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
GroupHansford CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican46.4%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%0.8%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.4%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
German13.9%8.3%12.5%
English12.1%7.9%9.5%
American6.3%4.6%5.3%
Irish4.9%6.0%9.4%
Scotch-Irish1.1%——
French1.0%1.5%1.6%
Norwegian0.9%——
Italian0.7%1.9%4.8%
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
Hansford County
Texas
United States
Median age
35.4
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.0%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hansford County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$69,441
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.4%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hansford County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
35.4%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
34.5%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hansford County
Texas
United States
Catholic
18.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
36.4%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
23.1%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
21.7%
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.
Hansford County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 1,999 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Hansford County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
33
439
2
474
7.0%
92.6%
R+85.7
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
39
404
2
445
8.8%
90.8%
R+82.0
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
26
379
3
408
6.4%
92.9%
R+86.5
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
26
306
0
332
7.8%
92.2%
R+84.3
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
8
180
2
190
4.2%
94.7%
R+90.5
Precinct -Precinct 9Precinct 9
9
81
1
91
9.9%
89.0%
R+79.1
Precinct -Precinct 7Precinct 7
2
29
1
32
6.3%
90.6%
R+84.4
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
3
24
0
27
11.1%
88.9%
R+77.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+76.6%
1908
+53.7%
1912
+53.6%
1916
+50.4%
1920
+38.0%
1924
+51.5%
1928
−13.3%
1932
+81.7%
1936
+81.7%
1940
+65.3%
1944
+46.0%
1948
+61.1%
1952
−46.0%
1956
−25.5%
1960
−44.0%
1964
−16.2%
1968
−44.2%
1972
−79.7%
1976
−17.4%
1980
−58.9%
1984
−78.9%
1988
−62.9%
1992
−54.7%
1996
−59.2%
2000
−80.3%
2004
−77.5%
2008
−76.5%
2012
−83.0%
2016
−80.1%
2020
−82.2%
2024
−84.8%
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
7.3%Harris146
92.1%Trump1,842
0.5%Oliver9 +1
R+84.8
R+2.6
R+83.4
1,999
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican92.1%1,842
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic7.3%146
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%9
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%2
R
8.1%Biden166
90.3%Trump1,849
1.3%Jorgensen27
R+82.2
R+2.1
R+86.7
2,047
R
8.8%Clinton171
88.9%Trump1,730
1.9%Johnson37
R+80.1
D+3.0
R+82.2
1,947
R
8.1%Obama159
91.1%Romney1,788
0.6%Gray11
R+83.0
R+6.6
R+86.9
1,962
R
11.4%Obama240
87.9%McCain1,847
0.7%
R+76.5
D+1.0
R+83.7
2,102
R
11.2%Kerry240
88.6%Bush1,903
0.2%
R+77.5
D+2.8
R+75.0
2,147
R
9.5%Gore198
89.8%Bush1,874
0.6%Nader12
R+80.3
R+21.1
R+80.8
2,088
R
17.6%Clinton343
76.8%Dole1,493
5.4%Perot105
R+59.2
R+4.4
R+67.7
1,944
R
14.4%Clinton345
69.1%Bush1,660
16.6%Perot398
R+54.7
D+8.2
R+60.3
2,403
R
18.3%Dukakis443
81.2%Bush1,967
0.5%
R+62.9
D+16.0
R+55.2
2,421
R
10.5%Mondale259
89.4%Reagan2,213
0.2%
R+78.9
R+20.1
R+60.7
2,476
R
20.0%Carter518
78.8%Reagan2,046
1.2%
R+58.9
R+41.5
R+49.1
2,596
R
40.9%Carter983
58.2%Ford1,401
0.9%
R+17.4
D+62.3
R+19.4
2,406
R
9.2%McGovern202
88.9%Nixon1,947
1.9%
R+79.7
R+35.5
R+56.5
2,190
R
17.9%Humphrey392
62.1%Nixon1,359
20.0%
R+44.2
R+28.0
R+43.5
2,188
R
41.8%Johnson860
58.0%Goldwater1,193
0.1%
R+16.2
D+27.8
R+38.8
2,056
R
27.8%Kennedy512
71.9%Nixon1,322
0.3%
R+44.0
R+18.5
R+44.2
1,839
R
37.2%Stevenson545
62.7%Eisenhower919
0.1%
R+25.5
D+20.5
R+10.1
1,465
R
27.0%Stevenson456
72.9%Eisenhower1,234
0.1%
R+46.0
R+107.1
R+35.2
1,692
D
79.3%Truman895
18.3%Dewey206
2.4%
D+61.1
D+15.1
D+56.6
1,128
D
70.1%Roosevelt590
24.1%Dewey203
5.8%
D+46.0
R+19.4
D+38.5
842
D
82.4%Roosevelt725
17.0%Willkie150
0.6%
D+65.3
R+16.3
D+55.4
880
D
89.7%Roosevelt826
8.0%Landon74
2.3%
D+81.7
±0.0
D+57.4
921
D
89.1%Roosevelt803
7.4%Hoover67
3.4%
D+81.7
D+95.0
D+63.9
901
R
43.3%Smith319
56.6%Hoover417
0.1%
R+13.3
R+64.8
D+4.2
737
D
72.5%Davis263
20.9%Coolidge76
6.6%La Follette24
D+51.5
D+13.5
D+76.7
363
D
67.4%Cox124
29.3%Harding54
3.3%
D+38.0
R+12.4
D+64.2
184
D
70.3%Wilson166
19.9%Hughes47
9.7%
D+50.4
R+3.2
D+47.3
236
D
61.6%Wilson93
7.9%Taft12
30.5%
D+53.6
R+0.1
D+34.1
151
D
73.1%Bryan98
19.4%Taft26
7.5%
D+53.7
R+22.9
D+63.3
134
D
87.9%Parker94
11.2%Roosevelt12
0.9%
D+76.6
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D+96.3
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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
7.4%147
91.1%1,802
1,979
2020
R
7.8%158
90.9%1,838
2,022
2018
R
8.1%138
90.8%1,552
1,710
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Hansford County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,065
2018
3,034
2020
3,009
2022
2,970
2024
3,002
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−103 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,115 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $56,529 in average income, against $85,357 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Randall 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 Hansford County, TX in Hansford County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−70
2012
−92
2013
−32
2014
−45
2015
+16
2016
−124
2017
−144
2018
−73
2019
−135
2021
−129
2022
−11
2023
−45
2024
−128
2025
−103
Hansford County, anchored by the small city of Spearman, recorded an R+84.8 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state. Its economy centers on agriculture and feedlots across the High Plains.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 84.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 84.8 points.
A population of 5,119, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,441 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ochiltree County and Sherman 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, Hansford County, Texas voted Republican by 84.8 points (R+84.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,999 votes cast, 146 went Democratic and 1,842 went Republican.
When did Hansford County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hansford County, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Hansford County, Texas?
Hansford County, Texas has a population of 5,119 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hansford County, Texas?
Median household income in Hansford County, Texas is $69,441 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Hansford County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hansford County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
