Delta County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 2,658 votes cast

Trump · R+70

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−69.7%	397	2,250	2,658
2020	R	−67.9%	403	2,162	2,592
2016	R	−63.0%	400	1,836	2,281
2012	R	−53.0%	454	1,524	2,018
2008	R	−45.3%	589	1,580	2,187
2004	R	−39.4%	627	1,447	2,082
2000	R	−21.9%	726	1,143	1,900
1996	D	+6.0%	849	744	1,743
1992	D	+13.2%	864	599	2,015
1988	D	+18.8%	1,244	849	2,101
1984	R	−2.5%	973	1,024	2,001
1980	D	+27.1%	1,347	767	2,142
1976	D	+57.4%	1,563	421	1,991
1972	R	−24.3%	581	957	1,546
1968	D	+35.4%	1,037	370	1,882
1964	D	+65.3%	1,619	339	1,960
1960	D	+49.1%	1,360	460	1,832
1956	D	+35.0%	1,262	605	1,877
1952	D	+38.3%	1,585	707	2,295
1948	D	+76.2%	1,594	146	1,900
1944	D	+79.2%	1,706	133	1,987
1940	D	+84.2%	2,214	190	2,404
1936	D	+89.3%	1,466	82	1,549
1932	D	+91.7%	2,013	87	2,101
1928	D	+12.0%	958	753	1,713
1924	D	+45.3%	538	192	763
1920	D	+51.1%	1,081	315	1,498
1916	D	+81.5%	1,254	72	1,450
1912	D	+80.2%	705	57	808
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

6.5%

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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.8%

3.1%

75–84

2.9%

5.9%

65–74

6.1%

6.9%

55–64

6.8%

5.5%

45–54

4.0%

5.1%

35–44

8.0%

6.2%

25–34

8.5%

2.6%

18–24

1.8%

6.1%

5–17

10.2%

3.2%

4.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,575

Delta County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Delta County$66,575

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.4%

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

33.8%

Other Christian

8.5%

Methodist

7.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Delta County's roughly 5,300 residents make it among the smallest in Texas by population, yet its presidential margins have grown steadily lopsided — the 2024 gap of nearly 70 points reflects a broader rural realignment across Northeast Texas.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Delta County peaked at ninety-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Delta County's median household income of $66,575 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 Burleson County and Jasper County.

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For eighty-four years, Delta County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.