.5%
German6.2%8.3%12.5%
Irish4.6%6.0%9.4%
Scottish2.1%1.3%1.3%
Navajo1.4%——
Blackfeet1.4%——
Filipino1.2%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
Culberson County
Texas
United States
Median age
44.8
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Culberson County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$58,777
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Culberson County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
54.6%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
53.7%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Culberson County
Texas
United States
Catholic
37.3%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.5%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
17.0%
45.2%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
9.4%
1.2%
2.0%
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.
Culberson County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 780 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Culberson County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
88
120
3
211
41.7%
56.9%
R+15.2
Precinct -Precinct 3-3Precinct 3-3
79
130
0
209
37.8%
62.2%
R+24.4
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
89
114
5
208
42.8%
54.8%
R+12.0
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
63
87
2
152
41.4%
57.2%
R+15.8
Precinct -Precinct 3-5Precinct 3-5
0
0
0
0
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+100.0%
1916
+96.1%
1920
+72.3%
1924
+66.7%
1928
+8.3%
1932
+87.8%
1936
+82.4%
1940
+73.9%
1944
+72.9%
1948
+67.3%
1952
−13.6%
1956
−9.2%
1960
+6.6%
1964
+20.2%
1968
+4.1%
1972
−39.5%
1976
+4.3%
1980
−12.1%
1984
−11.1%
1988
+14.3%
1992
+20.4%
1996
+38.3%
2000
+16.2%
2004
−4.1%
2008
+31.0%
2012
+31.1%
2016
+22.7%
2020
+2.7%
2024
−16.9%
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
40.8%Harris319
57.7%Trump451
1.3%Oliver10 +1
R+16.9
R+19.6
R+15.4
781
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican57.7%451
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic40.8%319
Chase OliverLibertarian1.3%10
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%1
D
50.7%Biden438
48.0%Trump415
1.0%Jorgensen9
D+2.7
R+20.0
R+1.8
864
D
59.2%Clinton454
36.5%Trump280
3.0%Johnson23
D+22.7
R+8.4
D+20.6
767
D
64.6%Obama568
33.6%Romney295
1.6%Gray14
D+31.1
D+0.1
D+27.2
879
D
64.8%Obama492
33.9%McCain257
1.3%
D+31.0
D+35.0
D+23.7
759
R
47.6%Kerry375
51.6%Bush407
0.8%
R+4.1
R+20.3
R+1.6
788
D
57.0%Gore577
40.8%Bush413
1.2%Nader12
D+16.2
R+22.1
D+15.7
1,012
D
64.8%Clinton804
26.5%Dole329
8.0%Perot99
D+38.3
D+17.9
D+29.8
1,241
D
50.1%Clinton424
29.6%Bush251
20.2%Perot171
D+20.4
D+6.2
D+14.9
847
D
56.7%Dukakis557
42.5%Bush417
0.8%
D+14.3
D+25.4
D+22.0
982
R
44.4%Mondale407
55.5%Reagan509
0.1%
R+11.1
D+1.0
D+7.1
917
R
43.3%Carter423
55.4%Reagan541
1.2%
R+12.1
R+16.4
R+2.4
976
D
51.7%Carter407
47.4%Ford373
0.9%
D+4.3
D+43.8
D+2.3
787
R
29.6%McGovern238
69.1%Nixon555
1.2%
R+39.5
R+43.6
R+16.3
803
D
42.7%Humphrey330
38.6%Nixon298
18.8%
D+4.1
R+16.1
D+4.8
773
D
60.1%Johnson473
39.9%Goldwater314
0.0%
D+20.2
D+13.6
R+2.4
787
D
52.8%Kennedy343
46.2%Nixon300
1.1%
D+6.6
D+15.8
D+6.5
650
R
45.1%Stevenson269
54.4%Eisenhower324
0.5%
R+9.2
D+4.3
D+6.2
596
R
43.2%Stevenson252
56.8%Eisenhower331
0.0%
R+13.6
R+80.9
R+2.8
583
D
79.7%Truman244
12.4%Dewey38
7.8%
D+67.3
R+5.6
D+62.8
306
D
79.7%Roosevelt200
6.8%Dewey17
13.5%
D+72.9
R+1.0
D+65.4
251
D
86.8%Roosevelt303
12.9%Willkie45
0.3%
D+73.9
R+8.5
D+64.0
349
D
91.2%Roosevelt239
8.8%Landon23
0.0%
D+82.4
R+5.4
D+58.2
262
D
93.8%Roosevelt285
5.9%Hoover18
0.3%
D+87.8
D+79.5
D+70.0
304
D
54.1%Smith85
45.9%Hoover72
0.0%
D+8.3
R+58.4
D+25.7
157
D
79.5%Davis93
12.8%Coolidge15
7.7%La Follette9
D+66.7
R+5.7
D+91.8
117
D
85.1%Cox40
12.8%Harding6
2.1%
D+72.3
R+23.7
D+98.5
47
D
97.6%Wilson124
1.6%Hughes2
0.8%
D+96.1
R+3.9
D+92.9
127
D
100.0%Wilson145
0.0%Taft0
0.0%
D+100.0
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D+80.5
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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
45.6%340
52.9%394
745
2020
D
49.5%385
47.2%367
777
2018
D
63.0%521
35.9%297
827
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Culberson County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
1,762
2018
1,714
2020
1,709
2022
1,599
2024
1,707
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−18 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −324 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $70,675 in average income, against $63,467 for residents who stayed — 11% higher. (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 Culberson County, TX in Culberson County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−29
2012
−98
2013
−22
2014
−34
2015
−52
2016
−43
2017
−3
2018
−52
2019
−36
2021
+1
2022
−19
2023
+31
2024
+50
2025
−18
Culberson County spans over 3,800 square miles of Chihuahuan Desert with a population density of less than one person per square mile, yet its small electorate has shifted markedly rightward over the past decade, reflecting broader rural Texas trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 19.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.9 points.
A population of 2,195, a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,777 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Guadalupe County and Maverick 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, Culberson County, Texas voted Republican by 16.9 points (R+16.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 781 votes cast, 319 went Democratic and 451 went Republican.
When did Culberson County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Culberson County, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Culberson County, Texas?
Culberson County, Texas has a population of 2,195 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Culberson County, Texas?
Median household income in Culberson County, Texas is $58,777 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Culberson County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Culberson County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 7 went Republican.
