West South Central Census Division — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

West South Central

TrumpR+17.9

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	58.1%	9,397,556
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	40.2%	6,498,624
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	265,830

D+60

R+60

470 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	+38.7%
1896	+51.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+35.4%
1908	+20.2%
1912	+42.3%
1916	+44.9%
1920	+18.2%
1924	+34.0%
1928	−2.7%
1932	+67.4%
1936	+59.9%
1940	+47.8%
1944	+41.5%
1948	+33.0%
1952	−3.3%
1956	−9.6%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+15.2%
1968	−1.0%
1972	−37.0%
1976	+5.8%
1980	−12.5%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.8%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−0.1%
2000	−17.6%
2004	−21.4%
2008	−15.8%
2012	−18.6%
2016	−15.0%
2020	−11.6%
2024	−17.9%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	40.2%Harris6,498,624	58.1%Trump9,397,556	1.6%	−17.9%	16,162,010
2020	R	43.3%Biden7,043,071	54.9%Trump8,927,131	1.8%incl. Jorgensen	−11.6%	16,254,703
2016	R	40.2%Clinton5,458,891	55.2%Trump7,497,693	4.5%incl. Johnson	−15.0%	13,571,074
2012	R	40.0%Obama4,955,221	58.6%Romney7,261,174	1.5%	−18.6%	12,398,062
2008	R	41.6%Obama5,236,428	57.4%McCain7,225,785	1.0%	−15.8%	12,587,834
2004	R	39.0%Kerry4,626,922	60.3%Bush7,161,776	0.7%	−21.4%	11,872,574
2000	R	39.9%Gore4,123,134	57.6%Bush5,944,787	2.5%incl. Nader	−17.6%	10,329,303
1996	R	45.9%Clinton4,350,796	45.9%Dole4,356,484	8.2%incl. Perot	−0.1%	9,486,578
1992	R	39.6%Clinton4,076,675	40.4%Bush4,159,710	19.9%incl. Perot	−0.8%	10,285,047
1988	R	43.1%Dukakis3,902,868	55.9%Bush5,065,476	1.0%	−12.8%	9,054,386
1984	R	36.0%Mondale3,324,588	63.5%Reagan5,867,031	0.6%	−27.5%	9,244,475
1980	R	42.0%Carter3,389,667	54.5%Reagan4,402,292	3.5%incl. Anderson	−12.5%	8,077,518
1976	D	52.4%Carter3,775,740	46.5%Ford3,355,207	1.1%	+5.8%	7,211,970
1972	R	30.6%McGovern1,898,479	67.6%Nixon4,190,524	1.8%	−37.0%	6,201,771
1968	R	36.0%Humphrey2,066,305	37.0%Nixon2,125,835	27.0%incl. Wallace	−1.0%	5,739,721
1964	D	57.5%Johnson2,884,284	42.3%Goldwater2,123,720	0.2%	+15.2%	5,017,029
1960	D	48.5%Kennedy2,160,066	46.5%Nixon2,069,837	5.0%	+2.0%	4,450,634
1956	R	44.4%Stevenson1,702,793	53.9%Eisenhower2,069,722	1.7%	−9.6%	3,838,634
1952	R	48.3%Stevenson1,971,494	51.6%Eisenhower2,105,003	0.1%	−3.3%	4,081,682
1948	D	59.4%Truman1,563,020	26.5%Dewey695,900	14.1%incl. Thurmond	+33.0%	2,629,842
1944	D	67.9%Roosevelt1,653,683	26.4%Dewey642,148	5.7%	+41.5%	2,435,307
1940	D	73.8%Roosevelt1,861,251	26.0%Willkie656,132	0.2%	+47.8%	2,523,383
1936	D	79.7%Roosevelt1,680,680	19.9%Landon418,623	0.4%	+59.9%	2,108,128
1932	D	83.5%Roosevelt1,726,524	16.1%Hoover332,701	0.4%	+67.4%	2,066,897
1928	R	48.4%Smith847,567	51.2%Hoover895,314	0.4%	−2.7%	1,749,719
1924	D	63.3%Davis927,500	29.3%Coolidge429,082	7.4%incl. La Follette	+34.0%	1,464,233
1920	D	54.7%Cox701,950	36.5%Harding467,973	8.8%	+18.2%	1,282,673
1916	D	68.4%Wilson627,449	23.5%Hughes215,877	8.0%	+44.9%	917,076
1912	D	61.8%Wilson468,091	19.5%Taft147,814	18.7%incl. Roosevelt	+42.3%	757,353
1908	D	56.6%Bryan273,451	36.5%Taft176,056	6.9%	+20.2%	482,757
1904	D	65.9%Parker112,181	30.5%Roosevelt51,965	3.6%	+35.4%	170,305
1900	D	68.9%Bryan134,910	30.1%McKinley59,034	1.0%	+38.7%	195,868
1896	D	74.8%Bryan187,275	23.8%McKinley59,549	1.4%	+51.0%	250,439
1892	D	66.8%Cleveland175,760	28.1%Harrison73,946	5.0%incl. Weaver	+38.7%	262,917
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

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	West South CentralCensus division	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	52.5%	61.0%
Black	13.9%	12.2%
Asian	4.6%	6.0%
Two or more races	19.9%	12.6%
Other race	9.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$75,507	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.5%
Median age	36.3	39.1
Age 18–24	9.6%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	14.3%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	31.9%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	28.0%	22.3%
Spanish	22.1%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.4%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Mexican 24.7%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 8.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 8.5%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	18.5%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	26.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	43.5%	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

8.5%

German

8.5%

Irish

6.6%

American

5.3%

French

2.3%

Italian

2.1%

Scottish

1.4%

Polish

0.6%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

24.7%

Salvadoran

1.0%

Honduran

0.8%

Puerto Rican

0.7%

Guatemalan

0.4%

Cuban

0.4%

Spaniard

0.3%

Colombian

0.3%

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

0.6%

Nigerian

0.3%

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

Asian Indian

1.4%

Vietnamese

0.8%

Chinese

0.6%

Filipino

0.4%

Korean

0.2%

Pakistani

0.2%

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: 36.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.9%

75–84

2.3%

4.1%

65–74

4.6%

5.6%

55–64

5.8%

6.0%

45–54

6.0%

7.0%

35–44

6.8%

7.1%

25–34

7.0%

4.9%

18–24

4.7%

9.3%

5–17

8.9%

3.2%

3.1%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,507

West South Central$75,507

United States$60,773

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.5%

Working age (18–64)13.0%

Seniors (65+)13.3%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

72.0%

speak English only

Spanish22.1%

Other Indo-European1.4%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%

Vietnamese0.7%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.6%

Other languages0.6%

Arabic0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%

Korean0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

26.5%

Catholic

18.5%

Mainline Protestant

4.8%

Black Protestant

2.8%

Latter-day Saints

1.2%

Other Christian

1.0%

Muslim

0.9%

Hindu

0.3%

Orthodox Christian

0.2%

Jewish

0.2%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted43.5%

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.

West South Central sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 6.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.9 points.

A population of 41,878,410, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,507 describe the division.

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Frequently asked questions

How did West South Central, United States vote in 2024?

In 2024, West South Central, United States voted Republican by 17.9 points (R+17.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,162,010 votes cast, 6,498,624 went Democratic and 9,397,556 went Republican.

When did West South Central, United States last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which West South Central, United States voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in West South Central, United States?

West South Central, United States has a population of 41,878,410 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in West South Central, United States?

Median household income in West South Central, United States is $75,507 — below the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $60,773.

What is the political history of West South Central, United States?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in West South Central, United States from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.

West South Central has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+17.9 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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