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
GroupOchiltree CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican51.8%32.1%11.3%
Guatemalan2.7%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.8%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
German10.3%8.3%12.5%
English7.5%7.9%9.5%
American3.9%4.6%5.3%
Irish3.1%6.0%9.4%
French1.5%1.5%1.6%
Dutch1.2%——
Scottish0.6%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
Muscogee (Creek)0.8%——
Aztec0.3%——
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
Ochiltree County
Texas
United States
Median age
33.3
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.7%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ochiltree County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$70,183
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ochiltree County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
49.5%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
46.3%
28.2%
13.6%
Other languages
2.9%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ochiltree County
Texas
United States
Catholic
22.5%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.9%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
22.9%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
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.
Ochiltree County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 3,010 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Ochiltree County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
82
1,026
5
1,113
7.4%
92.2%
R+84.8
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
75
759
10
844
8.9%
89.9%
R+81.0
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
66
563
1
630
10.5%
89.4%
R+78.9
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
46
375
2
423
10.9%
88.7%
R+77.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+46.0%
1908
No data
1912
+83.8%
1916
+68.6%
1920
+34.9%
1924
+35.1%
1928
−34.6%
1932
+70.8%
1936
+79.4%
1940
+61.0%
1944
+42.5%
1948
+48.6%
1952
−60.9%
1956
−40.1%
1960
−56.3%
1964
−32.7%
1968
−56.7%
1972
−80.0%
1976
−38.7%
1980
−65.9%
1984
−78.5%
1988
−66.8%
1992
−52.4%
1996
−64.1%
2000
−82.2%
2004
−84.1%
2008
−83.9%
2012
−82.4%
2016
−78.4%
2020
−79.5%
2024
−81.5%
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
8.9%Harris269
90.5%Trump2,723
0.4%Oliver12 +2
R+81.5
R+2.0
R+80.1
3,010
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican90.5%2,723
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic8.9%269
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%12
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%4
OtherAll other candidates0.1%2
R
9.6%Biden302
89.1%Trump2,812
1.2%Jorgensen37
R+79.5
R+1.1
R+84.0
3,156
R
9.1%Clinton274
87.5%Trump2,628
2.5%Johnson75
R+78.4
D+4.0
R+80.5
3,002
R
8.5%Obama253
90.8%Romney2,719
0.5%Gray15
R+82.4
D+1.5
R+86.2
2,993
R
7.8%Obama243
91.7%McCain2,851
0.5%
R+83.9
D+0.2
R+91.2
3,109
R
7.9%Kerry251
92.0%Bush2,922
0.1%
R+84.1
R+1.8
R+81.6
3,177
R
8.5%Gore251
90.7%Bush2,687
0.6%Nader19
R+82.2
R+18.2
R+82.8
2,962
R
15.1%Clinton467
79.2%Dole2,448
5.4%Perot167
R+64.1
R+11.7
R+72.6
3,091
R
15.7%Clinton557
68.1%Bush2,419
16.2%Perot576
R+52.4
D+14.4
R+58.0
3,554
R
16.5%Dukakis579
83.3%Bush2,928
0.3%
R+66.8
D+11.7
R+59.1
3,517
R
10.7%Mondale419
89.1%Reagan3,492
0.2%
R+78.5
R+12.6
R+60.2
3,917
R
16.0%Carter594
81.9%Reagan3,032
2.1%
R+65.9
R+27.2
R+56.1
3,702
R
30.2%Carter1,084
68.9%Ford2,471
0.9%
R+38.7
D+41.4
R+40.7
3,587
R
9.3%McGovern298
89.4%Nixon2,861
1.3%
R+80.0
R+23.3
R+56.9
3,202
R
13.8%Humphrey432
70.5%Nixon2,208
15.7%
R+56.7
R+24.0
R+56.0
3,132
R
33.6%Johnson920
66.3%Goldwater1,814
0.1%
R+32.7
D+23.7
R+55.2
2,737
R
21.8%Kennedy521
78.1%Nixon1,870
0.1%
R+56.3
R+16.3
R+56.5
2,394
R
29.4%Stevenson512
69.5%Eisenhower1,209
1.1%
R+40.1
D+20.8
R+24.7
1,740
R
19.5%Stevenson426
80.4%Eisenhower1,755
0.1%
R+60.9
R+109.5
R+50.1
2,183
D
73.2%Truman1,025
24.6%Dewey344
2.3%
D+48.6
D+6.1
D+44.1
1,401
D
65.9%Roosevelt863
23.5%Dewey307
10.6%
D+42.5
R+18.5
D+35.0
1,309
D
80.5%Roosevelt1,213
19.5%Willkie294
0.0%
D+61.0
R+18.4
D+51.0
1,507
D
88.0%Roosevelt1,111
8.6%Landon109
3.3%
D+79.4
D+8.6
D+55.1
1,262
D
85.0%Roosevelt1,097
14.2%Hoover183
0.9%
D+70.8
D+105.4
D+53.0
1,291
R
32.7%Smith270
67.3%Hoover556
0.0%
R+34.6
R+69.7
R+17.2
826
D
62.6%Davis352
27.6%Coolidge155
9.8%La Follette55
D+35.1
D+0.1
D+60.2
562
D
67.5%Cox280
32.5%Harding135
0.0%
D+34.9
R+33.7
D+61.1
415
D
82.9%Wilson238
14.3%Hughes41
2.8%
D+68.6
R+15.1
D+65.5
287
D
83.8%Wilson93
0.0%Taft0
16.2%
D+83.8
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D+64.2
111
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D
59.1%Parker81
13.1%Roosevelt18
27.7%
D+46.0
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D+65.7
137
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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
9.3%280
89.1%2,669
2,996
2020
R
9.0%278
89.6%2,783
3,105
2018
R
9.5%229
89.5%2,159
2,413
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Ochiltree County, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
5,217
2020
5,192
2022
5,135
2024
5,201
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−275 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,542 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,731 in average income, against $89,799 for residents who stayed — 44% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Randall County, TX25
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 Ochiltree County, TX in Ochiltree County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+125
2012
+66
2013
+17
2014
−117
2015
−127
2016
−559
2017
−356
2018
−216
2019
−100
2021
−228
2022
−270
2023
−173
2024
−329
2025
−275
Ochiltree County, anchored by the small city of Perryton, posted an R+81.5 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in Texas. Its economy centers on agriculture and oil, and its population has hovered near 9,000 for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 84.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 81.5 points.
A population of 9,786, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,183 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Texas County and Hansford 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, Ochiltree County, Texas voted Republican by 81.5 points (R+81.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,010 votes cast, 269 went Democratic and 2,723 went Republican.
When did Ochiltree County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ochiltree County, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Ochiltree County, Texas?
Ochiltree County, Texas has a population of 9,786 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ochiltree County, Texas?
Median household income in Ochiltree County, Texas is $70,183 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Ochiltree County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ochiltree County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
