Lipscomb County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+80%. Republican peak: R+80 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,9182024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,5602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hutchinson County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lipscomb CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lipscomb County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +43.5% |
| 1916 | +44.7% |
| 1920 | −9.1% |
| 1924 | +2.6% |
| 1928 | −39.8% |
| 1932 | +40.6% |
| 1936 | +55.9% |
| 1940 | +26.7% |
| 1944 | +15.0% |
| 1948 | +29.9% |
| 1952 | −70.3% |
| 1956 | −39.9% |
| 1960 | −55.6% |
| 1964 | −12.9% |
| 1968 | −51.8% |
| 1972 | −76.4% |
| 1976 | −17.0% |
| 1980 | −58.0% |
| 1984 | −71.4% |
| 1988 | −49.0% |
| 1992 | −34.5% |
| 1996 | −38.1% |
| 2000 | −66.9% |
| 2004 | −72.0% |
| 2008 | −74.7% |
| 2012 | −79.2% |
| 2016 | −76.9% |
| 2020 | −79.4% |
| 2024 | −79.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 123 | 1,125 | 1,259 | ||
| R | 131 | 1,205 | 1,353 | ||
| R | 135 | 1,159 | 1,332 | ||
| R | 119 | 1,044 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 155 | 1,093 | 1,256 | ||
| R | 184 | 1,147 | 1,337 | ||
| R | 206 | 1,072 | 1,294 | ||
| R | 357 | 869 | 1,344 | ||
| R | 338 | 839 | 1,453 | ||
| R | 377 | 1,111 | 1,499 | ||
| R | 241 | 1,461 | 1,708 | ||
| R | 338 | 1,343 | 1,733 | ||
| R | 644 | 911 | 1,569 | ||
| R | 156 | 1,226 | 1,400 | ||
| R | 279 | 1,079 | 1,545 | ||
| R | 589 | 763 | 1,352 | ||
| R | 267 | 939 | 1,209 | ||
| R | 345 | 806 | 1,154 | ||
| R | 204 | 1,174 | 1,379 | ||
| D | 668 | 354 | 1,049 | ||
| D | 551 | 396 | 1,032 | ||
| D | 774 | 445 | 1,231 | ||
| D | 973 | 273 | 1,253 | ||
| D | 865 | 349 | 1,271 | ||
| R | 331 | 776 | 1,119 | ||
| D | 430 | 405 | 949 | ||
| R | 350 | 425 | 821 | ||
| D | 350 | 116 | 523 | ||
| D | 251 | 47 | 469 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.8%
English
7.7%
Irish
6.0%
American
4.5%
French
1.2%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
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: 36.3 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
$72,560
Lipscomb County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lipscomb County$72,560
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Lipscomb 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
11.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.7%
Working age (18–64)11.1%
Seniors (65+)4.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
69.9%
speak English only
Spanish28.7%
Other languages1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 8.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lipscomb County's sparse, ranching-dominated landscape anchors one of the most Republican-leaning electorates in the state, with fewer than 3,100 residents spread across 932 square miles of the northeastern Panhandle.
Lipscomb County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-six points in 1936. The 2024 margin was eighty points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $72,560, and a population of 2,918. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hutchinson County and Gray County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lipscomb County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lipscomb County, Texas voted Republican by 79.6 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,259 votes cast, 123 went Democratic and 1,125 went Republican.
What is Lipscomb County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Lipscomb 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 8 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lipscomb County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lipscomb County, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Lipscomb County, Texas?
Lipscomb County, Texas has a population of 2,918 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lipscomb County, Texas?
Median household income in Lipscomb County, Texas is $72,560 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Lipscomb County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lipscomb County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.