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
GroupMotley CountyTexasUnited States
German16.0%8.3%12.5%
Irish13.2%6.0%9.4%
English7.7%7.9%9.5%
American5.3%4.6%5.3%
French4.1%1.5%1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.3%1.3%
Swedish1.2%——
Dutch1.1%——
Mexican5.9%32.1%11.3%
Spanish1.2%——
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
African American†5.3%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
Motley County
Texas
United States
Median age
52.3
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.6%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Motley County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$61,154
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.1%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.3%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Motley County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.5%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
6.4%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Motley County
Texas
United States
Catholic
7.1%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
47.7%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
35.7%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.5%
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.
Motley County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 650 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Motley County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
9
184
1
194
4.6%
94.8%
R+90.2
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
13
141
2
156
8.3%
90.4%
R+82.1
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
7
127
0
134
5.2%
94.8%
R+89.6
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
2
87
0
89
2.2%
97.8%
R+95.5
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
3
63
0
66
4.5%
95.5%
R+90.9
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
1
10
0
11
9.1%
90.9%
R+81.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+85.1%
1908
No data
1912
+74.9%
1916
+89.3%
1920
+78.0%
1924
+74.5%
1928
−12.6%
1932
+92.5%
1936
+86.1%
1940
+80.1%
1944
+68.1%
1948
+77.6%
1952
−13.6%
1956
+10.8%
1960
−4.4%
1964
+35.3%
1968
−1.6%
1972
−47.1%
1976
+9.8%
1980
−25.0%
1984
−30.6%
1988
−24.1%
1992
−23.2%
1996
−35.7%
2000
−61.7%
2004
−65.9%
2008
−76.6%
2012
−80.5%
2016
−85.5%
2020
−85.6%
2024
−88.8%
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
5.4%Harris35
94.2%Trump612
0.3%Oliver2 +1
R+88.8
R+3.2
R+87.3
650
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican94.2%612
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic5.4%35
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%2
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%1
R
7.1%Biden46
92.6%Trump604
0.3%Jorgensen2
R+85.6
R+0.1
R+90.0
652
R
6.5%Clinton40
92.0%Trump566
1.5%Johnson9
R+85.5
R+5.0
R+87.6
615
R
9.2%Obama55
89.7%Romney538
0.8%Gray5
R+80.5
R+3.9
R+84.4
600
R
11.3%Obama67
87.9%McCain522
0.8%
R+76.6
R+10.7
R+83.9
594
R
16.5%Kerry113
82.5%Bush564
1.0%
R+65.9
R+4.3
R+63.5
684
R
18.4%Gore118
80.1%Bush514
0.8%Nader5
R+61.7
R+26.0
R+62.2
642
R
27.1%Clinton164
62.8%Dole380
9.3%Perot56
R+35.7
R+12.5
R+44.2
605
R
31.3%Clinton256
54.5%Bush446
14.3%Perot117
R+23.2
D+0.9
R+28.8
819
R
37.9%Dukakis262
62.0%Bush429
0.1%
R+24.1
D+6.5
R+16.4
692
R
34.4%Mondale282
65.1%Reagan533
0.5%
R+30.6
R+5.7
R+12.4
819
R
36.7%Carter341
61.7%Reagan573
1.6%
R+25.0
R+34.8
R+15.2
929
D
54.3%Carter522
44.5%Ford428
1.1%
D+9.8
D+56.9
D+7.7
961
R
25.4%McGovern230
72.5%Nixon657
2.1%
R+47.1
R+45.5
R+24.0
906
R
35.9%Humphrey397
37.5%Nixon415
26.6%
R+1.6
R+36.9
R+0.9
1,107
D
67.5%Johnson678
32.3%Goldwater324
0.2%
D+35.3
D+39.7
D+12.7
1,004
R
47.1%Kennedy439
51.5%Nixon480
1.4%
R+4.4
R+15.2
R+4.6
932
D
55.2%Stevenson511
44.4%Eisenhower411
0.4%
D+10.8
D+24.4
D+26.2
926
R
43.1%Stevenson513
56.7%Eisenhower675
0.2%
R+13.6
R+91.2
R+2.9
1,190
D
85.9%Truman774
8.3%Dewey75
5.8%
D+77.6
D+9.5
D+73.1
901
D
79.6%Roosevelt744
11.4%Dewey107
9.0%
D+68.1
R+12.0
D+60.6
935
D
90.1%Roosevelt907
9.9%Willkie100
0.0%
D+80.1
R+5.9
D+70.2
1,007
D
92.9%Roosevelt867
6.9%Landon64
0.2%
D+86.1
R+6.5
D+61.8
933
D
96.2%Roosevelt900
3.6%Hoover34
0.2%
D+92.5
D+105.2
D+74.7
936
R
43.7%Smith349
56.3%Hoover450
0.0%
R+12.6
R+87.1
D+4.8
799
D
86.3%Davis453
11.8%Coolidge62
1.9%La Follette10
D+74.5
R+3.5
D+99.7
525
D
88.2%Cox345
10.2%Harding40
1.5%
D+78.0
R+11.3
D+104.2
391
D
91.4%Wilson393
2.1%Hughes9
6.5%
D+89.3
D+14.4
D+86.2
430
D
78.1%Wilson193
3.2%Taft8
18.6%
D+74.9
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D
88.8%Parker239
3.7%Roosevelt10
7.4%
D+85.1
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D+104.8
269
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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
6.4%41
92.2%592
642
2020
R
6.9%44
92.6%591
638
2018
R
7.6%40
91.7%483
527
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Motley County, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
870
2020
859
2022
822
2024
849
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+54 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +117 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $47,346 in average income, against $58,117 for residents who stayed — 19% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Motley County, TX in Motley County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7
2012
+5
2013
−3
2014
−28
2015
+4
2016
+32
2017
+64
2018
+8
2019
−28
2021
+24
2022
−21
2023
+4
2024
−5
2025
+54
Motley County sits deep in the Rolling Plains with roughly 1,400 residents, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+88.8 reflects the lopsided partisanship typical of sparsely settled West Texas ranching communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 88.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 88.8 points.
A population of 1,183, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,154 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ellis County and Comanche 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, Motley County, Texas voted Republican by 88.8 points (R+88.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 650 votes cast, 35 went Democratic and 612 went Republican.
When did Motley County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Motley County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Motley County, Texas?
Motley County, Texas has a population of 1,183 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Motley County, Texas?
Median household income in Motley County, Texas is $61,154 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Motley County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Motley County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
