Midland, TX, Texas: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+61%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 180,0192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $92,8992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 46.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1984MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Midland, TX, TXOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,598 | 48,769 | 61,051 | ||
| R | 12,617 | 47,481 | 61,148 | ||
| R | 10,291 | 38,428 | 50,974 | ||
| R | 8,534 | 37,057 | 46,321 | ||
| R | 10,005 | 37,544 | 47,931 | ||
| R | 8,293 | 38,099 | 46,641 | ||
| R | 7,949 | 33,034 | 41,689 | ||
| R | 10,156 | 26,355 | 39,093 | ||
| R | 9,801 | 25,129 | 43,335 | ||
| R | 9,119 | 31,635 | 40,977 | ||
| R | 7,726 | 34,924 | 42,779 | ||
| R | 7,444 | 26,120 | 34,408 | ||
| R | 8,632 | 19,876 | 28,813 | ||
| R | 4,675 | 19,840 | 24,993 | ||
| R | 5,129 | 13,132 | 24,477 | ||
| R | 9,538 | 12,308 | 21,902 | ||
| R | 6,673 | 11,693 | 18,848 | ||
| R | 4,371 | 8,605 | 13,068 | ||
| R | 4,196 | 8,518 | 12,716 | ||
| D | 2,977 | 1,487 | 4,895 | ||
| D | 2,446 | 433 | 3,915 | ||
| D | 2,965 | 782 | 3,751 | ||
| D | 2,004 | 260 | 2,282 | ||
| D | 1,939 | 180 | 2,146 | ||
| R | 563 | 677 | 1,243 | ||
| D | 726 | 136 | 873 | ||
| D | 407 | 101 | 516 | ||
| D | 464 | 38 | 532 | ||
| D | 340 | 14 | 382 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
8.1%
German
7.3%
Irish
5.7%
American
5.6%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.0%
Italian
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 32.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$92,899
Midland, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Midland, TX$92,899
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.0%
Working age (18–64)9.9%
Seniors (65+)13.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.4%
speak English only
Spanish28.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages1.1%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Midland anchors one of the nation's most petroleum-dependent metros, and its electorate has backed Republican presidential candidates by some of the widest margins in Texas for decades, reflecting a workforce and culture tightly bound to extraction industries.
The shift began with civil rights. 1952 marked the realignment in Midland, TX, by a thirty-four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-four points in 2004. The 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
The political shift has tracked, in Midland, TX, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,899, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Midland, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Midland, TX, Texas voted Republican by 60.9 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 61,051 votes cast, 11,598 went Democratic and 48,769 went Republican.
What is Midland, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Midland, TX, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Midland, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Midland, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Midland, TX, Texas?
Midland, TX, Texas has a population of 180,019 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Midland, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Midland, TX, Texas is $92,899 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Midland, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Midland, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.