Winkler County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+71%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,4542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,9002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 62.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Graham County, AZ · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Winkler CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Winkler 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 | +100.0% |
| 1920 | +78.9% |
| 1924 | +87.5% |
| 1928 | +31.4% |
| 1932 | +77.5% |
| 1936 | +86.2% |
| 1940 | +77.2% |
| 1944 | +74.1% |
| 1948 | +65.2% |
| 1952 | −1.4% |
| 1956 | −6.6% |
| 1960 | +2.5% |
| 1964 | +12.0% |
| 1968 | −12.7% |
| 1972 | −60.3% |
| 1976 | −14.1% |
| 1980 | −35.2% |
| 1984 | −49.1% |
| 1988 | −27.2% |
| 1992 | −8.5% |
| 1996 | −6.5% |
| 2000 | −44.6% |
| 2004 | −60.6% |
| 2008 | −51.8% |
| 2012 | −52.9% |
| 2016 | −52.4% |
| 2020 | −65.6% |
| 2024 | −70.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 283 | 1,646 | 1,933 | ||
| R | 358 | 1,753 | 2,126 | ||
| R | 420 | 1,403 | 1,876 | ||
| R | 398 | 1,311 | 1,725 | ||
| R | 477 | 1,529 | 2,032 | ||
| R | 391 | 1,604 | 2,002 | ||
| R | 556 | 1,468 | 2,043 | ||
| R | 872 | 1,009 | 2,103 | ||
| R | 942 | 1,173 | 2,702 | ||
| R | 947 | 1,656 | 2,611 | ||
| R | 752 | 2,213 | 2,974 | ||
| R | 1,021 | 2,160 | 3,232 | ||
| R | 1,382 | 1,842 | 3,266 | ||
| R | 602 | 2,467 | 3,095 | ||
| R | 938 | 1,391 | 3,579 | ||
| D | 2,059 | 1,617 | 3,679 | ||
| D | 1,642 | 1,562 | 3,253 | ||
| R | 1,287 | 1,471 | 2,777 | ||
| R | 1,508 | 1,550 | 3,064 | ||
| D | 1,588 | 296 | 1,983 | ||
| D | 1,004 | 120 | 1,193 | ||
| D | 1,340 | 172 | 1,512 | ||
| D | 903 | 63 | 975 | ||
| D | 642 | 78 | 728 | ||
| D | 310 | 162 | 472 | ||
| D | 15 | 1 | 16 | ||
| D | 17 | 2 | 19 | ||
| D | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||
| D | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
7.4%
English
6.7%
American
5.3%
Irish
4.3%
African American
3.1%
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: 35.1 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
$86,900
Winkler County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Winkler County$86,900
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Winkler County ranks in the top 10% 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
16.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.5%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)35.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
52.0%
speak English only
Spanish47.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Winkler County sits atop the Permian Basin's western edge, where the extractive economy and sparse, majority-Hispanic rural population have nonetheless produced some of Texas's most lopsided Republican presidential margins over the past decade.
Winkler County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of 100 points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points 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 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,900, and a population of 7,454. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Graham County and Sutton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Winkler County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Winkler County, Texas voted Republican by 70.5 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,933 votes cast, 283 went Democratic and 1,646 went Republican.
What is Winkler County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Winkler 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 12 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Winkler County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Winkler County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Winkler County, Texas?
Winkler County, Texas has a population of 7,454 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Winkler County, Texas?
Median household income in Winkler County, Texas is $86,900 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Winkler County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Winkler County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.