Glasscock County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 663 votes cast

Trump · R+88

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−88.2%	38	623	663
2020	R	−87.6%	39	611	653
2016	R	−85.9%	34	553	604
2012	R	−83.4%	44	526	578
2008	R	−80.8%	52	502	557
2004	R	−83.3%	44	488	533
2000	R	−85.6%	39	528	571
1996	R	−64.5%	70	382	484
1992	R	−48.6%	100	379	574
1988	R	−45.6%	143	384	528
1984	R	−51.3%	128	403	536
1980	R	−56.1%	116	416	535
1976	R	−6.8%	190	218	413
1972	R	−57.7%	75	288	369
1968	R	−14.1%	106	169	447
1964	R	−1.1%	179	183	363
1960	D	+15.0%	207	152	366
1956	R	−12.6%	174	224	398
1952	R	−8.8%	197	235	432
1948	D	+42.8%	188	69	278
1944	D	+56.1%	185	34	269
1940	D	+73.0%	268	41	311
1936	D	+78.8%	252	29	283
1932	D	+66.9%	212	42	254
1928	R	−57.0%	34	124	158
1924	D	+68.8%	89	14	109
1920	D	+56.4%	91	25	117
1916	D	+81.5%	96	8	108
1912	D	+88.2%	60	0	68
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%

French

1.3%

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

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

3.6%

85+

2.0%

0.7%

75–84

1.5%

3.0%

65–74

4.1%

6.1%

55–64

5.6%

10.5%

45–54

4.8%

7.4%

35–44

8.5%

6.8%

25–34

8.7%

1.9%

18–24

1.3%

14.3%

5–17

3.0%

1.8%

4.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$101,250

Glasscock County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Glasscock County$101,250

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.9%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

65.3%

Other Christian

3.9%

Baptist

3.3%

Methodist

3.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This sparsely populated Permian Basin county recorded an 88-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it an extreme outlier even within reliably red West Texas. Its roughly 1,400 residents are spread across an oil-and-ranching landscape with no incorporated towns.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Glasscock County peaked at eighty-eight points in 1912; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1964 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Glasscock County's median household income of $101,250 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stevens County and Wallace County.

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