Foard County, Texas: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+65%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+65MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 9912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,5632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ballard County, KY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Foard CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Foard 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 | +66.9% |
| 1916 | +71.9% |
| 1920 | +62.0% |
| 1924 | +68.5% |
| 1928 | +4.0% |
| 1932 | +87.4% |
| 1936 | +85.0% |
| 1940 | +75.1% |
| 1944 | +77.9% |
| 1948 | +75.5% |
| 1952 | +32.8% |
| 1956 | +47.6% |
| 1960 | +45.5% |
| 1964 | +70.1% |
| 1968 | +38.7% |
| 1972 | −8.3% |
| 1976 | +49.1% |
| 1980 | +27.4% |
| 1984 | −2.6% |
| 1988 | +25.2% |
| 1992 | +28.6% |
| 1996 | +33.0% |
| 2000 | −4.1% |
| 2004 | −19.1% |
| 2008 | −24.0% |
| 2012 | −42.0% |
| 2016 | −52.6% |
| 2020 | −62.8% |
| 2024 | −65.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 92 | 448 | 545 | ||
| R | 99 | 445 | 551 | ||
| R | 113 | 383 | 513 | ||
| R | 140 | 348 | 495 | ||
| R | 198 | 327 | 538 | ||
| R | 235 | 347 | 587 | ||
| R | 263 | 286 | 556 | ||
| D | 355 | 166 | 573 | ||
| D | 435 | 207 | 796 | ||
| D | 513 | 306 | 820 | ||
| R | 448 | 472 | 925 | ||
| D | 617 | 349 | 978 | ||
| D | 706 | 240 | 950 | ||
| R | 312 | 369 | 685 | ||
| D | 594 | 216 | 978 | ||
| D | 833 | 146 | 980 | ||
| D | 723 | 270 | 995 | ||
| D | 687 | 243 | 932 | ||
| D | 830 | 418 | 1,256 | ||
| D | 751 | 90 | 876 | ||
| D | 925 | 84 | 1,080 | ||
| D | 997 | 142 | 1,139 | ||
| D | 928 | 74 | 1,005 | ||
| D | 882 | 53 | 948 | ||
| D | 466 | 430 | 905 | ||
| D | 585 | 95 | 715 | ||
| D | 491 | 101 | 629 | ||
| D | 475 | 41 | 604 | ||
| D | 429 | 18 | 614 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.3%
English
13.6%
Irish
8.1%
American
5.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 49.1 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
$61,563
Foard County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Foard County$61,563
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Foard 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
5.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)4.7%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish4.7%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Foard County's roughly 1,600 residents make it among the smallest in Texas by population, and its presidential margins have grown steadily more lopsided over two decades as rural depopulation has concentrated a predominantly older, agricultural electorate.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by four points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-five points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $61,563 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 6% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ballard County and Fisher County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Foard County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Foard County, Texas voted Republican by 65.3 points (R+65), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 545 votes cast, 92 went Democratic and 448 went Republican.
What is Foard County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Foard County, Texas in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 Foard County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Foard County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Foard County, Texas?
Foard County, Texas has a population of 991 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Foard County, Texas?
Median household income in Foard County, Texas is $61,563 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Foard County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Foard County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.