Roosevelt County, New Mexico: Realigner county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Democratic peak: D+69 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,9282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,6852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Furnas County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Roosevelt CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Roosevelt County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,820 | 4,687 | 6,639 | ||
| R | 1,802 | 4,634 | 6,608 | ||
| R | 1,454 | 3,884 | 5,950 | ||
| R | 1,727 | 4,043 | 5,969 | ||
| R | 2,303 | 4,311 | 6,720 | ||
| R | 2,082 | 4,997 | 7,144 | ||
| R | 1,762 | 3,762 | 5,651 | ||
| R | 2,097 | 3,245 | 5,869 | ||
| R | 2,172 | 3,215 | 6,513 | ||
| R | 2,033 | 3,589 | 5,681 | ||
| R | 1,696 | 4,598 | 6,363 | ||
| R | 2,240 | 3,950 | 6,484 | ||
| R | 3,111 | 3,269 | 6,429 | ||
| R | 1,612 | 4,727 | 6,473 | ||
| R | 1,547 | 3,256 | 5,603 | ||
| D | 2,875 | 2,732 | 5,634 | ||
| R | 1,761 | 4,039 | 5,804 | ||
| R | 2,247 | 2,708 | 4,963 | ||
| R | 2,298 | 3,030 | 5,340 | ||
| D | 3,087 | 956 | 4,075 | ||
| D | 2,359 | 1,610 | 3,969 | ||
| D | 3,190 | 1,384 | 4,590 | ||
| D | 2,951 | 677 | 3,855 | ||
| D | 2,826 | 475 | 3,404 | ||
| R | 1,098 | 1,157 | 2,264 | ||
| D | 1,340 | 398 | 2,037 | ||
| D | 1,178 | 571 | 1,817 | ||
| D | 1,088 | 230 | 1,479 | ||
| D | 599 | 107 | 1,214 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.5%
English
8.1%
German
7.9%
American
6.4%
Italian
3.7%
Scottish
1.4%
French
0.5%
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.
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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$52,685
Roosevelt County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Roosevelt County$52,685
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1837.5%
Working age (18–64)15.4%
Seniors (65+)30.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Spanish21.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.5%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Roosevelt County sits on the eastern New Mexico llano estacado, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered lopsided Republican margins in every recent presidential cycle, with 2024's R+43.2 continuing a long-running pattern.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Roosevelt County peaked at sixty-nine points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $52,685 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Furnas County and Boone County.
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Roosevelt County, New Mexico — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/35041/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Roosevelt County, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Roosevelt County, New Mexico voted Republican by 43.2 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,639 votes cast, 1,820 went Democratic and 4,687 went Republican.
What is Roosevelt County, New Mexico's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Roosevelt County, New Mexico as a "Realigner" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Roosevelt County, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Roosevelt County, New Mexico voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Roosevelt County, New Mexico?
Roosevelt County, New Mexico has a population of 18,928 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roosevelt County, New Mexico?
Median household income in Roosevelt County, New Mexico is $52,685 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Roosevelt County, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Roosevelt County, New Mexico from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.