Yoakum County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+71%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,5712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,9252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Andrews County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Yoakum CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Yoakum County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +81.6% |
| 1916 | +96.6% |
| 1920 | +97.5% |
| 1924 | +76.8% |
| 1928 | −13.2% |
| 1932 | +91.1% |
| 1936 | +87.3% |
| 1940 | +73.7% |
| 1944 | +64.4% |
| 1948 | +72.7% |
| 1952 | +0.9% |
| 1956 | +3.4% |
| 1960 | −9.6% |
| 1964 | +24.4% |
| 1968 | −20.6% |
| 1972 | −61.2% |
| 1976 | −11.0% |
| 1980 | −45.4% |
| 1984 | −65.5% |
| 1988 | −41.3% |
| 1992 | −34.6% |
| 1996 | −30.4% |
| 2000 | −56.0% |
| 2004 | −70.9% |
| 2008 | −62.6% |
| 2012 | −60.6% |
| 2016 | −59.5% |
| 2020 | −66.5% |
| 2024 | −70.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 342 | 2,039 | 2,397 | ||
| R | 420 | 2,174 | 2,636 | ||
| R | 426 | 1,797 | 2,303 | ||
| R | 409 | 1,698 | 2,128 | ||
| R | 450 | 1,989 | 2,458 | ||
| R | 376 | 2,228 | 2,613 | ||
| R | 531 | 1,911 | 2,465 | ||
| R | 738 | 1,485 | 2,454 | ||
| R | 595 | 1,486 | 2,575 | ||
| R | 727 | 1,762 | 2,507 | ||
| R | 456 | 2,204 | 2,668 | ||
| R | 715 | 1,937 | 2,694 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 1,477 | 2,680 | ||
| R | 457 | 1,952 | 2,443 | ||
| R | 615 | 1,123 | 2,462 | ||
| D | 1,415 | 859 | 2,280 | ||
| R | 994 | 1,207 | 2,215 | ||
| D | 989 | 923 | 1,915 | ||
| D | 873 | 858 | 1,733 | ||
| D | 861 | 119 | 1,020 | ||
| D | 646 | 106 | 839 | ||
| D | 885 | 134 | 1,019 | ||
| D | 227 | 13 | 245 | ||
| D | 245 | 11 | 257 | ||
| R | 66 | 86 | 152 | ||
| D | 95 | 9 | 112 | ||
| D | 79 | 0 | 81 | ||
| D | 85 | 1 | 87 | ||
| D | 40 | 0 | 49 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.8%
American
7.9%
German
6.1%
Irish
3.9%
French
2.2%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.0%
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: 32.3 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
$84,925
Yoakum County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Yoakum County$84,925
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Yoakum County ranks in the top 25% 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
16.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.5%
Working age (18–64)12.5%
Seniors (65+)5.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
46.2%
speak English only
Spanish50.1%
Other Indo-European3.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Yoakum County, anchored by the oil-patch town of Plains, recorded a 70-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a figure consistent with its sparse, extraction-economy landscape and overwhelmingly rural demographics on the New Mexico border.
Yoakum County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-eight points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved four 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 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,925, and a population of 7,571. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Andrews County and Kingfisher County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Yoakum County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Yoakum County, Texas voted Republican by 70.8 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,397 votes cast, 342 went Democratic and 2,039 went Republican.
What is Yoakum County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Yoakum 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 Yoakum County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Yoakum County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Yoakum County, Texas?
Yoakum County, Texas has a population of 7,571 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Yoakum County, Texas?
Median household income in Yoakum County, Texas is $84,925 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Yoakum County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Yoakum 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.