Deaf Smith County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,4602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,7992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 40.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 76.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Parmer County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Deaf Smith CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Deaf Smith County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +73.0% |
| 1916 | +61.7% |
| 1920 | +38.1% |
| 1924 | +33.3% |
| 1928 | −16.2% |
| 1932 | +73.7% |
| 1936 | +78.9% |
| 1940 | +48.3% |
| 1944 | +33.7% |
| 1948 | +46.0% |
| 1952 | −42.0% |
| 1956 | −10.6% |
| 1960 | −21.6% |
| 1964 | +7.7% |
| 1968 | −19.7% |
| 1972 | −48.9% |
| 1976 | −3.0% |
| 1980 | −41.0% |
| 1984 | −52.2% |
| 1988 | −31.7% |
| 1992 | −26.9% |
| 1996 | −27.7% |
| 2000 | −49.1% |
| 2004 | −56.8% |
| 2008 | −46.8% |
| 2012 | −41.8% |
| 2016 | −40.9% |
| 2020 | −44.0% |
| 2024 | −51.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,019 | 3,233 | 4,286 | ||
| R | 1,264 | 3,294 | 4,610 | ||
| R | 1,185 | 2,911 | 4,216 | ||
| R | 1,239 | 3,042 | 4,309 | ||
| R | 1,247 | 3,466 | 4,744 | ||
| R | 1,133 | 4,139 | 5,291 | ||
| R | 1,240 | 3,687 | 4,984 | ||
| R | 1,655 | 3,051 | 5,048 | ||
| R | 1,642 | 3,137 | 5,559 | ||
| R | 1,930 | 3,744 | 5,726 | ||
| R | 1,485 | 4,762 | 6,283 | ||
| R | 1,666 | 4,073 | 5,864 | ||
| R | 2,613 | 2,776 | 5,435 | ||
| R | 1,240 | 3,690 | 5,009 | ||
| R | 1,545 | 2,474 | 4,713 | ||
| D | 2,094 | 1,793 | 3,897 | ||
| R | 1,299 | 2,024 | 3,349 | ||
| R | 1,361 | 1,685 | 3,055 | ||
| R | 1,006 | 2,468 | 3,483 | ||
| D | 1,496 | 535 | 2,089 | ||
| D | 1,117 | 508 | 1,805 | ||
| D | 1,219 | 423 | 1,647 | ||
| D | 1,236 | 142 | 1,387 | ||
| D | 1,307 | 198 | 1,505 | ||
| R | 411 | 570 | 981 | ||
| D | 2,131 | 868 | 3,791 | ||
| D | 459 | 205 | 666 | ||
| D | 356 | 77 | 452 | ||
| D | 221 | 21 | 274 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
4.9%
American
3.7%
English
3.5%
Irish
2.1%
French
0.9%
African American
2.1%
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: 31.3 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
$60,799
Deaf Smith County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Deaf Smith County$60,799
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Deaf Smith 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
17.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.1%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)26.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
45.1%
speak English only
Spanish54.7%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Deaf Smith County anchors Texas's High Plains beef and dairy corridor, where a heavily agricultural, majority-Hispanic population has nonetheless delivered some of the state's widest Republican presidential margins over the past decade.
Deaf Smith County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight 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 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,799, and a population of 18,460. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Parmer County and Moore County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Deaf Smith County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Deaf Smith County, Texas voted Republican by 51.7 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,286 votes cast, 1,019 went Democratic and 3,233 went Republican.
What is Deaf Smith County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Deaf Smith 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 10 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Deaf Smith County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Deaf Smith County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Deaf Smith County, Texas?
Deaf Smith County, Texas has a population of 18,460 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Deaf Smith County, Texas?
Median household income in Deaf Smith County, Texas is $60,799 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Deaf Smith County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Deaf Smith County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.