A Red River corridor where rural conservatism meets cross-border commuter growth
Straddling the Oklahoma line, the Sherman-Denison metro has trended reliably Republican in recent cycles while absorbing spillover population from the Dallas-Fort Worth expansion, adding younger, suburban-patterned households to an otherwise deep-red baseline.
| Group | Sherman-Denison, TX | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 77.6% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(15) | 11.7% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 5.6% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.9% | 4.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(5) | 1.1% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(5) | 1.0% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(4) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -64.5pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.4% | 70.6% | — | — | |
| 4.6% | 10.6% | — | — | |
| 4.0% | 9.3% | — | — | |
| 2.1% | 4.8% | — | — | |
| 2.0% | 4.6% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.9% | 2.2% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 56.9% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area? 496,076 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 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+54.2 | R+50.6 | 3.6pp |