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
GroupSutton CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican62.7%32.1%11.3%
Irish4.4%6.0%9.4%
English3.7%7.9%9.5%
American3.7%4.6%5.3%
German1.7%8.3%12.5%
Italian1.2%1.9%4.8%
Dutch1.2%——
Norwegian0.7%——
French0.6%1.5%1.6%
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
Sutton County
Texas
United States
Median age
42.3
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sutton County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$78,906
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.3%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sutton County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
52.1%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
52.1%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sutton County
Texas
United States
Catholic
34.6%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.0%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
14.7%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.7%
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.
Sutton County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 1,401 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Sutton County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 301Precinct 301
62
404
0
466
13.3%
86.7%
R+73.4
Precinct -Precinct 201Precinct 201
36
367
2
405
8.9%
90.6%
R+81.7
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
73
193
4
270
27.0%
71.5%
R+44.4
Precinct -Precinct 401Precinct 401
57
203
0
260
21.9%
78.1%
R+56.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+78.9%
1908
+74.2%
1912
+54.3%
1916
+81.8%
1920
+28.2%
1924
+7.1%
1928
−51.8%
1932
+53.4%
1936
+72.3%
1940
+74.1%
1944
+52.0%
1948
+48.6%
1952
−24.7%
1956
−30.5%
1960
+4.1%
1964
+32.1%
1968
−6.7%
1972
−48.1%
1976
−3.9%
1980
−34.1%
1984
−45.7%
1988
−27.1%
1992
−10.2%
1996
−13.8%
2000
−38.6%
2004
−61.5%
2008
−51.2%
2012
−49.7%
2016
−53.8%
2020
−57.7%
2024
−67.1%
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
16.3%Harris228
83.4%Trump1,167
0.2%Oliver3 +1
R+67.1
R+9.3
R+65.6
1,400
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.4%1,167
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.3%228
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%3
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%2
R
20.7%Biden322
78.4%Trump1,222
0.6%Jorgensen9
R+57.7
R+3.9
R+62.2
1,559
R
22.1%Clinton313
75.9%Trump1,075
1.6%Johnson22
R+53.8
R+4.1
R+55.9
1,416
R
24.7%Obama369
74.4%Romney1,110
0.5%Gray8
R+49.7
D+1.5
R+53.6
1,491
R
24.1%Obama381
75.3%McCain1,189
0.5%
R+51.2
D+10.3
R+58.5
1,578
R
19.3%Kerry280
80.7%Bush1,173
0.0%
R+61.5
R+22.8
R+59.0
1,453
R
30.4%Gore468
69.0%Bush1,063
0.4%Nader6
R+38.6
R+24.8
R+39.2
1,540
R
39.0%Clinton508
52.8%Dole688
7.8%Perot102
R+13.8
R+3.6
R+22.3
1,302
R
32.8%Clinton524
43.0%Bush687
24.2%Perot387
R+10.2
D+16.9
R+15.8
1,598
R
36.4%Dukakis571
63.4%Bush996
0.2%
R+27.1
D+18.6
R+19.3
1,570
R
27.0%Mondale465
72.7%Reagan1,251
0.3%
R+45.7
R+11.6
R+27.5
1,721
R
32.1%Carter485
66.2%Reagan1,000
1.7%
R+34.1
R+30.2
R+24.3
1,511
R
47.7%Carter768
51.6%Ford831
0.6%
R+3.9
D+44.2
R+6.0
1,609
R
25.6%McGovern245
73.7%Nixon705
0.7%
R+48.1
R+41.4
R+24.9
957
R
38.6%Humphrey351
45.3%Nixon412
16.2%
R+6.7
R+38.8
R+6.0
910
D
66.0%Johnson694
34.0%Goldwater357
0.0%
D+32.1
D+28.0
D+9.5
1,051
D
52.0%Kennedy474
48.0%Nixon437
0.0%
D+4.1
D+34.6
D+3.9
911
R
34.6%Stevenson290
65.2%Eisenhower546
0.2%
R+30.5
R+5.9
R+15.1
838
R
37.7%Stevenson351
62.3%Eisenhower581
0.0%
R+24.7
R+73.2
R+13.9
932
D
69.6%Truman433
21.1%Dewey131
9.3%
D+48.6
R+3.5
D+44.1
622
D
70.6%Roosevelt449
18.6%Dewey118
10.8%
D+52.0
R+22.1
D+44.6
636
D
86.9%Roosevelt571
12.8%Willkie84
0.3%
D+74.1
D+1.8
D+64.2
657
D
86.1%Roosevelt398
13.9%Landon64
0.0%
D+72.3
D+18.9
D+48.0
462
D
76.7%Roosevelt372
23.3%Hoover113
0.0%
D+53.4
D+105.2
D+35.6
485
R
24.1%Smith92
75.9%Hoover290
0.0%
R+51.8
R+58.9
R+34.4
382
D
53.2%Davis143
46.1%Coolidge124
0.7%La Follette2
D+7.1
R+21.1
D+32.2
269
D
62.3%Cox190
34.1%Harding104
3.6%
D+28.2
R+53.6
D+54.4
305
D
90.9%Wilson130
9.1%Hughes13
0.0%
D+81.8
D+27.5
D+78.7
143
D
67.4%Wilson62
13.0%Taft12
19.6%
D+54.3
R+19.8
D+34.8
92
D
84.9%Bryan79
10.8%Taft10
4.3%
D+74.2
R+4.7
D+83.7
93
D
88.9%Parker240
10.0%Roosevelt27
1.1%
D+78.9
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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
17.2%239
81.3%1,129
1,389
2020
R
19.9%305
78.7%1,204
1,529
2018
R
22.0%265
77.4%934
1,206
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Sutton County, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
2,477
2020
2,449
2022
2,333
2024
2,348
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−39 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −730 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $57,800 in average income, against $89,417 for residents who stayed — 35% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Sutton County, TX in Sutton County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−99
2012
−88
2013
+37
2014
−53
2015
−83
2016
−74
2017
−138
2018
−76
2019
+1
2021
−54
2022
−68
2023
−23
2024
+27
2025
−39
Sutton County's sparse ranching economy and population of roughly 4,000 have produced Republican presidential margins above 60 points in multiple consecutive cycles, making it a reliable anchor of heavily Republican West Texas.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.8 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 67.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 9.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 67.1 points.
A population of 3,277, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,906 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Floyd County and Lamb 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, Sutton County, Texas voted Republican by 67.1 points (R+67.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,400 votes cast, 228 went Democratic and 1,167 went Republican.
When did Sutton County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sutton County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sutton County, Texas?
Sutton County, Texas has a population of 3,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sutton County, Texas?
Median household income in Sutton County, Texas is $78,906 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Sutton County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sutton County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
