Amarillo-Borger, TX — Combined Statistical Area Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Amarillo-Borger, TX

TrumpR+58.1

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	78.5%	88,384
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	20.5%	23,037
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	1,120

D+60

R+60

6 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	No data
1896	No data
1900	No data
1904	No data
1908	No data
1912	+67.7%
1916	+68.2%
1920	+47.3%
1924	+43.0%
1928	−14.2%
1932	+68.2%
1936	+76.3%
1940	+55.2%
1944	+42.8%
1948	+44.5%
1952	−19.9%
1956	−14.7%
1960	−26.5%
1964	−0.7%
1968	−25.5%
1972	−59.1%
1976	−17.7%
1980	−38.7%
1984	−56.2%
1988	−41.7%
1992	−29.1%
1996	−37.8%
2000	−56.4%
2004	−61.2%
2008	−56.5%
2012	−62.1%
2016	−59.5%
2020	−55.2%
2024	−58.1%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	20.5%Harris23,037	78.5%Trump88,384	1.0%	−58.1%	112,541
2020	R	21.5%Biden24,141	76.8%Trump86,028	1.7%incl. Jorgensen	−55.2%	112,039
2016	R	18.0%Clinton17,275	77.4%Trump74,528	4.6%incl. Johnson	−59.5%	96,229
2012	R	18.3%Obama16,206	80.4%Romney71,238	1.4%	−62.1%	88,656
2008	R	21.3%Obama20,365	77.8%McCain74,287	0.9%	−56.5%	95,496
2004	R	19.2%Kerry17,604	80.4%Bush73,773	0.5%	−61.2%	91,803
2000	R	21.0%Gore16,985	77.4%Bush62,640	1.7%incl. Nader	−56.4%	80,971
1996	R	27.7%Clinton22,230	65.5%Dole52,518	6.8%incl. Perot	−37.8%	80,222
1992	R	27.1%Clinton22,807	56.1%Bush47,306	16.8%incl. Perot	−29.1%	84,272
1988	R	28.9%Dukakis22,656	70.6%Bush55,423	0.6%	−41.7%	78,515
1984	R	21.7%Mondale17,751	77.9%Reagan63,688	0.4%	−56.2%	81,760
1980	R	29.2%Carter21,520	67.9%Reagan50,056	2.9%incl. Anderson	−38.7%	73,726
1976	R	40.6%Carter27,291	58.3%Ford39,200	1.1%	−17.7%	67,255
1972	R	19.7%McGovern12,050	78.9%Nixon48,161	1.4%	−59.1%	61,059
1968	R	26.8%Humphrey16,156	52.3%Nixon31,516	20.8%incl. Wallace	−25.5%	60,226
1964	R	49.5%Johnson26,006	50.3%Goldwater26,384	0.2%	−0.7%	52,500
1960	R	36.6%Kennedy17,266	63.2%Nixon29,780	0.2%	−26.5%	47,155
1956	R	42.5%Stevenson17,370	57.2%Eisenhower23,379	0.3%	−14.7%	40,868
1952	R	40.0%Stevenson18,023	59.8%Eisenhower26,979	0.2%	−19.9%	45,083
1948	D	70.7%Truman18,411	26.2%Dewey6,824	3.1%incl. Thurmond	+44.5%	26,032
1944	D	67.6%Roosevelt12,834	24.8%Dewey4,703	7.7%	+42.8%	18,997
1940	D	77.5%Roosevelt14,944	22.3%Willkie4,294	0.2%	+55.2%	19,278
1936	D	87.6%Roosevelt13,532	11.3%Landon1,750	1.0%	+76.3%	15,443
1932	D	83.8%Roosevelt12,372	15.6%Hoover2,305	0.6%	+68.2%	14,762
1928	R	42.9%Smith5,148	57.1%Hoover6,854	0.0%	−14.2%	12,004
1924	D	66.0%Davis4,404	23.0%Coolidge1,537	10.9%incl. La Follette	+43.0%	6,670
1920	D	72.8%Cox2,841	25.5%Harding994	1.8%	+47.3%	3,905
1916	D	81.6%Wilson2,560	13.4%Hughes420	5.0%	+68.2%	3,137
1912	D	74.3%Wilson1,707	6.7%Taft153	19.0%incl. Roosevelt	+67.7%	2,297
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

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Amarillo-Borger, TXCombined statistical area	TexasState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	67.1%	48.5%	61.0%
Black	6.2%	12.2%	12.2%
Asian	2.9%	5.6%	6.0%
Two or more races	17.7%	23.5%	12.6%
Other race	6.2%	10.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	39.7%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$70,486	$78,476	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.8%	12.5%
Median age	36.3	35.7	39.1
Age 18–24	9.4%	9.7%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	15.5%	13.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	26.3%	33.6%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	20.1%	35.2%	22.3%
Spanish	16.0%	28.2%	13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Mexican 26.1%	Mexican 32.1%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 10.1%	German 8.3%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 10.1%	English 7.9%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	8.5%	20.1%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	44.0%	23.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	39.2%	45.2%	51.5%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

10.1%

English

10.1%

Irish

8.0%

American

6.2%

Scottish

2.1%

Italian

1.3%

French

1.1%

Scotch-Irish

0.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

26.1%

Spaniard

0.6%

Spanish

0.5%

Cuban

0.4%

Puerto Rican

0.2%

Salvadoran

0.2%

Honduran

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

0.8%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Vietnamese

0.9%

Burmese

0.4%

Laotian

0.4%

Asian Indian

0.4%

Chinese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.0%

75–84

2.4%

4.5%

65–74

4.8%

5.5%

55–64

5.6%

5.8%

45–54

5.4%

7.3%

35–44

6.6%

7.0%

25–34

6.6%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

9.6%

5–17

9.3%

3.1%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,486

Amarillo-Borger, TX$70,486

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.6%

Working age (18–64)12.6%

Seniors (65+)14.3%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

79.9%

speak English only

Spanish16.0%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.2%

Vietnamese0.9%

Other languages0.7%

Other Indo-European0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%

Arabic0.2%

Korean0.1%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

44.0%

Catholic

8.5%

Mainline Protestant

4.0%

Latter-day Saints

1.4%

Other Christian

1.0%

Black Protestant

0.8%

Muslim

0.5%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Buddhist

0.1%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted39.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Amarillo-Borger, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 62.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.1 points.

A population of 292,101, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,486 describe the region.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas voted Republican by 58.1 points (R+58.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 112,541 votes cast, 23,037 went Democratic and 88,384 went Republican.

When did Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.

How many people live in Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas?

Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas has a population of 292,101 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas?

Median household income in Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas is $70,486 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Amarillo-Borger, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.

Amarillo-Borger, TX has voted Republican in nineteen straight presidential elections — R+58.1 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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