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
GroupLoving CountyTexasUnited States
English18.2%7.9%9.5%
German9.1%8.3%12.5%
Irish9.1%6.0%9.4%
French Canadian9.1%——
Welsh3.0%——
Chinese6.1%0.8%1.3%
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
Loving County
Texas
United States
Median age
86.2
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
81.9%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Loving County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$51,250
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.1%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
0.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Loving County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
63.6%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
57.6%
28.2%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
6.1%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
County context
Measure
Loving County
Texas
United States
Catholic
18.2%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.1%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.5%
45.2%
51.5%
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.
Loving County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 97 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Loving County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
8
23
1
32
25.0%
71.9%
R+46.9
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
0
31
0
31
0.0%
100.0%
R+100.0
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
1
18
0
19
5.3%
94.7%
R+89.5
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
1
14
0
15
6.7%
93.3%
R+86.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+100.0%
1912
No data
1916
No data
1920
No data
1924
+71.4%
1928
+25.0%
1932
+74.4%
1936
+59.5%
1940
+64.7%
1944
+50.0%
1948
+34.7%
1952
−49.5%
1956
−20.9%
1960
+4.2%
1964
+17.7%
1968
−6.2%
1972
−77.4%
1976
−14.0%
1980
−38.9%
1984
−56.2%
1988
−40.3%
1992
−11.5%
1996
−44.2%
2000
−60.9%
2004
−66.3%
2008
−69.6%
2012
−70.3%
2016
−83.1%
2020
−84.8%
2024
−78.4%
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
10.3%Harris10
88.7%Trump86
1.0%Stein1
R+78.4
D+6.5
R+76.9
97
All 3 candidates in 2024 · 1 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.7%86
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic10.3%10
Jill SteinIndependent1.0%1
R
6.1%Biden4
90.9%Trump60
3.0%Jorgensen2
R+84.8
R+1.8
R+89.3
66
R
6.2%Clinton4
89.2%Trump58
3.1%Stein2
R+83.1
R+12.8
R+85.2
65
R
14.1%Obama9
84.4%Romney54
1.6%Gray1
R+70.3
R+0.7
R+74.2
64
R
15.2%Obama12
84.8%McCain67
0.0%
R+69.6
R+3.4
R+76.9
79
R
15.0%Kerry12
81.3%Bush65
3.8%
R+66.3
R+5.4
R+63.8
80
R
18.6%Gore29
79.5%Bush124
0.6%Nader1
R+60.9
R+16.7
R+61.4
156
R
18.2%Clinton14
62.3%Dole48
19.5%Perot15
R+44.2
R+32.7
R+52.7
77
O
20.8%Clinton20
32.3%Bush31
46.9%Perot45
Perot +14.6
D+28.8
R+17.0
96
R
29.9%Dukakis23
70.1%Bush54
0.0%
R+40.3
D+15.9
R+32.5
77
R
21.9%Mondale16
78.1%Reagan57
0.0%
R+56.2
R+17.3
R+37.9
73
R
30.6%Carter22
69.4%Reagan50
0.0%
R+38.9
R+24.9
R+29.2
72
R
40.7%Carter35
54.7%Ford47
4.7%
R+14.0
D+63.5
R+16.0
86
R
11.3%McGovern7
88.7%Nixon55
0.0%
R+77.4
R+71.2
R+54.3
62
O
22.2%Humphrey18
28.4%Nixon23
49.4%
Wallace +21.0
R+23.9
R+5.5
81
D
58.2%Johnson46
40.5%Goldwater32
1.3%
D+17.7
D+13.5
R+4.9
79
D
48.4%Kennedy46
44.2%Nixon42
7.4%
D+4.2
D+25.1
D+4.0
95
R
39.6%Stevenson36
60.4%Eisenhower55
0.0%
R+20.9
D+28.6
R+5.5
91
R
25.3%Stevenson24
74.7%Eisenhower71
0.0%
R+49.5
R+84.2
R+38.7
95
D
65.3%Truman62
30.5%Dewey29
4.2%
D+34.7
R+15.3
D+30.3
95
D
71.4%Roosevelt60
21.4%Dewey18
7.1%
D+50.0
R+14.7
D+42.5
84
D
82.4%Roosevelt98
17.6%Willkie21
0.0%
D+64.7
D+5.2
D+54.8
119
D
72.4%Roosevelt118
12.9%Landon21
14.7%
D+59.5
R+14.9
D+35.2
163
D
87.0%Roosevelt187
12.6%Hoover27
0.5%
D+74.4
D+49.4
D+56.6
215
D
62.5%Smith10
37.5%Hoover6
0.0%
D+25.0
R+46.4
D+42.5
16
D
85.7%Davis12
14.3%Coolidge2
0.0%
D+71.4
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0.0%Taft0
0.0%
D+100.0
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D+109.6
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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
17.9%17
78.9%75
95
2020
R
7.7%5
89.2%58
65
2018
R
11.3%6
86.8%46
53
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Loving County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
112
2020
111
2022
109
2024
128
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +77 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Loving County, TX in Loving County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+11
2012
−9
2013
+20
2014
−17
2015
+29
2016
−4
2017
+19
2018
+10
2019
+20
2021
−4
2022
−7
2023
+1
2024
+1
2025
+7
Loving County's handful of registered voters — oil-patch workers and ranchers in a near-empty Permian Basin stretch — have delivered some of the most lopsided presidential margins in the country for over a decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 84.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.4 points.
A population of 33, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,250 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prairie County and Eureka 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, Loving County, Texas voted Republican by 78.4 points (R+78.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 97 votes cast, 10 went Democratic and 86 went Republican.
When did Loving County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Loving County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Loving County, Texas?
Loving County, Texas has a population of 33 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Loving County, Texas?
Median household income in Loving County, Texas is $51,250 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Loving County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Loving County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
