Motley County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 650 votes cast

Trump · R+89

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−88.8%	35	612	650
2020	R	−85.6%	46	604	652
2016	R	−85.5%	40	566	615
2012	R	−80.5%	55	538	600
2008	R	−76.6%	67	522	594
2004	R	−65.9%	113	564	684
2000	R	−61.7%	118	514	642
1996	R	−35.7%	164	380	605
1992	R	−23.2%	256	446	819
1988	R	−24.1%	262	429	692
1984	R	−30.6%	282	533	819
1980	R	−25.0%	341	573	929
1976	D	+9.8%	522	428	961
1972	R	−47.1%	230	657	906
1968	R	−1.6%	397	415	1,107
1964	D	+35.3%	678	324	1,004
1960	R	−4.4%	439	480	932
1956	D	+10.8%	511	411	926
1952	R	−13.6%	513	675	1,190
1948	D	+77.6%	774	75	901
1944	D	+68.1%	744	107	935
1940	D	+80.1%	907	100	1,007
1936	D	+86.1%	867	64	933
1932	D	+92.5%	900	34	936
1928	R	−12.6%	349	450	799
1924	D	+74.5%	453	62	525
1920	D	+78.0%	345	40	391
1916	D	+89.3%	393	9	430
1912	D	+74.9%	193	8	247
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	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

4.2%

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: 52.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.9%

5.6%

75–84

3.8%

7.8%

65–74

9.3%

9.1%

55–64

9.2%

3.9%

45–54

4.6%

3.8%

35–44

6.8%

5.3%

25–34

4.1%

7.5%

18–24

3.7%

5.1%

5–17

4.1%

3.0%

0.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,154

Motley County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Motley County$61,154

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.1%

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

Other Christian

38.6%

Methodist

9.5%

Baptist

9.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Motley County sits deep in the Rolling Plains with roughly 1,400 residents, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+88.8 reflects the lopsided partisanship typical of sparsely settled West Texas ranching communities.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Motley County peaked at ninety-three points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Motley County's median household income of $61,154 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Donley County and Borden County.

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Motley County changed its political identity.