Jeff Davis County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,8652024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,2862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Douglas County, WA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jeff Davis CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jeff Davis County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +32.7% |
| 1916 | +51.4% |
| 1920 | +37.9% |
| 1924 | +37.0% |
| 1928 | −16.7% |
| 1932 | +68.2% |
| 1936 | +79.4% |
| 1940 | +76.4% |
| 1944 | +67.1% |
| 1948 | +58.2% |
| 1952 | −25.2% |
| 1956 | −18.2% |
| 1960 | +3.4% |
| 1964 | +27.1% |
| 1968 | +9.7% |
| 1972 | −30.3% |
| 1976 | +3.5% |
| 1980 | −15.0% |
| 1984 | −26.0% |
| 1988 | −22.9% |
| 1992 | −4.5% |
| 1996 | −11.6% |
| 2000 | −40.1% |
| 2004 | −33.1% |
| 2008 | −22.7% |
| 2012 | −23.4% |
| 2016 | −22.9% |
| 2020 | −21.7% |
| 2024 | −21.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 450 | 699 | 1,169 | ||
| R | 501 | 784 | 1,305 | ||
| R | 422 | 695 | 1,191 | ||
| R | 440 | 719 | 1,192 | ||
| R | 468 | 749 | 1,236 | ||
| R | 378 | 764 | 1,167 | ||
| R | 283 | 708 | 1,060 | ||
| R | 370 | 482 | 963 | ||
| R | 321 | 360 | 876 | ||
| R | 325 | 524 | 870 | ||
| R | 299 | 511 | 815 | ||
| R | 300 | 409 | 729 | ||
| D | 309 | 288 | 607 | ||
| R | 202 | 382 | 595 | ||
| D | 239 | 191 | 496 | ||
| D | 304 | 174 | 479 | ||
| D | 195 | 182 | 381 | ||
| R | 165 | 239 | 407 | ||
| R | 183 | 306 | 489 | ||
| D | 309 | 75 | 402 | ||
| D | 331 | 51 | 417 | ||
| D | 374 | 50 | 424 | ||
| D | 291 | 33 | 325 | ||
| D | 252 | 46 | 302 | ||
| R | 112 | 157 | 270 | ||
| D | 117 | 49 | 184 | ||
| D | 91 | 41 | 132 | ||
| D | 234 | 74 | 311 | ||
| D | 129 | 62 | 205 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.0%
German
11.5%
Irish
7.5%
Italian
2.8%
French
1.0%
American
0.6%
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: 58.0 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
$59,286
Jeff Davis County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Jeff Davis County$59,286
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Jeff Davis 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
23.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.2%
Working age (18–64)18.5%
Seniors (65+)46.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.3%
speak English only
Spanish23.9%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jeff Davis County stretches across the Davis Mountains with fewer than 2,500 residents spread over nearly 2,300 square miles, making it one of Texas's least-dense counties. Its small electorate swung Republican by 21 points in 2024.
Jeff Davis County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-nine points in 1936. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,286, and a population of 1,865. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas County and Chugach Census Area.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jeff Davis County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jeff Davis County, Texas voted Republican by 21.3 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,169 votes cast, 450 went Democratic and 699 went Republican.
What is Jeff Davis County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Jeff Davis 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Jeff Davis County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jeff Davis County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Jeff Davis County, Texas?
Jeff Davis County, Texas has a population of 1,865 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jeff Davis County, Texas?
Median household income in Jeff Davis County, Texas is $59,286 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Jeff Davis County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jeff Davis County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.