Sweetwater, TX, Texas: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+59%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,4542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,7472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 37.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sweetwater, 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 | 1,020 | 4,048 | 5,122 | ||
| R | 1,162 | 4,131 | 5,367 | ||
| R | 1,029 | 3,552 | 4,857 | ||
| R | 1,216 | 3,282 | 4,575 | ||
| R | 1,521 | 3,485 | 5,063 | ||
| R | 1,541 | 3,722 | 5,289 | ||
| R | 1,874 | 3,337 | 5,312 | ||
| D | 2,582 | 2,166 | 5,391 | ||
| D | 2,490 | 1,993 | 5,952 | ||
| D | 2,853 | 2,734 | 5,609 | ||
| R | 2,524 | 3,608 | 6,136 | ||
| D | 2,796 | 2,781 | 5,695 | ||
| D | 3,094 | 2,431 | 5,545 | ||
| R | 1,338 | 3,634 | 4,976 | ||
| D | 2,784 | 1,969 | 5,938 | ||
| D | 3,540 | 1,610 | 5,162 | ||
| D | 3,247 | 2,421 | 5,675 | ||
| D | 2,535 | 2,232 | 4,780 | ||
| D | 3,123 | 2,907 | 6,043 | ||
| D | 3,408 | 552 | 4,069 | ||
| D | 3,071 | 322 | 3,747 | ||
| D | 3,314 | 471 | 3,794 | ||
| D | 2,913 | 268 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 2,453 | 219 | 2,675 | ||
| R | 1,035 | 1,475 | 2,510 | ||
| D | 1,421 | 337 | 1,840 | ||
| D | 923 | 175 | 1,154 | ||
| D | 1,048 | 91 | 1,219 | ||
| D | 655 | 60 | 820 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.8%
German
8.7%
Irish
8.7%
American
8.0%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.1%
Italian
0.8%
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: 39.3 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
$50,747
Sweetwater, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sweetwater, TX$50,747
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
22.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.1%
Working age (18–64)20.3%
Seniors (65+)20.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
78.0%
speak English only
Spanish20.8%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sweetwater anchors Nolan County in the heart of the Permian Basin's outer edge, where energy-sector employment and a sparse, majority-rural population have produced Republican margins exceeding 30 points in recent presidential cycles.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sweetwater, TX peaked at eighty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $50,747 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sweetwater, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sweetwater, TX, Texas voted Republican by 59.1 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,122 votes cast, 1,020 went Democratic and 4,048 went Republican.
What is Sweetwater, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sweetwater, TX, Texas as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sweetwater, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sweetwater, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sweetwater, TX, Texas?
Sweetwater, TX, Texas has a population of 14,454 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sweetwater, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Sweetwater, TX, Texas is $50,747 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Sweetwater, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sweetwater, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.