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
GroupJones CountyTexasUnited States
English12.8%7.9%9.5%
German11.5%8.3%12.5%
Irish7.9%6.0%9.4%
American4.5%4.6%5.3%
Scottish2.6%1.3%1.3%
French1.3%1.5%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.2%——
Italian0.8%1.9%4.8%
Mexican25.0%32.1%11.3%
Spanish0.6%——
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.8%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Honduran0.2%0.8%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%1.2%0.7%
African American†9.4%10.3%9.9%
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
Jones County
Texas
United States
Median age
39.3
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jones County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$59,464
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jones County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
15.9%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jones County
Texas
United States
Catholic
8.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
30.5%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.4%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
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.
Jones County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 6,959 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Jones County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
212
1,868
22
2,102
10.1%
88.9%
R+78.8
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
229
1,781
12
2,022
11.3%
88.1%
R+76.8
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
247
1,363
19
1,629
15.2%
83.7%
R+68.5
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
219
976
11
1,206
18.2%
80.9%
R+62.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+72.8%
1908
+72.0%
1912
+76.4%
1916
+78.8%
1920
+66.7%
1924
+66.5%
1928
−12.1%
1932
+85.0%
1936
+83.5%
1940
+80.3%
1944
+74.2%
1948
+75.8%
1952
−4.6%
1956
+11.1%
1960
+11.6%
1964
+47.3%
1968
+14.0%
1972
−50.5%
1976
+23.0%
1980
+4.7%
1984
−26.2%
1988
−1.7%
1992
+5.3%
1996
+1.3%
2000
−36.1%
2004
−43.8%
2008
−46.1%
2012
−54.5%
2016
−65.2%
2020
−69.1%
2024
−73.1%
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
13.1%Harris907
86.2%Trump5,988
0.5%Oliver33 +2
R+73.1
R+4.1
R+71.7
6,947
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.2%5,988
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic13.1%907
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%33
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%18
OtherAll other candidates0.0%1
R
14.8%Biden999
83.9%Trump5,660
0.9%Jorgensen63
R+69.1
R+3.9
R+73.5
6,747
R
15.7%Clinton936
80.9%Trump4,819
2.7%Johnson162
R+65.2
R+10.6
R+67.2
5,960
R
22.0%Obama1,226
76.6%Romney4,262
1.1%Gray64
R+54.5
R+8.5
R+58.4
5,567
R
26.3%Obama1,528
72.4%McCain4,203
1.3%
R+46.1
R+2.3
R+53.3
5,808
R
28.0%Kerry1,658
71.7%Bush4,254
0.3%
R+43.8
R+7.7
R+41.3
5,931
R
31.4%Gore1,899
67.5%Bush4,080
0.8%Nader50
R+36.1
R+37.4
R+36.6
6,048
D
44.8%Clinton2,422
43.5%Dole2,351
11.3%Perot614
D+1.3
R+3.9
R+7.2
5,410
D
40.5%Clinton2,400
35.2%Bush2,088
24.2%Perot1,436
D+5.3
D+7.0
R+0.3
5,932
R
49.0%Dukakis2,898
50.7%Bush3,000
0.3%
R+1.7
D+24.5
D+6.0
5,916
R
36.7%Mondale2,343
62.9%Reagan4,017
0.4%
R+26.2
R+31.0
R+8.0
6,383
D
51.8%Carter3,043
47.1%Reagan2,765
1.1%
D+4.7
R+18.3
D+14.5
5,874
D
61.3%Carter3,318
38.3%Ford2,072
0.5%
D+23.0
D+73.5
D+20.9
5,416
R
24.6%McGovern1,050
75.1%Nixon3,202
0.3%
R+50.5
R+64.5
R+27.3
4,263
D
47.6%Humphrey2,372
33.7%Nixon1,676
18.7%
D+14.0
R+33.3
D+14.7
4,979
D
73.6%Johnson3,622
26.3%Goldwater1,295
0.1%
D+47.3
D+35.7
D+24.7
4,920
D
55.6%Kennedy2,772
44.0%Nixon2,196
0.4%
D+11.6
D+0.4
D+11.4
4,986
D
55.5%Stevenson2,594
44.3%Eisenhower2,073
0.2%
D+11.1
D+15.8
D+26.5
4,677
R
47.6%Stevenson2,680
52.2%Eisenhower2,941
0.2%
R+4.6
R+80.5
D+6.1
5,633
D
86.2%Truman3,599
10.3%Dewey432
3.5%
D+75.8
D+1.6
D+71.3
4,177
D
83.0%Roosevelt3,417
8.8%Dewey361
8.2%
D+74.2
R+6.1
D+66.7
4,117
D
90.1%Roosevelt3,688
9.8%Willkie401
0.1%
D+80.3
R+3.2
D+70.3
4,094
D
91.7%Roosevelt3,396
8.2%Landon305
0.1%
D+83.5
R+1.5
D+59.2
3,703
D
92.0%Roosevelt2,934
7.0%Hoover224
0.9%
D+85.0
D+97.1
D+67.2
3,188
R
43.8%Smith1,563
55.9%Hoover1,995
0.2%
R+12.1
R+78.6
D+5.4
3,566
D
81.9%Davis3,010
15.4%Coolidge566
2.7%La Follette101
D+66.5
R+0.2
D+91.6
3,677
D
78.5%Cox1,792
11.8%Harding270
9.6%
D+66.7
R+12.1
D+92.9
2,282
D
84.2%Wilson1,798
5.3%Hughes114
10.5%
D+78.8
D+2.5
D+75.7
2,136
D
80.3%Wilson1,301
3.9%Taft63
15.9%
D+76.4
D+4.3
D+56.8
1,621
D
81.6%Bryan1,752
9.6%Taft206
8.8%
D+72.0
R+0.8
D+81.6
2,146
D
81.7%Parker740
8.8%Roosevelt80
9.5%
D+72.8
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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
15.1%1,039
83.0%5,729
6,901
2020
R
14.6%967
83.8%5,546
6,621
2018
R
16.7%832
82.6%4,115
4,984
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Jones County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
10,099
2018
9,565
2020
9,635
2022
10,294
2024
10,883
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+95 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,430 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $53,762 in average income, against $68,535 for residents who stayed — 22% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+49.8 on average — 23 points more Democratic-leaning than Jones County, TX itself (R+73.1).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Taylor County, TX211R+49.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Taylor County, TX213
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 Jones County, TX in Jones County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+74
2012
−441
2013
+173
2014
−188
2015
+156
2016
+34
2017
−101
2018
+38
2019
+218
2021
+374
2022
+481
2023
+492
2024
+25
2025
+95
Jones County, anchored by Anson on the rolling plains west of Abilene, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent elections, reflecting the heavily Republican pattern common to sparsely populated West Texas agricultural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 73.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.1 points.
A population of 20,304, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,464 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Childress County and Freestone 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, Jones County, Texas voted Republican by 73.1 points (R+73.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,947 votes cast, 907 went Democratic and 5,988 went Republican.
When did Jones County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jones County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Jones County, Texas?
Jones County, Texas has a population of 20,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jones County, Texas?
Median household income in Jones County, Texas is $59,464 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Jones County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jones County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
