Otero County, New Mexico

2024 results by precinct

66 precincts · 24,242 votes cast

Trump · R+27

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−27.0%	8,582	15,117	24,242
2020	R	−25.6%	8,485	14,521	23,571
2016	R	−28.7%	6,124	11,887	20,060
2012	R	−28.1%	6,829	12,451	20,012
2008	R	−19.3%	8,610	12,806	21,766
2004	R	−36.8%	6,433	14,066	20,764
2000	R	−29.6%	5,465	10,258	16,204
1996	R	−19.1%	5,938	9,065	16,337
1992	R	−13.0%	5,377	7,481	16,203
1988	R	−30.4%	5,284	9,984	15,478
1984	R	−39.6%	4,167	9,751	14,087
1980	R	−25.9%	4,111	7,210	11,965
1976	R	−5.1%	5,333	5,914	11,352
1972	R	−38.0%	2,981	7,033	10,670
1968	R	−4.9%	3,978	4,475	10,224
1964	D	+26.5%	6,035	3,498	9,560
1960	D	+4.3%	4,916	4,507	9,426
1956	R	−21.0%	2,558	3,919	6,483
1952	R	−6.4%	2,162	2,456	4,620
1948	D	+27.0%	2,361	1,354	3,733
1944	D	+12.6%	1,892	1,467	3,362
1940	D	+5.7%	1,788	1,596	3,389
1936	D	+19.6%	1,989	1,333	3,355
1932	D	+35.9%	2,091	969	3,127
1928	R	−4.2%	1,148	1,250	2,408
1924	D	+2.7%	886	832	2,021
1920	R	−5.6%	1,095	1,229	2,393
1916	D	+17.4%	824	561	1,515
1912	D	+19.9%	420	220	1,006
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	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

2.9%

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

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.1%

2.5%

75–84

2.7%

5.1%

65–74

5.3%

5.7%

55–64

6.0%

5.0%

45–54

5.0%

6.6%

35–44

5.7%

8.4%

25–34

6.6%

7.3%

18–24

4.2%

8.4%

5–17

7.8%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$55,876

Otero County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Otero County$55,876

New Mexico$64,059

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.3%

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

10.9%

Other Christian

8.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.9%

Baptist

4.1%

Methodist

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Holloman Air Force Base and the Sacramento Mountains, Otero County has voted Republican by double digits in every recent presidential cycle, with its mix of military families and rural ranchers producing some of New Mexico's widest partisan margins.

The Republican margin in Otero County reached its widest at forty points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Otero County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,876, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 68,816 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glynn County and Warren County.

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Otero County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.