† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupNew BostonTexasUnited States
American27.8%4.6%5.3%
English11.1%7.9%9.5%
Irish8.6%6.0%9.4%
German8.1%8.3%12.5%
Scottish1.8%1.3%1.3%
Italian1.6%1.9%4.8%
French1.3%1.5%1.6%
Norwegian0.9%——
African American†11.3%10.3%9.9%
African2.7%0.6%0.5%
Mexican9.3%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
New Boston
Texas
United States
Median age
37.9
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New Boston
Texas
United States
Median household income
$63,937
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.3%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New Boston
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.4%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
28.2%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.4%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.8%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
New Boston
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
New Boston, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.0%
2008
−46.8%
2012
−51.6%
2016
−53.7%
2020
−52.2%
2024
−46.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.7%Harris337
73.0%Trump920
0.3%
R+46.2
D+6.0
R+44.8
1,261
R
23.6%Biden391
75.8%Trump1,258
0.7%
R+52.2
D+1.4
R+56.7
1,660
R
21.9%Clinton329
75.6%Trump1,134
2.5%
R+53.7
R+2.0
R+55.8
1,500
R
23.7%Obama366
75.3%Romney1,163
1.0%
R+51.6
R+4.8
R+55.5
1,544
R
26.2%Obama401
73.0%McCain1,119
0.8%
R+46.8
R+8.8
R+54.1
1,533
R
31.0%Kerry476
69.0%Bush1,060
0.0%
R+38.0
—
R+35.6
1,536
New Boston functions as a small administrative hub in heavily Republican Bowie County, where Republican presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles and turnout patterns track closely with rural East Texas norms.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 53.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.2 points.
A population of 4,571, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,937 describe the city.
In 2024, New Boston, Texas voted Republican by 46.2 points (R+46.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,261 votes cast, 337 went Democratic and 920 went Republican.
How many people live in New Boston, Texas?
New Boston, Texas has a population of 4,571 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Boston, Texas?
Median household income in New Boston, Texas is $63,937 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of New Boston, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in New Boston, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
