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
GroupKent CountyTexasUnited States
English11.2%7.9%9.5%
Irish8.0%6.0%9.4%
Scottish6.4%1.3%1.3%
American5.7%4.6%5.3%
German4.5%8.3%12.5%
Czech1.8%——
Scotch-Irish1.2%——
Dutch0.5%——
Mexican13.8%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.8%1.8%
African American†1.0%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
Kent County
Texas
United States
Median age
60
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
37.3%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kent County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$72,889
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.3%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kent County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.5%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
9.5%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kent County
Texas
United States
Catholic
6.6%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
76.0%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
11.6%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.8%
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.
Kent County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 446 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Kent County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
17
106
4
127
13.4%
83.5%
R+70.1
Precinct -Precinct 202Precinct 202
4
86
0
90
4.4%
95.6%
R+91.1
Precinct -Precinct 401Precinct 401
13
75
0
88
14.8%
85.2%
R+70.5
Precinct -Precinct 301Precinct 301
8
60
1
69
11.6%
87.0%
R+75.4
Precinct -Precinct 302Precinct 302
4
36
1
41
9.8%
87.8%
R+78.0
Precinct -Precinct 201Precinct 201
4
27
0
31
12.9%
87.1%
R+74.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+86.8%
1908
+81.6%
1912
+69.9%
1916
+87.9%
1920
+59.7%
1924
+64.6%
1928
−38.0%
1932
+91.7%
1936
+89.0%
1940
+79.9%
1944
+82.2%
1948
+83.5%
1952
+34.0%
1956
+37.7%
1960
+41.0%
1964
+66.1%
1968
+25.2%
1972
−35.2%
1976
+46.8%
1980
+1.7%
1984
−13.4%
1988
+18.4%
1992
+15.7%
1996
+14.2%
2000
−30.0%
2004
−46.7%
2008
−54.2%
2012
−66.4%
2016
−69.4%
2020
−78.8%
2024
−76.4%
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
11.2%Harris50
87.6%Trump390
1.1%Oliver5
R+76.4
D+2.4
R+74.9
445
All 3 candidates in 2024 · 1 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.6%390
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.2%50
Chase OliverLibertarian1.1%5
R
10.2%Biden47
89.0%Trump411
0.9%
R+78.8
R+9.4
R+83.2
462
R
13.6%Clinton59
82.9%Trump360
3.2%Johnson14
R+69.4
R+2.9
R+71.4
434
R
16.3%Obama66
82.7%Romney335
0.7%Gray3
R+66.4
R+12.2
R+70.3
405
R
22.1%Obama99
76.3%McCain342
1.6%
R+54.2
R+7.5
R+61.5
448
R
26.4%Kerry138
73.2%Bush382
0.4%
R+46.7
R+16.7
R+44.3
522
R
34.5%Gore185
64.6%Bush346
0.9%
R+30.0
R+44.2
R+30.6
536
D
50.5%Clinton260
36.3%Dole187
13.0%Perot67
D+14.2
R+1.6
D+5.7
515
D
44.4%Clinton271
28.7%Bush175
26.7%Perot163
D+15.7
R+2.7
D+10.2
610
D
59.1%Dukakis398
40.7%Bush274
0.3%
D+18.4
D+31.8
D+26.1
674
R
43.0%Mondale253
56.5%Reagan332
0.5%
R+13.4
R+15.2
D+4.8
588
D
50.6%Carter351
48.8%Reagan339
0.6%
D+1.7
R+45.1
D+11.5
694
D
73.3%Carter474
26.4%Ford171
0.3%
D+46.8
D+82.0
D+44.8
647
R
32.4%McGovern223
67.6%Nixon465
0.0%
R+35.2
R+60.4
R+12.0
688
D
47.8%Humphrey303
22.6%Nixon143
29.7%
D+25.2
R+40.8
D+25.9
634
D
83.0%Johnson563
17.0%Goldwater115
0.0%
D+66.1
D+25.1
D+43.5
678
D
70.3%Kennedy491
29.4%Nixon205
0.3%
D+41.0
D+3.2
D+40.8
698
D
68.7%Stevenson519
31.0%Eisenhower234
0.3%
D+37.7
D+3.8
D+53.2
755
D
66.9%Stevenson526
33.0%Eisenhower259
0.1%
D+34.0
R+49.6
D+44.7
786
D
89.7%Truman479
6.2%Dewey33
4.1%
D+83.5
D+1.3
D+79.0
534
D
86.9%Roosevelt572
4.7%Dewey31
8.4%
D+82.2
D+2.3
D+74.7
658
D
89.9%Roosevelt712
10.0%Willkie79
0.1%
D+79.9
R+9.1
D+70.0
792
D
94.5%Roosevelt533
5.5%Landon31
0.0%
D+89.0
R+2.6
D+64.7
564
D
95.6%Roosevelt561
3.9%Hoover23
0.5%
D+91.7
D+129.7
D+73.9
587
R
31.0%Smith163
69.0%Hoover363
0.0%
R+38.0
R+102.6
R+20.6
526
D
81.4%Davis386
16.9%Coolidge80
1.7%La Follette8
D+64.6
D+4.8
D+89.7
474
D
75.6%Cox214
15.9%Harding45
8.5%
D+59.7
R+28.1
D+85.9
283
D
88.7%Wilson212
0.8%Hughes2
10.5%
D+87.9
D+17.9
D+84.7
239
D
73.8%Wilson135
3.8%Taft7
22.4%
D+69.9
R+11.6
D+50.4
183
D
89.4%Bryan194
7.8%Taft17
2.8%
D+81.6
R+5.3
D+91.1
217
D
90.7%Parker186
3.9%Roosevelt8
5.4%
D+86.8
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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
12.9%58
85.5%383
448
2020
R
11.9%53
86.7%386
445
2018
R
12.9%44
85.7%293
342
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Kent County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
616
2018
589
2020
592
2022
588
2024
599
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−12 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −37 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kent County, TX in Kent County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+6
2012
+18
2013
−38
2014
−27
2015
+4
2016
+1
2017
+15
2018
−29
2019
+39
2021
−1
2022
+8
2023
−1
2024
−20
2025
−12
With fewer than 900 residents spread across the Rolling Plains, Kent County has recorded Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent cycles, making it a reliable benchmark for measuring deep-rural Texas voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 78.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.4 points.
A population of 734, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,889 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stonewall County and Fannin 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, Kent County, Texas voted Republican by 76.4 points (R+76.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 445 votes cast, 50 went Democratic and 390 went Republican.
When did Kent County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kent County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Kent County, Texas?
Kent County, Texas has a population of 734 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kent County, Texas?
Median household income in Kent County, Texas is $72,889 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Kent County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kent County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
