Glasscock County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+88%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+88MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,0682024 5-year
- Median household income
- $101,2502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+88 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stevens County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Glasscock CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Glasscock 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 | +88.2% |
| 1916 | +81.5% |
| 1920 | +56.4% |
| 1924 | +68.8% |
| 1928 | −57.0% |
| 1932 | +66.9% |
| 1936 | +78.8% |
| 1940 | +73.0% |
| 1944 | +56.1% |
| 1948 | +42.8% |
| 1952 | −8.8% |
| 1956 | −12.6% |
| 1960 | +15.0% |
| 1964 | −1.1% |
| 1968 | −14.1% |
| 1972 | −57.7% |
| 1976 | −6.8% |
| 1980 | −56.1% |
| 1984 | −51.3% |
| 1988 | −45.6% |
| 1992 | −48.6% |
| 1996 | −64.5% |
| 2000 | −85.6% |
| 2004 | −83.3% |
| 2008 | −80.8% |
| 2012 | −83.4% |
| 2016 | −85.9% |
| 2020 | −87.6% |
| 2024 | −88.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 38 | 623 | 663 | ||
| R | 39 | 611 | 653 | ||
| R | 34 | 553 | 604 | ||
| R | 44 | 526 | 578 | ||
| R | 52 | 502 | 557 | ||
| R | 44 | 488 | 533 | ||
| R | 39 | 528 | 571 | ||
| R | 70 | 382 | 484 | ||
| R | 100 | 379 | 574 | ||
| R | 143 | 384 | 528 | ||
| R | 128 | 403 | 536 | ||
| R | 116 | 416 | 535 | ||
| R | 190 | 218 | 413 | ||
| R | 75 | 288 | 369 | ||
| O | 106 | 169 | 447 | ||
| R | 179 | 183 | 363 | ||
| D | 207 | 152 | 366 | ||
| R | 174 | 224 | 398 | ||
| R | 197 | 235 | 432 | ||
| D | 188 | 69 | 278 | ||
| D | 185 | 34 | 269 | ||
| D | 268 | 41 | 311 | ||
| D | 252 | 29 | 283 | ||
| D | 212 | 42 | 254 | ||
| R | 34 | 124 | 158 | ||
| D | 89 | 14 | 109 | ||
| D | 91 | 25 | 117 | ||
| D | 96 | 8 | 108 | ||
| D | 60 | 0 | 68 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.5%
English
15.1%
Irish
14.9%
American
2.4%
Scottish
2.3%
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: 39.5 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
$101,250
Glasscock County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Glasscock County$101,250
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Glasscock County ranks in the top 5% 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
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.0%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)6.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.5%
speak English only
Spanish17.7%
Other languages5.5%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This sparsely populated Permian Basin county recorded an 88-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it an extreme outlier even within reliably red West Texas. Its roughly 1,400 residents are spread across an oil-and-ranching landscape with no incorporated towns.
Glasscock County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-eight points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved one point 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 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $101,250, and a population of 1,068. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stevens County and Wallace County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Glasscock County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Glasscock County, Texas voted Republican by 88.2 points (R+88), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 663 votes cast, 38 went Democratic and 623 went Republican.
What is Glasscock County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Glasscock 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 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Glasscock County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Glasscock County, Texas voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Glasscock County, Texas?
Glasscock County, Texas has a population of 1,068 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Glasscock County, Texas?
Median household income in Glasscock County, Texas is $101,250 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Glasscock County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Glasscock County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.