Delta County, Texas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,4382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,5752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burleson County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Delta CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Delta 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 | +80.2% |
| 1916 | +81.5% |
| 1920 | +51.1% |
| 1924 | +45.3% |
| 1928 | +12.0% |
| 1932 | +91.7% |
| 1936 | +89.3% |
| 1940 | +84.2% |
| 1944 | +79.2% |
| 1948 | +76.2% |
| 1952 | +38.3% |
| 1956 | +35.0% |
| 1960 | +49.1% |
| 1964 | +65.3% |
| 1968 | +35.4% |
| 1972 | −24.3% |
| 1976 | +57.4% |
| 1980 | +27.1% |
| 1984 | −2.5% |
| 1988 | +18.8% |
| 1992 | +13.2% |
| 1996 | +6.0% |
| 2000 | −21.9% |
| 2004 | −39.4% |
| 2008 | −45.3% |
| 2012 | −53.0% |
| 2016 | −63.0% |
| 2020 | −67.9% |
| 2024 | −69.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 397 | 2,250 | 2,658 | ||
| R | 403 | 2,162 | 2,592 | ||
| R | 400 | 1,836 | 2,281 | ||
| R | 454 | 1,524 | 2,018 | ||
| R | 589 | 1,580 | 2,187 | ||
| R | 627 | 1,447 | 2,082 | ||
| R | 726 | 1,143 | 1,900 | ||
| D | 849 | 744 | 1,743 | ||
| D | 864 | 599 | 2,015 | ||
| D | 1,244 | 849 | 2,101 | ||
| R | 973 | 1,024 | 2,001 | ||
| D | 1,347 | 767 | 2,142 | ||
| D | 1,563 | 421 | 1,991 | ||
| R | 581 | 957 | 1,546 | ||
| D | 1,037 | 370 | 1,882 | ||
| D | 1,619 | 339 | 1,960 | ||
| D | 1,360 | 460 | 1,832 | ||
| D | 1,262 | 605 | 1,877 | ||
| D | 1,585 | 707 | 2,295 | ||
| D | 1,594 | 146 | 1,900 | ||
| D | 1,706 | 133 | 1,987 | ||
| D | 2,214 | 190 | 2,404 | ||
| D | 1,466 | 82 | 1,549 | ||
| D | 2,013 | 87 | 2,101 | ||
| D | 958 | 753 | 1,713 | ||
| D | 538 | 192 | 763 | ||
| D | 1,081 | 315 | 1,498 | ||
| D | 1,254 | 72 | 1,450 | ||
| D | 705 | 57 | 808 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
10.9%
English
10.1%
American
7.6%
German
6.2%
Scottish
2.1%
French
1.3%
Italian
1.0%
African American
6.5%
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: 40.3 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
$66,575
Delta County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Delta County$66,575
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Delta 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%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.2%
Working age (18–64)11.3%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.6%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Delta County's roughly 5,300 residents make it among the smallest in Texas by population, yet its presidential margins have grown steadily lopsided — the 2024 gap of nearly 70 points reflects a broader rural realignment across Northeast Texas.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $66,575, a 11% poverty rate, and a 81% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burleson County and Jasper County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Delta County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Delta County, Texas voted Republican by 69.7 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,658 votes cast, 397 went Democratic and 2,250 went Republican.
What is Delta County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Delta County, Texas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 20 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Delta County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Delta County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Delta County, Texas?
Delta County, Texas has a population of 5,438 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Delta County, Texas?
Median household income in Delta County, Texas is $66,575 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Delta County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Delta County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.