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
GroupMartin CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican43.6%32.1%11.3%
Spanish1.9%——
Cuban1.1%0.5%0.7%
Salvadoran0.4%1.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Irish7.7%6.0%9.4%
English7.6%7.9%9.5%
German4.6%8.3%12.5%
American2.9%4.6%5.3%
French2.2%1.5%1.6%
Scottish1.6%1.3%1.3%
Russian0.4%——
Scotch-Irish0.2%——
African American†2.8%10.3%9.9%
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
Martin County
Texas
United States
Median age
37.3
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.9%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Martin County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$93,734
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.9%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Martin County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
31.6%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
29.7%
28.2%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.8%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Martin County
Texas
United States
Catholic
20.2%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
33.6%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
39.0%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.2%
4.5%
5.2%
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.
Martin County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 2,086 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Martin County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
76
483
4
563
13.5%
85.8%
R+72.3
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
41
440
3
484
8.5%
90.9%
R+82.4
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
70
305
4
379
18.5%
80.5%
R+62.0
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
40
336
3
379
10.6%
88.7%
R+78.1
Precinct -Precinct 3APrecinct 3A
8
134
0
142
5.6%
94.4%
R+88.7
Precinct -Precinct 4APrecinct 4A
12
127
0
139
8.6%
91.4%
R+82.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+74.2%
1908
+78.4%
1912
+88.3%
1916
+68.9%
1920
+58.9%
1924
+55.2%
1928
−21.5%
1932
+87.4%
1936
+82.6%
1940
+76.9%
1944
+63.6%
1948
+80.6%
1952
+25.7%
1956
+47.7%
1960
+40.0%
1964
+37.8%
1968
+2.4%
1972
−52.1%
1976
+12.9%
1980
−28.4%
1984
−40.6%
1988
−23.3%
1992
−17.4%
1996
−18.6%
2000
−56.7%
2004
−67.8%
2008
−62.7%
2012
−69.0%
2016
−67.5%
2020
−72.6%
2024
−75.8%
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
11.9%Harris247
87.6%Trump1,825
0.3%Oliver7 +1
R+75.8
R+3.1
R+74.3
2,083
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.6%1,825
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.9%247
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%7
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%4
R
13.3%Biden288
86.0%Trump1,857
0.6%Jorgensen13
R+72.6
R+5.2
R+77.1
2,160
R
15.1%Clinton266
82.6%Trump1,455
1.8%Johnson31
R+67.5
D+1.5
R+69.6
1,762
R
15.3%Obama248
84.2%Romney1,368
0.5%Gray8
R+69.0
R+6.3
R+72.8
1,624
R
18.3%Obama314
81.0%McCain1,389
0.7%
R+62.7
D+5.2
R+70.0
1,715
R
15.9%Kerry288
83.8%Bush1,514
0.3%
R+67.8
R+11.2
R+65.4
1,807
R
21.3%Gore415
78.0%Bush1,520
0.3%Nader6
R+56.7
R+38.1
R+57.2
1,949
R
36.3%Clinton643
54.9%Dole973
7.9%Perot140
R+18.6
R+1.3
R+27.1
1,773
R
32.2%Clinton641
49.6%Bush986
17.9%Perot356
R+17.4
D+6.0
R+22.9
1,988
R
38.3%Dukakis632
61.6%Bush1,017
0.1%
R+23.3
D+17.3
R+15.6
1,651
R
29.4%Mondale512
70.0%Reagan1,218
0.6%
R+40.6
R+12.1
R+22.4
1,740
R
35.3%Carter605
63.7%Reagan1,093
1.0%
R+28.4
R+41.4
R+18.7
1,716
D
56.1%Carter907
43.1%Ford698
0.8%
D+12.9
D+65.0
D+10.9
1,618
R
23.1%McGovern287
75.2%Nixon935
1.7%
R+52.1
R+54.5
R+29.0
1,243
O
29.7%Humphrey373
27.3%Nixon343
42.9%
Wallace +13.2
R+35.4
D+3.1
1,255
D
68.8%Johnson892
31.0%Goldwater402
0.2%
D+37.8
R+2.2
D+15.2
1,297
D
69.1%Kennedy831
29.1%Nixon350
1.8%
D+40.0
R+7.7
D+39.8
1,203
D
73.6%Stevenson903
25.9%Eisenhower318
0.5%
D+47.7
D+22.0
D+63.1
1,227
D
62.8%Stevenson952
37.1%Eisenhower562
0.1%
D+25.7
R+54.9
D+36.5
1,516
D
87.7%Truman945
7.1%Dewey77
5.1%
D+80.6
D+17.0
D+76.1
1,077
D
76.9%Roosevelt758
13.3%Dewey131
9.8%
D+63.6
R+13.3
D+56.1
986
D
88.4%Roosevelt1,044
11.5%Willkie136
0.1%
D+76.9
R+5.7
D+66.9
1,181
D
90.7%Roosevelt775
8.2%Landon70
1.1%
D+82.6
R+4.8
D+58.3
854
D
93.3%Roosevelt694
5.9%Hoover44
0.8%
D+87.4
D+108.9
D+69.6
744
R
39.2%Smith213
60.8%Hoover330
0.0%
R+21.5
R+76.7
R+4.1
543
D
76.8%Davis327
21.6%Coolidge92
1.6%La Follette7
D+55.2
R+3.7
D+80.3
426
D
77.7%Cox136
18.9%Harding33
3.4%
D+58.9
R+10.1
D+85.0
175
D
77.6%Wilson125
8.7%Hughes14
13.7%
D+68.9
R+19.4
D+65.8
161
D
91.2%Wilson125
2.9%Taft4
5.8%
D+88.3
D+9.9
D+68.8
137
D
88.6%Bryan234
10.2%Taft27
1.1%
D+78.4
D+4.2
D+88.0
264
D
86.4%Parker171
12.1%Roosevelt24
1.5%
D+74.2
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D+93.9
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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
12.8%264
85.0%1,756
2,067
2020
R
12.5%263
85.7%1,811
2,112
2018
R
15.6%243
83.5%1,297
1,554
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Martin County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,128
2018
3,253
2020
3,467
2022
3,350
2024
3,497
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−11 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +275 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $104,951 in average income, against $230,565 for residents who stayed — 54% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+60.5 on average — 15 points more Democratic-leaning than Martin County, TX itself (R+75.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Midland County, TX61R+60.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Midland County, TX53
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Martin County, TX in Martin County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+42
2012
+32
2013
+223
2014
+102
2015
+109
2016
−91
2017
−147
2018
+124
2019
+57
2021
−62
2022
−11
2023
−45
2024
−47
2025
−11
Martin County, anchored by the small city of Stanton in the Permian Basin, recorded an R+75.8 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deeply conservative lean common to rural West Texas oil-patch communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 75.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 75.8 points.
A population of 5,218, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,734 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ochiltree County and Kearny 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, Martin County, Texas voted Republican by 75.8 points (R+75.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,083 votes cast, 247 went Democratic and 1,825 went Republican.
When did Martin County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Martin County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Martin County, Texas?
Martin County, Texas has a population of 5,218 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Martin County, Texas?
Median household income in Martin County, Texas is $93,734 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Martin County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Martin County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
