Collingsworth County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 1,201 votes cast

Trump · R+78

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−77.5%	135	1,066	1,201
2020	R	−73.3%	155	1,048	1,218
2016	R	−72.5%	145	983	1,156
2012	R	−68.3%	177	962	1,150
2008	R	−59.3%	234	943	1,195
2004	R	−50.4%	346	1,051	1,398
2000	R	−38.5%	429	974	1,415
1996	R	−10.3%	581	729	1,431
1992	R	−3.9%	635	697	1,600
1988	R	−3.7%	809	872	1,683
1984	R	−30.4%	742	1,396	2,149
1980	R	−12.0%	798	1,020	1,851
1976	D	+29.9%	1,169	629	1,804
1972	R	−42.8%	501	1,250	1,751
1968	D	+1.8%	746	712	1,933
1964	D	+22.5%	1,145	724	1,872
1960	R	−22.1%	691	1,084	1,782
1956	D	+20.1%	1,229	815	2,055
1952	R	−0.5%	1,321	1,334	2,657
1948	D	+75.7%	1,779	198	2,089
1944	D	+67.7%	1,725	261	2,162
1940	D	+73.6%	2,034	307	2,346
1936	D	+85.4%	2,012	158	2,172
1932	D	+87.2%	1,753	115	1,879
1928	R	−32.0%	608	1,179	1,787
1924	D	+50.3%	731	234	988
1920	D	+33.1%	640	307	1,007
1916	D	+82.1%	589	31	680
1912	D	+78.6%	414	14	509
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

3.5%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

2.2%

2.7%

75–84

1.9%

10.1%

65–74

6.9%

3.9%

55–64

7.5%

5.3%

45–54

5.3%

6.7%

35–44

4.3%

2.9%

25–34

6.9%

1.2%

18–24

3.9%

10.9%

5–17

9.5%

5.2%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,280

Collingsworth County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Collingsworth County$61,280

Texas$78,476

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 moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

71.3%

Other Christian

22.9%

Methodist

18.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.9%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Collingsworth County, anchored by the small city of Wellington, sits at Texas's eastern Panhandle edge and recorded an R+77.5 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state already dominated by rural Republican alignment.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Collingsworth County peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twelve points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Collingsworth County's median household income of $61,280 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Leon County and Van Zandt County.

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For sixty-four years, Collingsworth County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.