Amarillo, TX — Elections 2008–2024

2024 presidential election

Amarillo

TrumpR+48.3

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	73.6%	51,481
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	25.3%	17,664
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	806

D+60

R+60

City boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2008–2024, on current city boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	−50.9%
2012	−57.3%
2016	−51.9%
2020	−46.2%
2024	−48.3%

DemocraticRepublican

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	25.3%Harris17,664	73.6%Trump51,481	1.2%	−48.3%	69,951
2020	R	26.2%Biden18,783	72.4%Trump51,859	1.4%incl. Jorgensen	−46.2%	71,651
2016	R	21.7%Clinton13,432	73.5%Trump45,605	4.8%incl. Johnson	−51.9%	62,028
2012	R	21.3%Obama12,211	78.7%Romney44,999	0.0%	−57.3%	57,210
2008	R	24.2%Obama15,142	75.1%McCain46,995	0.7%	−50.9%	62,601

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	AmarilloCity	TexasState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	62.7%	48.5%	61.0%
Black	7.5%	12.2%	12.2%
Asian	3.9%	5.6%	6.0%
Two or more races	19.1%	23.5%	12.6%
Other race	6.6%	10.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.2%	39.7%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$65,912	$78,476	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.8%	12.5%
Median age	35.1	35.7	39.1
Age 18–24	9.4%	9.7%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	15.1%	13.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	25.3%	33.6%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	22.9%	35.2%	22.3%
Spanish	17.9%	28.2%	13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.5%	1.1%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1.2%	0.9%	0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Mexican 28.4%	Mexican 32.1%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 9.4%	German 8.3%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 9.3%	English 7.9%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	10.9%County context	20.1%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	45.4%County context	23.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	35.1%County context	45.2%	51.5%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

English

9.4%

German

9.3%

Irish

7.5%

American

5.8%

Scottish

2.0%

Italian

1.1%

French

1.1%

Dutch

0.4%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

28.4%

Spaniard

0.7%

Spanish

0.5%

Cuban

0.4%

Honduran

0.2%

Salvadoran

0.2%

Venezuelan

0.2%

Puerto Rican

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

1.0%

Sudanese

0.2%

Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Aztec

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Vietnamese

1.2%

Burmese

0.6%

Laotian

0.5%

Asian Indian

0.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 35.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

1.9%

75–84

2.4%

4.3%

65–74

4.7%

5.4%

55–64

5.5%

6.0%

45–54

5.4%

7.3%

35–44

6.4%

7.2%

25–34

6.7%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

9.7%

5–17

9.4%

3.2%

3.1%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,912

Amarillo$65,912

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1821.7%

Working age (18–64)13.5%

Seniors (65+)15.0%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

77.1%

speak English only

Spanish17.9%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.5%

Vietnamese1.2%

Other languages0.9%

Other Indo-European0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%

Arabic0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

German or other West Germanic0.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

45.4%

Catholic

10.9%

Mainline Protestant

3.8%

Latter-day Saints

1.4%

Other Christian

1.1%

Black Protestant

1.0%

Muslim

0.6%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.2%

Unaffiliated or not counted35.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Amarillo sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 57.3 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.3 points.

A population of 201,885, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,912 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Amarillo, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Amarillo, Texas voted Republican by 48.3 points (R+48.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,951 votes cast, 17,664 went Democratic and 51,481 went Republican.

How many people live in Amarillo, Texas?

Amarillo, Texas has a population of 201,885 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Amarillo, Texas?

Median household income in Amarillo, Texas is $65,912 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Amarillo, Texas?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Amarillo, Texas from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.

Amarillo delivered R+48.3 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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