Loving County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+78%. Republican peak: R+85 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,2502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+85 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rooks County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Loving CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Loving County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
Margin—
Turnout—
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 | 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
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10 | 86 | 97 | ||
| R | 4 | 60 | 66 | ||
| R | 4 | 58 | 65 | ||
| R | 9 | 54 | 64 | ||
| R | 12 | 67 | 79 | ||
| R | 12 | 65 | 80 | ||
| R | 29 | 124 | 156 | ||
| R | 14 | 48 | 77 | ||
| R | 20 | 31 | 96 | ||
| R | 23 | 54 | 77 | ||
| R | 16 | 57 | 73 | ||
| R | 22 | 50 | 72 | ||
| R | 35 | 47 | 86 | ||
| R | 7 | 55 | 62 | ||
| O | 18 | 23 | 81 | ||
| D | 46 | 32 | 79 | ||
| D | 46 | 42 | 95 | ||
| R | 36 | 55 | 91 | ||
| R | 24 | 71 | 95 | ||
| D | 62 | 29 | 95 | ||
| D | 60 | 18 | 84 | ||
| D | 98 | 21 | 119 | ||
| D | 118 | 21 | 163 | ||
| D | 187 | 27 | 215 | ||
| D | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||
| D | 12 | 2 | 14 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.2%
German
9.1%
Irish
9.1%
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: 86.2 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
$51,250
Loving County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Loving County$51,250
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Loving County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
6.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)0.0%
Seniors (65+)8.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
36.4%
speak English only
Spanish57.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander6.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Religious adherence data not available for this county.
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.
Loving County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-four points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-eight points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,250, and a population of 33. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rooks County and Smith County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Loving County, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/48301/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More new american counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Loving County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Loving County, Texas voted Republican by 78.4 points (R+78), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 97 votes cast, 10 went Democratic and 86 went Republican.
What is Loving County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Loving 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 9 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
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, 9 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.