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
GroupDonley CountyTexasUnited States
Irish14.2%6.0%9.4%
English11.3%7.9%9.5%
German7.9%8.3%12.5%
Dutch4.5%——
Scottish3.2%1.3%1.3%
American2.2%4.6%5.3%
Portuguese1.8%——
Italian1.5%1.9%4.8%
Mexican11.8%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%
African American†5.0%10.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.2%0.4%0.2%
Taiwanese0.8%——
Cambodian0.7%——
Asian Indian0.6%1.8%1.4%
Laotian0.4%——
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
Donley County
Texas
United States
Median age
40.7
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
15.9%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Donley County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$58,750
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.6%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Donley County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.0%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
1.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.0%
0.7%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Donley County
Texas
United States
Catholic
4.6%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
65.3%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
17.4%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.0%
4.5%
5.2%
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.
Donley County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 1,712 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Donley County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 201Precinct 201
54
432
7
493
11.0%
87.6%
R+76.7
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
47
387
9
443
10.6%
87.4%
R+76.7
Precinct -Precinct 401Precinct 401
48
319
5
372
12.9%
85.8%
R+72.8
Precinct -Precinct 303Precinct 303
22
198
4
224
9.8%
88.4%
R+78.6
Precinct -Precinct 301Precinct 301
3
176
1
180
1.7%
97.8%
R+96.1
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+61.9%
1908
No data
1912
+78.0%
1916
+79.5%
1920
+55.9%
1924
+50.2%
1928
−37.9%
1932
+83.8%
1936
+82.9%
1940
+76.3%
1944
+57.0%
1948
+66.8%
1952
−12.2%
1956
+4.4%
1960
−10.9%
1964
+20.3%
1968
−16.8%
1972
−55.6%
1976
+21.7%
1980
−18.8%
1984
−41.9%
1988
−22.3%
1992
−18.2%
1996
−31.1%
2000
−56.6%
2004
−60.5%
2008
−64.1%
2012
−69.1%
2016
−70.6%
2020
−75.2%
2024
−78.2%
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
10.2%Harris174
88.3%Trump1,512
1.1%Stein18 +1
R+78.2
R+2.9
R+76.7
1,712
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.3%1,512
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic10.2%174
Jill SteinIndependent1.1%18
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%8
R
12.0%Biden198
87.3%Trump1,438
0.7%Jorgensen11
R+75.2
R+4.7
R+79.7
1,648
R
13.0%Clinton191
83.6%Trump1,225
2.7%Johnson40
R+70.6
R+1.5
R+72.7
1,465
R
14.7%Obama226
83.8%Romney1,287
1.3%Gray20
R+69.1
R+5.0
R+73.0
1,535
R
17.2%Obama291
81.3%McCain1,374
1.5%
R+64.1
R+3.5
R+71.4
1,690
R
19.6%Kerry349
80.1%Bush1,429
0.3%
R+60.5
R+3.9
R+58.1
1,784
R
20.9%Gore360
77.5%Bush1,333
1.0%Nader18
R+56.6
R+25.5
R+57.1
1,719
R
31.2%Clinton495
62.3%Dole988
6.1%Perot97
R+31.1
R+12.9
R+39.6
1,585
R
33.3%Clinton578
51.5%Bush893
15.0%Perot260
R+18.2
D+4.1
R+23.7
1,735
R
38.6%Dukakis661
60.9%Bush1,043
0.5%
R+22.3
D+19.6
R+14.6
1,713
R
28.9%Mondale529
70.8%Reagan1,297
0.3%
R+41.9
R+23.1
R+23.7
1,831
R
39.8%Carter751
58.6%Reagan1,106
1.6%
R+18.8
R+40.5
R+9.1
1,888
D
60.7%Carter1,095
39.0%Ford704
0.3%
D+21.7
D+77.3
D+19.6
1,804
R
22.1%McGovern350
77.7%Nixon1,229
0.1%
R+55.6
R+38.8
R+32.4
1,581
R
33.4%Humphrey543
50.2%Nixon816
16.5%
R+16.8
R+37.0
R+16.1
1,627
D
60.1%Johnson1,068
39.9%Goldwater708
0.0%
D+20.3
D+31.1
R+2.3
1,776
R
44.4%Kennedy764
55.3%Nixon951
0.3%
R+10.9
R+15.3
R+11.0
1,720
D
52.2%Stevenson903
47.7%Eisenhower826
0.1%
D+4.4
D+16.6
D+19.9
1,731
R
43.8%Stevenson900
55.9%Eisenhower1,150
0.3%
R+12.2
R+79.0
R+1.4
2,056
D
81.1%Truman1,372
14.2%Dewey241
4.7%
D+66.8
D+9.9
D+62.4
1,692
D
74.9%Roosevelt1,170
17.9%Dewey280
7.2%
D+57.0
R+19.3
D+49.5
1,562
D
87.8%Roosevelt1,619
11.6%Willkie213
0.6%
D+76.3
R+6.6
D+66.3
1,843
D
90.9%Roosevelt1,513
8.0%Landon133
1.1%
D+82.9
R+0.8
D+58.7
1,664
D
91.7%Roosevelt1,626
8.0%Hoover141
0.3%
D+83.8
D+121.7
D+66.0
1,773
R
31.0%Smith491
68.9%Hoover1,092
0.1%
R+37.9
R+88.2
R+20.5
1,585
D
72.4%Davis893
22.1%Coolidge273
5.5%La Follette68
D+50.2
R+5.7
D+75.4
1,234
D
76.5%Cox766
20.6%Harding206
2.9%
D+55.9
R+23.6
D+82.1
1,001
D
85.1%Wilson636
5.6%Hughes42
9.2%
D+79.5
D+1.6
D+76.4
747
D
80.5%Wilson387
2.5%Taft12
17.0%
D+78.0
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D
71.7%Parker344
9.8%Roosevelt47
18.5%
D+61.9
—
D+81.5
480
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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
11.5%192
87.0%1,453
1,670
2020
R
11.1%181
87.3%1,418
1,625
2018
R
12.6%161
86.8%1,110
1,279
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Donley County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
2,087
2018
2,230
2020
2,322
2022
2,225
2024
2,414
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+20 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −235 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $74,202 in average income, against $57,086 for residents who stayed — 30% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Randall County, TX21
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 Donley County, TX in Donley County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−31
2012
−25
2013
−61
2014
−68
2015
−73
2016
+9
2017
−33
2018
−19
2019
−34
2021
+120
2022
−45
2023
−52
2024
+57
2025
+20
Donley County's 2024 presidential result landed at R+78.2, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state. Its sparse population and ranching economy track closely with broader rural Panhandle voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 78.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.2 points.
A population of 3,257, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,750 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dewey County and Roger Mills 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, Donley County, Texas voted Republican by 78.2 points (R+78.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,712 votes cast, 174 went Democratic and 1,512 went Republican.
When did Donley County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Donley County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Donley County, Texas?
Donley County, Texas has a population of 3,257 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Donley County, Texas?
Median household income in Donley County, Texas is $58,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Donley County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Donley County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
