Lamar County, Texas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 50,6692024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,8802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Henderson County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lamar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lamar 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 | +75.4% |
| 1916 | +81.1% |
| 1920 | +62.4% |
| 1924 | +71.2% |
| 1928 | −14.3% |
| 1932 | +87.8% |
| 1936 | +89.5% |
| 1940 | +82.6% |
| 1944 | +71.7% |
| 1948 | +63.2% |
| 1952 | +16.9% |
| 1956 | +0.6% |
| 1960 | +12.3% |
| 1964 | +41.7% |
| 1968 | +11.3% |
| 1972 | −45.7% |
| 1976 | +31.8% |
| 1980 | +8.0% |
| 1984 | −25.4% |
| 1988 | −3.0% |
| 1992 | +3.4% |
| 1996 | −2.3% |
| 2000 | −27.4% |
| 2004 | −38.4% |
| 2008 | −42.0% |
| 2012 | −50.3% |
| 2016 | −58.7% |
| 2020 | −57.4% |
| 2024 | −60.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,079 | 17,044 | 21,285 | ||
| R | 4,458 | 16,760 | 21,442 | ||
| R | 3,583 | 14,561 | 18,714 | ||
| R | 4,181 | 12,826 | 17,197 | ||
| R | 5,243 | 12,952 | 18,362 | ||
| R | 5,338 | 12,054 | 17,470 | ||
| R | 5,553 | 9,775 | 15,430 | ||
| R | 6,075 | 6,393 | 13,722 | ||
| D | 6,328 | 5,778 | 16,243 | ||
| R | 7,553 | 8,021 | 15,598 | ||
| R | 5,504 | 9,273 | 14,820 | ||
| D | 7,178 | 6,094 | 13,490 | ||
| D | 8,601 | 4,443 | 13,076 | ||
| R | 2,865 | 7,736 | 10,652 | ||
| D | 4,635 | 3,395 | 10,933 | ||
| D | 6,303 | 2,594 | 8,905 | ||
| D | 5,084 | 3,964 | 9,076 | ||
| D | 4,202 | 4,154 | 8,381 | ||
| D | 5,524 | 3,929 | 9,453 | ||
| D | 6,306 | 1,018 | 8,365 | ||
| D | 6,283 | 725 | 7,747 | ||
| D | 8,038 | 761 | 8,805 | ||
| D | 5,621 | 308 | 5,939 | ||
| D | 5,911 | 375 | 6,307 | ||
| R | 2,163 | 2,887 | 5,058 | ||
| D | 458 | 73 | 541 | ||
| D | 3,765 | 639 | 5,006 | ||
| D | 3,412 | 309 | 3,824 | ||
| D | 2,286 | 206 | 2,758 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
16.7%
English
8.6%
Irish
5.7%
German
5.5%
Scottish
1.2%
French
0.6%
Italian
0.5%
African American
9.7%
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: 39.7 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
$61,880
Lamar County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lamar County$61,880
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Lamar 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
19.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.7%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)17.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.5%
speak English only
Spanish6.3%
Other Indo-European2.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lamar County's R+60.9 margin in 2024 reflects a pattern of accelerating Republican consolidation across northeast Texas, even as its population edges below 50,000 and Paris, the county seat, contends with long-term economic stagnation.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
A median household income of $61,880, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 50,669 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Henderson County and Upshur County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lamar County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lamar County, Texas voted Republican by 60.9 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,285 votes cast, 4,079 went Democratic and 17,044 went Republican.
What is Lamar County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Lamar County, Texas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 17 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lamar County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lamar County, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Lamar County, Texas?
Lamar County, Texas has a population of 50,669 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lamar County, Texas?
Median household income in Lamar County, Texas is $61,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Lamar County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lamar County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.