Permian Basin anchor where energy employment shapes the ballot
Big Spring anchors Howard County, a reliably Republican oil-patch market where boom-and-bust extraction cycles drive population swings and color voter priorities more than any single demographic shift.
| Group | Big Spring, TX | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 50.7% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 41.7% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 4.6% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.4% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.9% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.6% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -33.6pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.6% | 58.0% | — | — | |
| 17.2% | 28.8% | — | — | |
| 3.5% | 5.9% | — | — | |
| 2.3% | 3.9% | — | — | |
| 2.0% | 3.3% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.0% | 1.7% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 40.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Big Spring, TX metro area? 134,664 residents across 4 counties.
13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 20pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+62.8 | R+57.7 | 5.1pp |