Dawson County, Texas: Realigner county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,1342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,3602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gaines County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dawson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dawson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 667 | 2,810 | 3,513 | ||
| R | 808 | 2,951 | 3,789 | ||
| R | 835 | 2,636 | 3,563 | ||
| R | 1,019 | 2,591 | 3,642 | ||
| R | 1,152 | 2,906 | 4,096 | ||
| R | 1,114 | 3,419 | 4,545 | ||
| R | 1,463 | 3,337 | 4,839 | ||
| R | 1,612 | 2,319 | 4,176 | ||
| R | 1,639 | 2,691 | 4,855 | ||
| R | 2,155 | 3,154 | 5,317 | ||
| R | 1,781 | 3,685 | 5,483 | ||
| R | 1,867 | 3,267 | 5,205 | ||
| R | 2,162 | 2,474 | 4,653 | ||
| R | 846 | 3,247 | 4,095 | ||
| R | 1,522 | 2,091 | 4,513 | ||
| D | 3,171 | 1,691 | 4,868 | ||
| R | 2,063 | 2,161 | 4,246 | ||
| D | 2,049 | 1,615 | 3,670 | ||
| R | 2,093 | 2,388 | 4,481 | ||
| D | 2,605 | 393 | 3,141 | ||
| D | 2,149 | 472 | 2,872 | ||
| D | 2,808 | 361 | 3,174 | ||
| D | 1,829 | 156 | 1,992 | ||
| D | 1,659 | 153 | 1,813 | ||
| R | 427 | 1,448 | 1,875 | ||
| D | 1,079 | 185 | 1,299 | ||
| D | 296 | 75 | 419 | ||
| D | 288 | 14 | 318 | ||
| D | 74 | 7 | 107 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.4%
German
5.1%
Irish
5.1%
English
3.6%
Scottish
0.9%
French
0.8%
Italian
0.7%
African American
5.4%
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: 34.8 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
$54,360
Dawson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Dawson County$54,360
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.5%
Working age (18–64)17.0%
Seniors (65+)18.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.1%
speak English only
Spanish30.0%
Other Indo-European4.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dawson County's cotton-farming economy and sparse population of roughly 15,000 typify the Texas South Plains, where Republican presidential margins have grown steadily over two decades and now rank among the widest in the state.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Dawson County peaked at eighty-six points in 1916; 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 thirteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $54,360 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gaines County and Lamb County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dawson County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dawson County, Texas voted Republican by 61.0 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,513 votes cast, 667 went Democratic and 2,810 went Republican.
What is Dawson County, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Dawson County, Texas as a "Realigner" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Dawson County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dawson County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Dawson County, Texas?
Dawson County, Texas has a population of 12,134 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dawson County, Texas?
Median household income in Dawson County, Texas is $54,360 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Dawson County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dawson County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.