Rains County, Texas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,7752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,4132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- San Jacinto County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Rains CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Rains County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +49.1% |
| 1916 | +50.4% |
| 1920 | +34.6% |
| 1924 | +68.1% |
| 1928 | +45.5% |
| 1932 | +91.0% |
| 1936 | +82.7% |
| 1940 | +62.2% |
| 1944 | +53.6% |
| 1948 | +66.5% |
| 1952 | +8.1% |
| 1956 | +10.2% |
| 1960 | +25.8% |
| 1964 | +53.2% |
| 1968 | +18.1% |
| 1972 | −23.7% |
| 1976 | +44.7% |
| 1980 | +17.9% |
| 1984 | −20.6% |
| 1988 | +6.1% |
| 1992 | +4.5% |
| 1996 | +5.2% |
| 2000 | −24.7% |
| 2004 | −42.2% |
| 2008 | −49.5% |
| 2012 | −61.6% |
| 2016 | −71.0% |
| 2020 | −71.3% |
| 2024 | −72.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 869 | 5,649 | 6,568 | ||
| R | 842 | 5,155 | 6,053 | ||
| R | 628 | 3,968 | 4,701 | ||
| R | 761 | 3,279 | 4,087 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 3,146 | 4,236 | ||
| R | 1,213 | 2,998 | 4,229 | ||
| R | 1,225 | 2,049 | 3,333 | ||
| D | 1,265 | 1,123 | 2,733 | ||
| D | 1,108 | 975 | 2,983 | ||
| D | 1,448 | 1,281 | 2,736 | ||
| R | 1,027 | 1,560 | 2,591 | ||
| D | 1,174 | 813 | 2,022 | ||
| D | 1,339 | 510 | 1,855 | ||
| R | 532 | 865 | 1,404 | ||
| D | 558 | 340 | 1,204 | ||
| D | 893 | 272 | 1,168 | ||
| D | 680 | 401 | 1,081 | ||
| D | 524 | 427 | 952 | ||
| D | 588 | 500 | 1,088 | ||
| D | 739 | 111 | 944 | ||
| D | 628 | 137 | 916 | ||
| D | 1,080 | 251 | 1,333 | ||
| D | 676 | 63 | 741 | ||
| D | 937 | 41 | 985 | ||
| D | 544 | 202 | 751 | ||
| D | 899 | 151 | 1,098 | ||
| D | 462 | 189 | 789 | ||
| D | 509 | 71 | 869 | ||
| D | 444 | 67 | 768 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.2%
German
10.2%
Irish
8.9%
American
6.7%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.9%
African American
2.0%
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: 46.4 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
$65,413
Rains County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rains County$65,413
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Rains 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
10.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.0%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)4.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rains County, anchored by the town of Emory east of Dallas, consistently delivers lopsided Republican margins — its 2024 spread of nearly 73 points ranks among the most one-sided results in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-three points.
A median household income of $65,413, a 10% poverty rate, and a 84% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Jacinto County and Shelby County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Rains County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rains County, Texas voted Republican by 72.8 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,568 votes cast, 869 went Democratic and 5,649 went Republican.
What is Rains County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Rains County, Texas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 20 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Rains County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rains County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Rains County, Texas?
Rains County, Texas has a population of 12,775 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rains County, Texas?
Median household income in Rains County, Texas is $65,413 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Rains County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rains County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.