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
GroupKnox CountyTexasUnited States
German11.9%8.3%12.5%
English8.6%7.9%9.5%
American8.3%4.6%5.3%
Irish8.0%6.0%9.4%
Scottish2.3%1.3%1.3%
Dutch0.9%——
Scotch-Irish0.8%——
Polish0.5%0.8%2.2%
Mexican30.8%32.1%11.3%
Spanish1.0%——
Venezuelan0.5%——
Cuban0.2%0.5%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%1.2%0.7%
African American†3.4%10.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
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
Knox County
Texas
United States
Median age
41.2
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Knox County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$56,667
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.7%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.5%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Knox County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.6%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
21.1%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Knox County
Texas
United States
Catholic
12.2%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
47.6%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
24.6%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.0%
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.
Knox County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 1,376 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Knox County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
64
320
3
387
16.5%
82.7%
R+66.1
Precinct -Precinct 401Precinct 401
64
295
1
360
17.8%
81.9%
R+64.2
Precinct -Precinct 301Precinct 301
57
266
2
325
17.5%
81.8%
R+64.3
Precinct -Precinct 202Precinct 202
21
140
0
161
13.0%
87.0%
R+73.9
Precinct -Precinct 201Precinct 201
7
102
0
109
6.4%
93.6%
R+87.2
Precinct -Precinct 302Precinct 302
1
33
0
34
2.9%
97.1%
R+94.1
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+69.3%
1908
+76.7%
1912
+71.4%
1916
+77.7%
1920
+59.6%
1924
+48.8%
1928
−11.7%
1932
+87.8%
1936
+82.6%
1940
+74.1%
1944
+76.1%
1948
+81.4%
1952
+20.2%
1956
+20.3%
1960
+30.3%
1964
+60.2%
1968
+30.2%
1972
−28.3%
1976
+46.0%
1980
+19.3%
1984
−5.4%
1988
+13.9%
1992
+18.3%
1996
+12.1%
2000
−20.9%
2004
−39.8%
2008
−45.2%
2012
−54.8%
2016
−60.8%
2020
−62.8%
2024
−68.5%
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
15.6%Harris214
84.0%Trump1,156
0.4%Stein5 +1
R+68.5
R+5.7
R+67.0
1,376
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.0%1,156
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic15.6%214
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%5
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%1
R
18.2%Biden265
81.0%Trump1,180
0.5%Jorgensen7
R+62.8
R+2.0
R+67.3
1,457
R
18.1%Clinton247
78.9%Trump1,078
2.0%Johnson28
R+60.8
R+6.0
R+62.9
1,367
R
22.0%Obama332
76.8%Romney1,160
1.1%Gray17
R+54.8
R+9.6
R+58.7
1,510
R
26.8%Obama367
72.1%McCain986
1.1%
R+45.2
R+5.5
R+52.5
1,368
R
29.9%Kerry464
69.7%Bush1,081
0.5%
R+39.8
R+18.8
R+37.3
1,552
R
39.1%Gore617
60.1%Bush947
0.5%Nader8
R+20.9
R+33.0
R+21.5
1,576
D
51.1%Clinton785
39.0%Dole599
9.7%Perot149
D+12.1
R+6.2
D+3.6
1,537
D
47.1%Clinton854
28.7%Bush521
24.1%Perot438
D+18.3
D+4.4
D+12.8
1,815
D
56.8%Dukakis1,013
42.9%Bush765
0.2%
D+13.9
D+19.3
D+21.6
1,782
R
47.2%Mondale921
52.6%Reagan1,027
0.2%
R+5.4
R+24.7
D+12.8
1,952
D
59.1%Carter1,163
39.8%Reagan783
1.1%
D+19.3
R+26.7
D+29.0
1,968
D
72.7%Carter1,498
26.7%Ford551
0.5%
D+46.0
D+74.3
D+43.9
2,060
R
35.4%McGovern638
63.8%Nixon1,148
0.8%
R+28.3
R+58.5
R+5.2
1,800
D
57.5%Humphrey1,222
27.3%Nixon580
15.3%
D+30.2
R+30.0
D+30.9
2,127
D
80.0%Johnson1,773
19.8%Goldwater439
0.2%
D+60.2
D+29.9
D+37.6
2,216
D
65.1%Kennedy1,365
34.7%Nixon729
0.2%
D+30.3
D+10.0
D+30.2
2,098
D
60.1%Stevenson1,262
39.8%Eisenhower835
0.1%
D+20.3
D+0.1
D+35.7
2,100
D
60.1%Stevenson1,556
39.9%Eisenhower1,033
0.0%
D+20.2
R+61.2
D+31.0
2,590
D
89.2%Truman1,792
7.8%Dewey157
2.9%
D+81.4
D+5.4
D+76.9
2,008
D
83.3%Roosevelt1,785
7.3%Dewey156
9.4%
D+76.1
D+2.0
D+68.6
2,142
D
87.0%Roosevelt1,699
13.0%Willkie253
0.0%
D+74.1
R+8.5
D+64.1
1,952
D
91.1%Roosevelt1,823
8.6%Landon171
0.3%
D+82.6
R+5.2
D+58.3
2,000
D
93.8%Roosevelt1,600
6.0%Hoover102
0.2%
D+87.8
D+99.5
D+70.0
1,706
R
44.0%Smith784
55.7%Hoover992
0.3%
R+11.7
R+60.5
D+5.8
1,781
D
72.3%Davis1,399
23.5%Coolidge455
4.2%La Follette81
D+48.8
R+10.8
D+74.0
1,935
D
75.0%Cox773
15.4%Harding159
9.5%
D+59.6
R+18.1
D+85.8
1,030
D
83.8%Wilson884
6.1%Hughes64
10.1%
D+77.7
D+6.3
D+74.6
1,055
D
75.1%Wilson643
3.7%Taft32
21.1%
D+71.4
R+5.4
D+51.8
856
D
86.7%Bryan798
10.0%Taft92
3.3%
D+76.7
D+7.5
D+86.3
920
D
81.7%Parker441
12.4%Roosevelt67
5.9%
D+69.3
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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
18.3%249
80.4%1,096
1,364
2020
R
18.4%263
80.2%1,147
1,430
2018
R
21.0%229
78.2%855
1,093
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Knox County, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
2,439
2020
2,391
2022
2,176
2024
2,230
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−41 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −116 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,557 in average income, against $56,053 for residents who stayed — 22% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Knox County, TX in Knox County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
0
2012
+4
2013
−2
2014
+68
2015
−13
2016
−51
2017
−37
2018
−18
2019
−6
2021
−9
2022
−2
2023
+43
2024
−52
2025
−41
Knox County's sparse population — anchored by the small city of Benjamin — delivered a 68.5-point Republican margin in 2024, typical of the deeply conservative rural ranching counties stretching across the Rolling Plains of northwest Texas.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 68.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.5 points.
A population of 3,307, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,667 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dickens County and Hardeman 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, Knox County, Texas voted Republican by 68.5 points (R+68.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,376 votes cast, 214 went Democratic and 1,156 went Republican.
When did Knox County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Knox County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Knox County, Texas?
Knox County, Texas has a population of 3,307 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Knox County, Texas?
Median household income in Knox County, Texas is $56,667 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Knox County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Knox County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
