Pecos County, Texas: Realigner county. In 2024, voted R+45%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,8962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,7502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 71.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Winkler County, TX · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pecos CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pecos County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 1,144 | 3,042 | 4,245 | ||
| R | 1,382 | 3,215 | 4,673 | ||
| R | 1,554 | 2,468 | 4,185 | ||
| R | 1,591 | 2,512 | 4,150 | ||
| R | 1,476 | 2,480 | 4,010 | ||
| R | 1,242 | 3,167 | 4,428 | ||
| R | 1,539 | 2,700 | 4,303 | ||
| D | 1,816 | 1,730 | 3,942 | ||
| R | 1,778 | 1,836 | 4,523 | ||
| R | 1,960 | 2,483 | 4,460 | ||
| R | 1,596 | 3,451 | 5,080 | ||
| R | 1,602 | 2,723 | 4,395 | ||
| R | 1,971 | 2,234 | 4,233 | ||
| R | 847 | 2,419 | 3,309 | ||
| D | 1,592 | 1,524 | 4,019 | ||
| D | 2,068 | 1,393 | 3,473 | ||
| D | 1,724 | 1,412 | 3,167 | ||
| R | 931 | 1,425 | 2,367 | ||
| R | 1,076 | 1,573 | 2,650 | ||
| D | 1,430 | 317 | 1,801 | ||
| D | 1,226 | 305 | 1,653 | ||
| D | 1,583 | 332 | 1,925 | ||
| D | 1,330 | 167 | 1,498 | ||
| D | 1,261 | 180 | 1,448 | ||
| D | 562 | 524 | 1,092 | ||
| D | 440 | 192 | 662 | ||
| R | 386 | 394 | 814 | ||
| D | 394 | 96 | 496 | ||
| D | 256 | 76 | 428 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
5.6%
American
5.6%
German
3.0%
Irish
2.9%
Italian
0.9%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
3.7%
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. 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: 36.9 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
$72,750
Pecos County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pecos County$72,750
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.5%
Working age (18–64)17.5%
Seniors (65+)36.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
51.2%
speak English only
Spanish47.0%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pecos County spans more than 4,700 square miles of far West Texas, and its sparse, extraction-economy population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Pecos County peaked at seventy-eight points in 1936; 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-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $72,750 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winkler County and Castro County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pecos County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pecos County, Texas voted Republican by 44.7 points (R+45), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,245 votes cast, 1,144 went Democratic and 3,042 went Republican.
What is Pecos County, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Pecos 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Pecos County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pecos County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Pecos County, Texas?
Pecos County, Texas has a population of 14,896 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pecos County, Texas?
Median household income in Pecos County, Texas is $72,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Pecos County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pecos County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.