Moore County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,3732024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,7622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 61.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cassia County, ID · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Moore CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Moore County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +71.2% |
| 1916 | +89.0% |
| 1920 | +76.5% |
| 1924 | +79.3% |
| 1928 | +17.5% |
| 1932 | +81.2% |
| 1936 | +84.9% |
| 1940 | +61.8% |
| 1944 | +49.2% |
| 1948 | +67.8% |
| 1952 | +5.1% |
| 1956 | +9.9% |
| 1960 | −22.8% |
| 1964 | +15.2% |
| 1968 | −20.4% |
| 1972 | −60.8% |
| 1976 | +0.1% |
| 1980 | −35.7% |
| 1984 | −60.7% |
| 1988 | −41.1% |
| 1992 | −32.5% |
| 1996 | −39.2% |
| 2000 | −59.8% |
| 2004 | −63.8% |
| 2008 | −58.1% |
| 2012 | −60.3% |
| 2016 | −54.5% |
| 2020 | −59.8% |
| 2024 | −67.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 860 | 4,458 | 5,370 | ||
| R | 1,062 | 4,359 | 5,517 | ||
| R | 1,098 | 3,977 | 5,284 | ||
| R | 964 | 3,968 | 4,985 | ||
| R | 1,123 | 4,282 | 5,437 | ||
| R | 1,009 | 4,601 | 5,628 | ||
| R | 1,040 | 4,201 | 5,290 | ||
| R | 1,358 | 3,353 | 5,083 | ||
| R | 1,361 | 3,147 | 5,498 | ||
| R | 1,537 | 3,710 | 5,281 | ||
| R | 1,129 | 4,649 | 5,796 | ||
| R | 1,743 | 3,736 | 5,583 | ||
| D | 2,767 | 2,759 | 5,575 | ||
| R | 863 | 3,620 | 4,538 | ||
| R | 1,359 | 2,378 | 4,996 | ||
| D | 2,393 | 1,762 | 4,159 | ||
| R | 1,547 | 2,463 | 4,025 | ||
| D | 2,219 | 1,820 | 4,049 | ||
| D | 2,114 | 1,909 | 4,035 | ||
| D | 1,748 | 323 | 2,101 | ||
| D | 999 | 313 | 1,394 | ||
| D | 959 | 224 | 1,189 | ||
| D | 583 | 47 | 631 | ||
| D | 549 | 56 | 607 | ||
| D | 124 | 87 | 211 | ||
| D | 82 | 9 | 92 | ||
| D | 101 | 13 | 115 | ||
| D | 103 | 6 | 109 | ||
| D | 57 | 5 | 73 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
5.8%
German
4.2%
Irish
3.1%
American
2.3%
French
0.9%
African American
3.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 31.2 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
$61,762
Moore County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Moore County$61,762
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Moore 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
18.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.4%
Working age (18–64)15.1%
Seniors (65+)14.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
47.3%
speak English only
Spanish46.0%
Other languages4.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Moore County's beef-packing and petrochemical economy anchors a heavily Hispanic yet reliably Republican electorate that delivered a 67-point margin in 2024, illustrating how the Rio Grande Valley realignment extends into the Panhandle's working-class towns.
Moore County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-nine points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,762, and a population of 21,373. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cassia County and Sherman County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Moore County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Moore County, Texas voted Republican by 67.0 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,370 votes cast, 860 went Democratic and 4,458 went Republican.
What is Moore County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Moore 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 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Moore County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Moore County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Moore County, Texas?
Moore County, Texas has a population of 21,373 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Moore County, Texas?
Median household income in Moore County, Texas is $61,762 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Moore County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Moore County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.