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
GroupDimmit CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican82.0%32.1%11.3%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%0.8%0.3%
German1.7%8.3%12.5%
English1.4%7.9%9.5%
Irish1.3%6.0%9.4%
American1.0%4.6%5.3%
Armenian0.9%——
Swedish0.7%——
Scottish0.3%1.3%1.3%
Choctaw1.8%——
African American†0.7%10.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.4%0.4%0.2%
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
Dimmit County
Texas
United States
Median age
35.7
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dimmit County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$38,808
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
41.1%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
9.8%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dimmit County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
58.9%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
55.8%
28.2%
13.6%
Other languages
2.4%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dimmit County
Texas
United States
Catholic
68.2%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.2%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
17.3%
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.
Dimmit County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
7 precincts · 3,407 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Dimmit County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
407
475
6
888
45.8%
53.5%
R+7.7
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
440
362
0
802
54.9%
45.1%
D+9.7
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
267
293
2
562
47.5%
52.1%
R+4.6
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
320
192
1
513
62.4%
37.4%
D+25.0
Precinct -Precinct 7Precinct 7
189
188
0
377
50.1%
49.9%
D+0.3
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
101
116
0
217
46.5%
53.5%
R+6.9
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
26
22
0
48
54.2%
45.8%
D+8.3
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+22.9%
1908
+19.5%
1912
+33.5%
1916
+44.4%
1920
+35.9%
1924
+22.1%
1928
−41.6%
1932
+55.2%
1936
+40.0%
1940
+36.7%
1944
+23.1%
1948
+36.3%
1952
−30.9%
1956
−24.4%
1960
+15.5%
1964
+40.5%
1968
+18.8%
1972
−4.2%
1976
+31.7%
1980
+28.0%
1984
+31.0%
1988
+50.3%
1992
+53.2%
1996
+54.8%
2000
+43.9%
2004
+33.0%
2008
+50.7%
2012
+47.3%
2016
+37.2%
2020
+24.0%
2024
+3.3%
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
D
51.5%Harris1,765
48.2%Trump1,653
0.1%Oliver4 +2
D+3.3
R+20.7
D+4.7
3,427
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic51.5%1,765
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.2%1,653
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%4
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%4
OtherAll other candidates0.0%1
D
61.8%Biden2,264
37.8%Trump1,384
0.3%Jorgensen10
D+24.0
R+13.2
D+19.6
3,666
D
67.4%Clinton2,173
30.2%Trump974
1.8%Johnson57
D+37.2
R+10.1
D+35.1
3,225
D
73.4%Obama2,141
26.1%Romney762
0.4%Gray12
D+47.3
R+3.4
D+43.4
2,917
D
75.0%Obama2,692
24.4%McCain874
0.6%
D+50.7
D+17.7
D+43.4
3,587
D
66.3%Kerry2,365
33.3%Bush1,188
0.4%
D+33.0
R+10.9
D+35.5
3,566
D
71.4%Gore2,678
27.5%Bush1,032
0.5%Nader20
D+43.9
R+10.9
D+43.3
3,753
D
75.0%Clinton2,242
20.2%Dole604
4.3%Perot128
D+54.8
D+1.6
D+46.2
2,991
D
72.4%Clinton3,172
19.3%Bush844
8.2%Perot361
D+53.2
D+2.9
D+47.6
4,380
D
74.9%Dukakis2,735
24.7%Bush900
0.4%
D+50.3
D+19.2
D+58.0
3,651
D
65.4%Mondale2,546
34.4%Reagan1,338
0.2%
D+31.0
D+3.1
D+49.3
3,892
D
63.3%Carter2,102
35.3%Reagan1,173
1.4%
D+28.0
R+3.7
D+37.7
3,323
D
65.6%Carter1,721
33.9%Ford890
0.5%
D+31.7
D+35.8
D+29.6
2,624
R
47.7%McGovern1,078
51.8%Nixon1,172
0.5%
R+4.2
R+23.0
D+19.0
2,262
D
54.0%Humphrey896
35.2%Nixon584
10.8%
D+18.8
R+21.7
D+19.5
1,660
D
70.1%Johnson1,184
29.7%Goldwater501
0.2%
D+40.5
D+25.0
D+17.9
1,688
D
57.6%Kennedy886
42.2%Nixon648
0.2%
D+15.5
D+39.9
D+15.3
1,537
R
37.5%Stevenson427
61.9%Eisenhower705
0.6%
R+24.4
D+6.5
R+9.0
1,139
R
34.5%Stevenson503
65.3%Eisenhower954
0.2%
R+30.9
R+67.2
R+20.1
1,460
D
65.5%Truman863
29.1%Dewey384
5.4%
D+36.3
D+13.2
D+31.9
1,318
D
56.7%Roosevelt554
33.6%Dewey328
9.7%
D+23.1
R+13.6
D+15.6
977
D
68.2%Roosevelt736
31.5%Willkie340
0.3%
D+36.7
R+3.3
D+26.8
1,079
D
69.0%Roosevelt704
29.0%Landon296
2.1%
D+40.0
R+15.3
D+15.7
1,021
D
77.3%Roosevelt843
22.1%Hoover241
0.6%
D+55.2
D+96.9
D+37.4
1,090
R
29.2%Smith258
70.8%Hoover626
0.0%
R+41.6
R+63.7
R+24.2
884
D
58.6%Davis289
36.5%Coolidge180
4.9%La Follette24
D+22.1
R+13.8
D+47.3
493
D
67.3%Cox231
31.5%Harding108
1.2%
D+35.9
R+8.5
D+62.0
343
D
72.0%Wilson193
27.6%Hughes74
0.4%
D+44.4
D+10.9
D+41.3
268
D
60.7%Wilson292
27.2%Taft131
12.1%
D+33.5
D+14.0
D+13.9
481
D
58.8%Bryan151
39.3%Taft101
1.9%
D+19.5
R+3.5
D+29.0
257
D
53.8%Parker136
30.8%Roosevelt78
15.4%
D+22.9
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D+42.6
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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
D
56.9%1,835
40.3%1,300
3,224
2020
D
61.2%2,122
36.8%1,274
3,465
2018
D
70.6%2,041
29.0%839
2,892
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Dimmit County, TX
Year
Total registered
2020
7,341
2022
6,982
2024
6,706
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−192 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,190 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $38,286 in average income, against $71,556 for residents who stayed — 46% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+12.0 on average — 8.7 points more Democratic-leaning than Dimmit County, TX itself (D+3.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Bexar County, TX29D+9.7
Zavala County, TX27D+14.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Bexar County, TX52
Zavala County, TX24
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 Dimmit County, TX in Dimmit County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−5
2012
+240
2013
+294
2014
−13
2015
−141
2016
−300
2017
−455
2018
−117
2019
−108
2021
−98
2022
−105
2023
−98
2024
−92
2025
−192
Dimmit County sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.6 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 20.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.3 points.
A population of 8,380, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,808 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Zavala County and Guadalupe 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, Dimmit County, Texas voted Democratic by 3.3 points (D+3.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,427 votes cast, 1,765 went Democratic and 1,653 went Republican.
When did Dimmit County, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Dimmit County, Texas voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Dimmit County, Texas?
Dimmit County, Texas has a population of 8,380 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dimmit County, Texas?
Median household income in Dimmit County, Texas is $38,808 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Dimmit County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dimmit County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
