Panhandle energy town where oil and wind power share the horizon
Pampa anchors a sparsely populated stretch of the Texas Panhandle where petrochemical employment and expanding wind energy investment both shape the local economy and the workforce that drives voter registration patterns.
| Group | Pampa, TX | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 69.5% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(8) | 22.0% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 5.0% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.8% | 4.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(5) | 1.1% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(5) | 0.6% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(1) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -59.3pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60.1% | 72.1% | — | — | |
| 14.4% | 17.3% | — | — | |
| 5.6% | 6.7% | — | — | |
| 2.9% | 3.4% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.5% | 1.8% | — | — |
| 0.3% | 0.4% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 16.7% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Pampa, TX metro area? 92,179 residents across 8 counties.
14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 19pp 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+78.2 | R+75.8 | 2.4pp |