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
GroupUpton CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican49.8%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican4.7%0.8%1.8%
English18.3%7.9%9.5%
German6.7%8.3%12.5%
Irish2.9%6.0%9.4%
Scottish2.1%1.3%1.3%
French1.9%1.5%1.6%
Italian1.2%1.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%——
American1.1%4.6%5.3%
African American†1.2%10.3%9.9%
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
Upton County
Texas
United States
Median age
40.8
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Upton County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$49,167
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.0%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.7%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Upton County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.3%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
39.3%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Upton County
Texas
United States
Catholic
36.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
46.0%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
4.3%
45.2%
51.5%
Other Christian
9.4%
1.1%
0.9%
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.
Upton County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 1,303 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Upton County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
30
349
2
381
7.9%
91.6%
R+83.7
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
44
309
0
353
12.5%
87.5%
R+75.1
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
42
206
2
250
16.8%
82.4%
R+65.6
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
20
130
3
153
13.1%
85.0%
R+71.9
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
9
95
1
105
8.6%
90.5%
R+81.9
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
1
60
0
61
1.6%
98.4%
R+96.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+74.3%
1916
+73.5%
1920
+29.6%
1924
+77.5%
1928
−17.6%
1932
+82.9%
1936
+79.6%
1940
+48.3%
1944
+69.6%
1948
+64.1%
1952
−5.0%
1956
−9.0%
1960
+7.5%
1964
+20.1%
1968
−12.7%
1972
−63.6%
1976
−11.7%
1980
−40.6%
1984
−61.3%
1988
−37.1%
1992
−23.9%
1996
−21.7%
2000
−56.2%
2004
−68.8%
2008
−51.0%
2012
−47.7%
2016
−53.5%
2020
−73.7%
2024
−77.0%
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
11.2%Harris146
88.2%Trump1,149
0.4%Stein5 +1
R+77.0
R+3.3
R+75.5
1,303
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.2%1,149
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.2%146
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%5
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%3
R
12.4%Biden170
86.1%Trump1,178
1.0%Jorgensen13
R+73.7
R+20.2
R+78.1
1,368
R
21.2%Clinton286
74.8%Trump1,007
3.6%Johnson49
R+53.5
R+5.8
R+55.6
1,347
R
25.6%Obama333
73.3%Romney953
0.5%Gray7
R+47.7
D+3.3
R+51.5
1,300
R
24.1%Obama288
75.0%McCain898
0.9%
R+51.0
D+17.9
R+58.2
1,197
R
15.5%Kerry185
84.3%Bush1,009
0.3%
R+68.8
R+12.6
R+66.4
1,197
R
20.9%Gore266
77.1%Bush982
0.9%Nader11
R+56.2
R+34.6
R+56.8
1,273
R
35.2%Clinton424
56.9%Dole685
7.3%Perot88
R+21.7
D+2.2
R+30.2
1,204
R
27.8%Clinton489
51.7%Bush908
17.8%Perot313
R+23.9
D+13.2
R+29.4
1,756
R
31.3%Dukakis544
68.3%Bush1,189
0.4%
R+37.1
D+24.3
R+29.3
1,740
R
19.1%Mondale380
80.4%Reagan1,603
0.6%
R+61.3
R+20.7
R+43.1
1,994
R
28.8%Carter485
69.4%Reagan1,169
1.8%
R+40.6
R+28.9
R+30.9
1,684
R
43.9%Carter686
55.7%Ford869
0.4%
R+11.7
D+51.8
R+13.8
1,561
R
17.5%McGovern256
81.1%Nixon1,186
1.4%
R+63.6
R+50.9
R+40.4
1,463
R
29.2%Humphrey463
41.9%Nixon664
28.9%
R+12.7
R+32.7
R+12.0
1,586
D
59.7%Johnson958
39.7%Goldwater636
0.6%
D+20.1
D+12.6
R+2.5
1,604
D
52.8%Kennedy930
45.3%Nixon798
1.8%
D+7.5
D+16.5
D+7.3
1,760
R
45.3%Stevenson834
54.3%Eisenhower999
0.4%
R+9.0
R+3.9
D+6.4
1,840
R
47.4%Stevenson850
52.4%Eisenhower940
0.2%
R+5.0
R+69.1
D+5.7
1,793
D
79.2%Truman811
15.1%Dewey155
5.7%
D+64.1
R+5.6
D+59.6
1,024
D
81.1%Roosevelt742
11.5%Dewey105
7.4%
D+69.6
D+21.3
D+62.1
915
D
74.2%Roosevelt1,062
25.8%Willkie370
0.0%
D+48.3
R+31.3
D+38.4
1,432
D
89.5%Roosevelt728
10.0%Landon81
0.5%
D+79.6
R+3.3
D+55.3
813
D
91.2%Roosevelt1,012
8.3%Hoover92
0.5%
D+82.9
D+100.5
D+65.1
1,110
R
41.2%Smith189
58.8%Hoover270
0.0%
R+17.6
R+95.1
R+0.2
459
D
87.5%Davis35
10.0%Coolidge4
2.5%La Follette1
D+77.5
D+47.9
D+102.7
40
D
64.8%Cox46
35.2%Harding25
0.0%
D+29.6
R+43.9
D+55.8
71
D
85.7%Wilson42
12.2%Hughes6
2.0%
D+73.5
R+0.8
D+70.3
49
D
80.0%Wilson28
5.7%Taft2
14.3%
D+74.3
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D+54.7
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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
13.0%164
84.6%1,069
1,264
2020
R
12.0%159
85.8%1,139
1,327
2018
R
16.4%169
82.8%854
1,031
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Upton County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
2,314
2018
2,175
2020
2,207
2022
2,152
2024
2,114
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+21 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −122 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $55,397 in average income, against $105,938 for residents who stayed — 48% 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 Upton County, TX in Upton County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−61
2012
−37
2013
+88
2014
+63
2015
+144
2016
−6
2017
−90
2018
−36
2019
−10
2021
−53
2022
−89
2023
−33
2024
−23
2025
+21
Upton County sits atop the Permian Basin oil patch, and its tiny, energy-dependent electorate has delivered some of the widest presidential margins in the state, hitting R+77 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 77.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.0 points.
A population of 3,191, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,167 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cochran 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, Upton County, Texas voted Republican by 77.0 points (R+77.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,303 votes cast, 146 went Democratic and 1,149 went Republican.
When did Upton County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Upton County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Upton County, Texas?
Upton County, Texas has a population of 3,191 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Upton County, Texas?
Median household income in Upton County, Texas is $49,167 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Upton County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Upton County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
