Wheeler County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 2,274 votes cast

Trump · R+85

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−84.6%	169	2,093	2,274
2020	R	−85.2%	168	2,159	2,337
2016	R	−82.1%	194	2,087	2,306
2012	R	−77.3%	232	1,878	2,128
2008	R	−71.4%	314	1,918	2,245
2004	R	−64.3%	420	1,960	2,394
2000	R	−50.6%	579	1,787	2,389
1996	R	−26.4%	750	1,355	2,289
1992	R	−18.8%	938	1,458	2,767
1988	R	−22.9%	1,067	1,703	2,777
1984	R	−47.2%	805	2,251	3,062
1980	R	−19.5%	1,090	1,626	2,743
1976	D	+11.3%	1,598	1,273	2,888
1972	R	−55.7%	502	1,766	2,268
1968	R	−14.2%	812	1,176	2,558
1964	D	+11.7%	1,440	1,138	2,580
1960	R	−17.1%	1,011	1,428	2,444
1956	D	+3.0%	1,252	1,178	2,443
1952	R	−2.9%	1,551	1,645	3,202
1948	D	+66.7%	2,010	370	2,460
1944	D	+51.9%	1,869	511	2,615
1940	D	+66.7%	2,600	517	3,124
1936	D	+79.1%	2,415	277	2,704
1932	D	+85.8%	2,263	165	2,445
1928	R	−16.1%	750	1,038	1,794
1924	D	+61.8%	908	197	1,151
1920	D	+42.3%	516	198	752
1916	D	+71.1%	554	56	700
1912	D	+66.1%	402	35	555
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%

African American

1.1%

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: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

0.7%

3.0%

75–84

3.9%

5.3%

65–74

6.5%

6.4%

55–64

6.4%

7.0%

45–54

5.3%

6.8%

35–44

8.0%

4.5%

25–34

5.0%

3.7%

18–24

2.1%

10.5%

5–17

9.5%

3.0%

1.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,167

Wheeler County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Wheeler County$60,167

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.4%

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

13.8%

Methodist

11.9%

Other Christian

8.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wheeler County's 2024 presidential margin of R+84.6 places it among the most one-sided counties in Texas, reflecting the deep-red alignment common to the sparsely populated ranching communities of the High Plains.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Wheeler County peaked at eighty-six 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 points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Wheeler County's median household income of $60,167 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and George County.

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