Kent County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 445 votes cast

Trump · R+76

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−76.4%	50	390	445
2020	R	−78.8%	47	411	462
2016	R	−69.4%	59	360	434
2012	R	−66.4%	66	335	405
2008	R	−54.2%	99	342	448
2004	R	−46.7%	138	382	522
2000	R	−30.0%	185	346	536
1996	D	+14.2%	260	187	515
1992	D	+15.7%	271	175	610
1988	D	+18.4%	398	274	674
1984	R	−13.4%	253	332	588
1980	D	+1.7%	351	339	694
1976	D	+46.8%	474	171	647
1972	R	−35.2%	223	465	688
1968	D	+25.2%	303	143	634
1964	D	+66.1%	563	115	678
1960	D	+41.0%	491	205	698
1956	D	+37.7%	519	234	755
1952	D	+34.0%	526	259	786
1948	D	+83.5%	479	33	534
1944	D	+82.2%	572	31	658
1940	D	+79.9%	712	79	792
1936	D	+89.0%	533	31	564
1932	D	+91.7%	561	23	587
1928	R	−38.0%	163	363	526
1924	D	+64.6%	386	80	474
1920	D	+59.7%	214	45	283
1916	D	+87.9%	212	2	239
1912	D	+69.9%	135	7	183
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

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Irish

0.5%

African American

0.8%

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: 60.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

4.0%

1.5%

75–84

12.4%

8.0%

65–74

10.2%

13.1%

55–64

10.1%

3.3%

45–54

1.9%

7.2%

35–44

2.9%

4.4%

25–34

2.3%

3.4%

18–24

2.0%

9.7%

5–17

0.1%

1.8%

0.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,889

Kent County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Kent County$72,889

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.9%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 180.0%

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

63.9%

Other Christian

8.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.6%

Methodist

5.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 11.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With fewer than 900 residents spread across the Rolling Plains, Kent County has recorded Republican presidential margins above 70 points in recent cycles, making it a reliable benchmark for measuring deep-rural Texas voting patterns.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Kent County peaked at ninety-two points in 1932; 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 thirty points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Kent County's median household income of $72,889 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardeman County and Knox County.

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For eighty-four years, Kent County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.