Shackelford County, Texas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+82%. Republican peak: R+85 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+82MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,1752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,0472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+85 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burnet County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Shackelford CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Shackelford County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +67.1% |
| 1916 | +70.0% |
| 1920 | +42.9% |
| 1924 | +0.1% |
| 1928 | −2.3% |
| 1932 | +83.4% |
| 1936 | +76.7% |
| 1940 | +73.7% |
| 1944 | +65.1% |
| 1948 | +59.4% |
| 1952 | −15.3% |
| 1956 | −20.9% |
| 1960 | +2.1% |
| 1964 | +31.4% |
| 1968 | +7.7% |
| 1972 | −46.5% |
| 1976 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | −22.3% |
| 1984 | −47.8% |
| 1988 | −11.8% |
| 1992 | −9.1% |
| 1996 | −19.7% |
| 2000 | −59.5% |
| 2004 | −69.6% |
| 2008 | −71.5% |
| 2012 | −79.8% |
| 2016 | −84.8% |
| 2020 | −83.2% |
| 2024 | −82.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 146 | 1,565 | 1,728 | ||
| R | 130 | 1,484 | 1,628 | ||
| R | 103 | 1,378 | 1,504 | ||
| R | 131 | 1,218 | 1,363 | ||
| R | 208 | 1,284 | 1,505 | ||
| R | 229 | 1,292 | 1,527 | ||
| R | 264 | 1,066 | 1,347 | ||
| R | 502 | 792 | 1,471 | ||
| R | 484 | 623 | 1,533 | ||
| R | 681 | 865 | 1,554 | ||
| R | 415 | 1,181 | 1,604 | ||
| R | 606 | 959 | 1,581 | ||
| D | 764 | 748 | 1,518 | ||
| R | 331 | 909 | 1,244 | ||
| D | 673 | 557 | 1,507 | ||
| D | 934 | 487 | 1,424 | ||
| D | 713 | 684 | 1,397 | ||
| R | 555 | 849 | 1,409 | ||
| R | 776 | 1,057 | 1,837 | ||
| D | 892 | 211 | 1,146 | ||
| D | 1,007 | 135 | 1,339 | ||
| D | 1,521 | 229 | 1,753 | ||
| D | 1,153 | 152 | 1,305 | ||
| D | 1,316 | 117 | 1,438 | ||
| R | 533 | 558 | 1,092 | ||
| D | 729 | 727 | 1,456 | ||
| D | 342 | 116 | 527 | ||
| D | 378 | 51 | 467 | ||
| D | 246 | 18 | 340 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
16.9%
English
13.5%
German
12.9%
American
9.2%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.3 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
$73,047
Shackelford County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Shackelford County$73,047
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Shackelford 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
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.6%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish5.8%
Other Indo-European1.0%
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 41.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 3,300 residents spread across ranchland in the Rolling Plains, Shackelford delivered an R+82.1 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep Republican lean typical of sparsely populated West Texas cattle country.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-five points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-two points.
A population of 3,175, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,047 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burnet County and Archer County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Shackelford County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Shackelford County, Texas voted Republican by 82.1 points (R+82), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,728 votes cast, 146 went Democratic and 1,565 went Republican.
What is Shackelford County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Shackelford County, Texas in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Shackelford County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shackelford County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Shackelford County, Texas?
Shackelford County, Texas has a population of 3,175 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shackelford County, Texas?
Median household income in Shackelford County, Texas is $73,047 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Shackelford County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Shackelford County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.