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1876–2024
Pampa, TX·Texas

Pampa, TX has voted Republican in nineteen straight presidential cycles.

Panhandle energy town where oil and wind power share the horizon

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+78
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,877
2024 ACS

Pampa, TX, Texas: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+78%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+78MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
21,8772024 5-year
Median household income
$59,9282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
77.7%2024 5-year
Black
4.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
30.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+81 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+79 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−78.2%
8657,2388,152
R
−78.3%
8467,3698,332
R
−79.2%
7217,0247,959
R
−75.9%
9196,9117,897
R
−71.7%
1,1947,4018,651
R
−70.3%
1,3357,7219,079
R
−65.9%
1,4487,2048,734
R
−45.6%
2,2366,5239,408
R
−35.9%
2,5526,49610,989
R
−49.3%
2,5957,70010,362
R
−63.5%
2,1099,49411,633
R
−43.9%
2,9367,66910,791
R
−21.7%
4,0746,36010,524
R
−70.0%
1,4388,4359,994
R
−34.0%
2,4646,30511,309
R
−16.2%
3,8315,3089,145
R
−38.4%
2,9066,5369,458
R
−25.4%
3,1525,3268,552
R
−25.6%
3,4585,8469,327
D
+38.4%
4,0161,6706,114
D
+28.3%
3,3561,8285,407
D
+57.5%
4,7231,2726,006
D
+80.9%
4,7734915,292
D
+75.1%
3,8975414,466
R
−31.9%
1,0902,1143,210
D
+10.7%
8496851,536
D
+37.2%
7023111,050
D
+72.2%
70296839
D
+64.6%
45529659
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.6%
English
11.2%
Irish
9.0%
American
7.3%
Scottish
2.9%
French
1.7%
Italian
1.1%
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: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
2.9%
4.8%
65–74
5.2%
6.4%
55–64
5.1%
7.0%
45–54
5.0%
7.6%
35–44
6.0%
6.8%
25–34
5.8%
4.9%
18–24
3.7%
10.2%
5–17
9.0%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,928
Pampa, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pampa, TX$59,928
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.1%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.8%
speak English only
Spanish20.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.6%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
43.1%
Other Christian
17.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.3%
Methodist
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 17.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pampa anchors a sparsely populated stretch of the Texas Panhandle where petrochemical employment and expanding wind energy investment both shape the local economy and the workforce that drives voter registration patterns.

The Republican margin in Pampa, TX reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-eight points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,928, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,877 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Pampa, TX, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/37420/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Pampa, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pampa, TX, Texas voted Republican by 78.2 points (R+78), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,152 votes cast, 865 went Democratic and 7,238 went Republican.
What is Pampa, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Pampa, TX, Texas as a "Republican loyalist" 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 Pampa, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pampa, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Pampa, TX, Texas?
Pampa, TX, Texas has a population of 21,877 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pampa, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Pampa, TX, Texas is $59,928 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Pampa, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pampa, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.