Lynn County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 2,567 votes cast

Trump · R+70

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−70.3%	371	2,175	2,567
2020	R	−62.1%	428	1,853	2,293
2016	R	−56.9%	403	1,546	2,009
2012	R	−47.6%	506	1,439	1,959
2008	R	−40.0%	627	1,473	2,116
2004	R	−56.6%	490	1,776	2,271
2000	R	−45.3%	562	1,507	2,084
1996	R	−11.3%	903	1,151	2,197
1992	R	−13.6%	902	1,233	2,428
1988	R	−8.2%	1,086	1,279	2,367
1984	R	−23.1%	1,009	1,617	2,630
1980	R	−12.8%	1,236	1,603	2,874
1976	D	+14.8%	1,575	1,166	2,757
1972	R	−43.3%	697	1,766	2,471
1968	D	+11.4%	1,333	1,005	2,882
1964	D	+50.7%	2,281	745	3,030
1960	D	+32.3%	1,872	953	2,843
1956	D	+35.2%	1,800	861	2,667
1952	D	+13.2%	1,762	1,351	3,121
1948	D	+77.3%	2,179	224	2,529
1944	D	+68.4%	1,968	263	2,493
1940	D	+82.1%	2,618	255	2,878
1936	D	+84.1%	1,983	169	2,158
1932	D	+88.9%	1,930	110	2,048
1928	R	−25.3%	754	1,268	2,029
1924	D	+54.5%	1,131	313	1,501
1920	D	+67.7%	538	76	682
1916	D	+89.3%	331	15	354
1912	D	+80.4%	121	6	143
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	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

1.4%

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

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

2.4%

75–84

2.9%

4.7%

65–74

4.3%

6.0%

55–64

5.6%

5.3%

45–54

5.0%

8.1%

35–44

7.6%

6.1%

25–34

5.8%

3.8%

18–24

3.1%

10.5%

5–17

10.7%

4.1%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,679

Lynn County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lynn County$73,679

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.2%

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

34.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

25.0%

Methodist

6.1%

Other Christian

5.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lynn County's cotton-farming economy and sparse population of roughly 6,500 have anchored some of the widest Republican presidential margins in Texas, with 2024's R+70 result consistent with a decade-long pattern of minimal Democratic support.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lynn County peaked at eighty-nine points in 1916; 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 thirteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lynn County's median household income of $73,679 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gonzales County and Castro County.

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