Panola County, Texas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,7262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,8942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Henderson County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Panola CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Panola 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 | +73.4% |
| 1916 | +77.3% |
| 1920 | +49.3% |
| 1924 | +88.2% |
| 1928 | +51.4% |
| 1932 | +95.2% |
| 1936 | +91.6% |
| 1940 | +88.2% |
| 1944 | +75.3% |
| 1948 | +53.1% |
| 1952 | +16.4% |
| 1956 | −6.5% |
| 1960 | −1.7% |
| 1964 | −3.9% |
| 1968 | +2.1% |
| 1972 | −48.0% |
| 1976 | +7.4% |
| 1980 | −5.0% |
| 1984 | −28.1% |
| 1988 | −5.9% |
| 1992 | +5.1% |
| 1996 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | −32.7% |
| 2004 | −40.6% |
| 2008 | −48.9% |
| 2012 | −56.1% |
| 2016 | −63.5% |
| 2020 | −63.4% |
| 2024 | −66.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,905 | 9,500 | 11,458 | ||
| R | 2,057 | 9,326 | 11,458 | ||
| R | 1,835 | 8,445 | 10,416 | ||
| R | 2,211 | 7,950 | 10,230 | ||
| R | 2,586 | 7,582 | 10,216 | ||
| R | 2,958 | 7,021 | 10,007 | ||
| R | 3,011 | 5,975 | 9,074 | ||
| D | 4,168 | 4,008 | 8,988 | ||
| D | 3,950 | 3,473 | 9,332 | ||
| R | 4,123 | 4,642 | 8,780 | ||
| R | 3,179 | 5,676 | 8,885 | ||
| R | 3,637 | 4,022 | 7,747 | ||
| D | 3,731 | 3,218 | 6,977 | ||
| R | 1,511 | 4,324 | 5,864 | ||
| O | 1,711 | 1,586 | 5,947 | ||
| R | 2,608 | 2,818 | 5,437 | ||
| R | 2,187 | 2,264 | 4,518 | ||
| R | 2,225 | 2,538 | 4,836 | ||
| D | 2,897 | 2,080 | 4,982 | ||
| D | 1,751 | 256 | 2,818 | ||
| D | 2,106 | 221 | 2,502 | ||
| D | 2,871 | 179 | 3,052 | ||
| D | 2,425 | 95 | 2,543 | ||
| D | 2,630 | 50 | 2,709 | ||
| D | 1,312 | 420 | 1,735 | ||
| D | 2,088 | 119 | 2,233 | ||
| D | 1,086 | 268 | 1,659 | ||
| D | 1,228 | 125 | 1,426 | ||
| D | 1,203 | 82 | 1,527 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
21.1%
English
13.6%
Irish
11.5%
German
8.7%
French
3.2%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.4%
African American
9.0%
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: 40.9 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
$64,894
Panola County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Panola County$64,894
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Panola 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
11.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.7%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)8.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.5%
speak English only
Spanish8.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.1%
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 38.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Panola County sits in East Texas's forested Sabine River corridor, where an economy built on timber and natural gas has accompanied decades of increasingly lopsided Republican margins, reaching R+66 in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-six points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
A median household income of $64,894, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 22,726 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Henderson County and Upshur County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Panola County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Panola County, Texas voted Republican by 66.3 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,458 votes cast, 1,905 went Democratic and 9,500 went Republican.
What is Panola County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Panola County, Texas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably 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 14 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Panola County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Panola County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Panola County, Texas?
Panola County, Texas has a population of 22,726 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Panola County, Texas?
Median household income in Panola County, Texas is $64,894 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Panola County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Panola County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.