Reagan County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,2322024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,8132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 38.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 68.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Crane County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Reagan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Reagan 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 | +100.0% |
| 1916 | +91.9% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +55.6% |
| 1928 | −25.6% |
| 1932 | +68.9% |
| 1936 | +75.7% |
| 1940 | +70.9% |
| 1944 | +71.7% |
| 1948 | +57.3% |
| 1952 | −7.3% |
| 1956 | −27.0% |
| 1960 | +11.7% |
| 1964 | +20.4% |
| 1968 | −7.6% |
| 1972 | −48.1% |
| 1976 | −8.3% |
| 1980 | −37.2% |
| 1984 | −63.1% |
| 1988 | −38.2% |
| 1992 | −25.1% |
| 1996 | −20.4% |
| 2000 | −53.9% |
| 2004 | −67.5% |
| 2008 | −60.2% |
| 2012 | −61.4% |
| 2016 | −60.0% |
| 2020 | −68.5% |
| 2024 | −69.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 141 | 800 | 949 | ||
| R | 172 | 942 | 1,124 | ||
| R | 167 | 709 | 904 | ||
| R | 158 | 676 | 843 | ||
| R | 197 | 795 | 994 | ||
| R | 184 | 956 | 1,143 | ||
| R | 282 | 959 | 1,255 | ||
| R | 407 | 645 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 337 | 651 | 1,250 | ||
| R | 418 | 935 | 1,355 | ||
| R | 243 | 1,079 | 1,324 | ||
| R | 414 | 917 | 1,351 | ||
| R | 563 | 666 | 1,234 | ||
| R | 244 | 703 | 955 | ||
| R | 370 | 454 | 1,112 | ||
| D | 614 | 406 | 1,022 | ||
| D | 621 | 489 | 1,131 | ||
| R | 384 | 669 | 1,054 | ||
| R | 460 | 533 | 994 | ||
| D | 444 | 112 | 579 | ||
| D | 426 | 53 | 520 | ||
| D | 520 | 88 | 609 | ||
| D | 477 | 66 | 543 | ||
| D | 681 | 124 | 808 | ||
| R | 229 | 387 | 616 | ||
| D | 111 | 31 | 144 | ||
| D | 49 | 0 | 49 | ||
| D | 59 | 2 | 62 | ||
| D | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.0%
German
3.5%
Irish
2.3%
American
1.1%
French
0.6%
African American
4.6%
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: 30.0 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
$57,813
Reagan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Reagan County$57,813
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Reagan 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
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)25.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
55.4%
speak English only
Spanish43.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Reagan County sits in the Permian Basin, where an economy built almost entirely on oil and ranching has long produced some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state — 2024's R+69.4 was typical, not exceptional.
Reagan County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of 100 points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved one point 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 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,813, and a population of 3,232. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crane County and Andrews County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Reagan County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Reagan County, Texas voted Republican by 69.4 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 949 votes cast, 141 went Democratic and 800 went Republican.
What is Reagan County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Reagan 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 11 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Reagan County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Reagan County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Reagan County, Texas?
Reagan County, Texas has a population of 3,232 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reagan County, Texas?
Median household income in Reagan County, Texas is $57,813 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Reagan County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Reagan County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.