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1876–2024
Concho County, Texas
Concho County·Texas

For thirty-two years, Concho County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

One of Texas's least-populated counties, with margins to match

18762024·38 elections
Concho County, Texas · Aualliso · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+74
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
3,328
2024 ACS
Most similar
McCulloch County
TX · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 1,198 votes cast
Trump · R+74
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−73.9%
1531,0381,198
2020R
−67.9%
1971,0581,268
2016R
−69.0%
1488851,068
2012R
−59.8%
1947931,001
2008R
−51.1%
2578071,077
2004R
−53.7%
2709111,193
2000R
−49.9%
2688181,103
1996R
−5.2%
4344881,032
1992D
+6.1%
4894141,236
1988D
+2.1%
6436171,263
1984R
−17.1%
5808211,408
1980D
+0.1%
7027001,417
1976D
+20.2%
7154741,195
1972R
−33.9%
3507091,059
1968D
+8.2%
5024111,110
1964D
+51.0%
9483071,256
1960D
+15.8%
7185221,242
1956R
−0.6%
5675741,142
1952R
−6.6%
7088081,516
1948D
+73.0%
1,1561741,346
1944D
+68.8%
1,0901511,364
1940D
+74.7%
1,3101891,500
1936D
+87.0%
1,089761,165
1932D
+92.2%
1,126441,174
1928R
−2.3%
426446875
1924D
+74.0%
66890781
1920D
+37.6%
405151675
1916D
+75.0%
41836509
1912D
+67.2%
32616461
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
3.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
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
16.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.5%
Methodist
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Other Christian
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Concho County's roughly 4,000 residents delivered a 74-point Republican margin in 2024, typical of the sparsely settled ranchland counties of west-central Texas where GOP dominance has deepened steadily over two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Concho County peaked at ninety-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Concho County's median household income of $65,795 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McCulloch County and Franklin County.