Throckmorton County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 900 votes cast

Trump · R+83

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−83.3%	73	823	900
2020	R	−81.0%	82	806	894
2016	R	−78.1%	84	715	808
2012	R	−72.7%	109	700	813
2008	R	−60.3%	166	671	838
2004	R	−52.6%	202	656	863
2000	R	−45.1%	228	608	842
1996	R	−10.2%	285	360	737
1992	D	+1.2%	401	389	1,018
1988	D	+7.9%	534	455	998
1984	R	−20.2%	388	586	979
1980	D	+1.2%	455	444	908
1976	D	+29.7%	658	356	1,016
1972	R	−23.9%	348	568	919
1968	D	+28.4%	618	317	1,061
1964	D	+56.3%	883	247	1,130
1960	D	+21.8%	689	442	1,134
1956	D	+16.9%	656	466	1,127
1952	D	+10.8%	728	586	1,314
1948	D	+86.0%	1,026	63	1,120
1944	D	+75.5%	970	76	1,184
1940	D	+75.6%	995	138	1,133
1936	D	+75.4%	949	132	1,083
1932	D	+81.3%	932	95	1,029
1928	R	−39.6%	304	703	1,007
1924	D	+50.8%	539	174	719
1920	D	+65.7%	399	72	498
1916	D	+76.9%	333	10	420
1912	D	+91.5%	252	4	271
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%

Irish

0.8%

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: 45.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

3.3%

6.7%

75–84

6.0%

4.8%

65–74

5.1%

6.9%

55–64

7.0%

4.3%

45–54

5.3%

4.4%

35–44

4.9%

4.8%

25–34

7.5%

5.7%

18–24

1.6%

4.5%

5–17

10.4%

1.6%

4.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,216

Throckmorton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Throckmorton County$59,216

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

24.2%

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

76.1%

Methodist

17.9%

Other Christian

9.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

3.8%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Throckmorton County's roughly 1,850 residents make it among Texas's smallest by population, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+83.3 reflects the lopsided Republican alignment typical of rural West Texas ranch country.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Throckmorton County peaked at ninety-two points in 1912; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Throckmorton County's median household income of $59,216 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Saba County and Clay County.

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For eighty years, Throckmorton County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.