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US Counties With the Lowest Presidential Votes Cast, 2012

3,110 US counties ranked by presidential votes cast, 2012, from lowest to highest. First are Hidalgo County, TX (157.97), Chattahoochee County, GA (162.29) and Starr County, TX (180.57). The middle one of the 3,110 has 431.19.

What this measures

The total number of presidential votes cast in 2012. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

RankCountyPer 1,000 residents
1Hidalgo County, TX157.97
2Chattahoochee County, GA162.29
3Starr County, TX180.57
4Cameron County, TX181.70
5Maverick County, TX182.85
6Webb County, TX183.43
7Gaines County, TX185.63
8Coryell County, TX198.20
9El Paso County, TX199.02
10Ector County, TX199.21
11Yuma County, AZ202.00
12Kings County, CA205.57
13Tulare County, CA212.50
14Dallam County, TX213.65
15Imperial County, CA215.06
16Kaufman County, TX215.72
17Long County, GA217.11
18Merced County, CA217.29
19Reeves County, TX217.64
20Geary County, KS218.55
21Frio County, TX220.21
22Potter County, TX226.78
23Bell County, TX226.97
24Winkler County, TX228.78
25LaGrange County, IN229.48
26Hays County, TX230.13
27Adams County, WA231.66
28Franklin County, WA231.82
29Liberty County, TX232.12
30Lea County, NM232.59
31Deaf Smith County, TX233.08
32Caldwell County, TX234.57
33Moore County, TX234.76
34Brazos County, TX235.15
35La Salle County, TX236.97
36Yuba County, CA237.12
37Walker County, TX238.66
38Finney County, KS239.05
39Bastrop County, TX239.14
40Seward County, KS239.19
41Pinal County, AZ241.13
42McKenzie County, ND241.67
43Liberty County, GA241.97
44Andrews County, TX242.03
45Kern County, CA243.26
46Jackson County, MO243.73
47Montgomery County, TN243.84
48Ford County, KS244.98
49Trousdale County, TN246.08
50Onslow County, NC246.65
51Comanche County, OK248.03
52Williams County, ND249.14
53Hendry County, FL249.64
54Harris County, TX249.78
55Willacy County, TX250.47
56Madera County, CA251.06
57Tooele County, UT251.29
58Pulaski County, MO252.01
59Bexar County, TX252.13
60Val Verde County, TX253.55
61Williamson County, TX253.57
62Atascosa County, TX254.13
63Bee County, TX254.16
64Fort Bend County, TX255.30
65Queens County, NY255.38
66Zapata County, TX255.72
67Fresno County, CA255.72
68Denton County, TX256.74
69Mitchell County, TX257.65
70Bailey County, TX257.81
71Johnson County, TX258.65
72Reagan County, TX258.67
73Hudspeth County, TX259.08
74Utah County, UT259.95
75San Joaquin County, CA259.96
76Midland County, TX260.05
77Holmes County, OH260.34
78Whitfield County, GA260.63
79Bronx County, NY261.33
80Parmer County, TX261.89
81Crowley County, CO261.95
82Howard County, TX262.47
83Montgomery County, TX264.40
84Ellis County, TX265.54
85San Bernardino County, CA265.80
86Osceola County, FL267.11
87Hunt County, TX267.34
88Waller County, TX267.46
89Macon County, TN267.71
90Wasatch County, UT267.79
91Todd County, SD268.70
92Madison County, ID268.99
93Benton County, AR269.09
94Jerome County, ID269.53
95Riverside County, CA270.18
96Collin County, TX271.20
97Nueces County, TX272.38
98Canyon County, ID272.64
99Dallas County, TX272.72
100Sevier County, AR274.10

More on presidential votes cast, 2012

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.