Marion County, Texas: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+53%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,7372024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,6722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Livingston County, KY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Marion CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Marion 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 | +55.2% |
| 1916 | +45.4% |
| 1920 | +3.4% |
| 1924 | +26.0% |
| 1928 | +18.2% |
| 1932 | +81.7% |
| 1936 | +75.4% |
| 1940 | +76.5% |
| 1944 | +60.7% |
| 1948 | +46.5% |
| 1952 | +5.0% |
| 1956 | −22.6% |
| 1960 | +9.6% |
| 1964 | +19.3% |
| 1968 | +21.8% |
| 1972 | −20.6% |
| 1976 | +18.0% |
| 1980 | +9.4% |
| 1984 | −5.0% |
| 1988 | +9.6% |
| 1992 | +21.2% |
| 1996 | +21.0% |
| 2000 | −4.8% |
| 2004 | −12.8% |
| 2008 | −21.7% |
| 2012 | −28.9% |
| 2016 | −42.9% |
| 2020 | −43.8% |
| 2024 | −52.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,101 | 3,577 | 4,714 | ||
| R | 1,339 | 3,470 | 4,864 | ||
| R | 1,165 | 2,983 | 4,238 | ||
| R | 1,495 | 2,733 | 4,282 | ||
| R | 1,644 | 2,567 | 4,252 | ||
| R | 1,884 | 2,441 | 4,348 | ||
| R | 1,852 | 2,039 | 3,930 | ||
| D | 2,028 | 1,260 | 3,657 | ||
| D | 2,156 | 1,245 | 4,288 | ||
| D | 2,255 | 1,857 | 4,129 | ||
| R | 2,111 | 2,336 | 4,463 | ||
| D | 2,015 | 1,666 | 3,730 | ||
| D | 1,860 | 1,291 | 3,167 | ||
| R | 1,106 | 1,680 | 2,790 | ||
| D | 1,260 | 637 | 2,854 | ||
| D | 1,372 | 927 | 2,303 | ||
| D | 904 | 742 | 1,691 | ||
| R | 709 | 1,126 | 1,848 | ||
| D | 970 | 877 | 1,849 | ||
| D | 703 | 200 | 1,082 | ||
| D | 1,057 | 219 | 1,381 | ||
| D | 1,253 | 167 | 1,420 | ||
| D | 919 | 129 | 1,048 | ||
| D | 861 | 84 | 951 | ||
| D | 640 | 443 | 1,083 | ||
| D | 620 | 347 | 1,051 | ||
| D | 430 | 392 | 1,130 | ||
| D | 445 | 166 | 614 | ||
| D | 339 | 85 | 460 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
30.0%
English
11.9%
Irish
10.3%
German
6.6%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.0%
African American
17.5%
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: 51.3 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
$49,672
Marion County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Marion County$49,672
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Marion 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
18.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1838.6%
Working age (18–64)14.7%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.1%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Marion County sits along the Caddo Lake shoreline in the Piney Woods, with a majority-minority population that nonetheless produces some of the state's widest Republican presidential margins — a pattern that has intensified over two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at eighty-two points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by five points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-three points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $49,672 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 18% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Livingston County and Ballard County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Marion County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marion County, Texas voted Republican by 52.5 points (R+53), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,714 votes cast, 1,101 went Democratic and 3,577 went Republican.
What is Marion County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Marion County, Texas in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to 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 19 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Marion County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marion County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Marion County, Texas?
Marion County, Texas has a population of 9,737 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marion County, Texas?
Median household income in Marion County, Texas is $49,672 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Marion County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marion County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.