† 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
GroupPostTexasUnited States
Mexican47.7%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran1.1%1.2%0.7%
Honduran0.8%0.8%0.3%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Costa Rican0.2%——
English7.3%7.9%9.5%
American5.8%4.6%5.3%
German5.5%8.3%12.5%
Irish4.5%6.0%9.4%
Scottish1.3%1.3%1.3%
Italian0.6%1.9%4.8%
Czech0.5%——
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
African American†11.6%10.3%9.9%
Kenyan0.2%——
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
Post
Texas
United States
Median age
34.5
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
15.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Post
Texas
United States
Median household income
$41,304
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
7.7%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Post
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.3%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
39.1%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Post
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.
Post, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−61.8%
2008
−52.0%
2012
−62.6%
2016
−65.5%
2020
−70.5%
2024
−71.1%
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
13.9%Harris160
85.0%Trump981
1.1%
R+71.1
R+0.6
R+69.7
1,154
R
14.6%Biden178
85.1%Trump1,040
0.3%
R+70.5
R+5.0
R+75.0
1,222
R
16.1%Clinton181
81.6%Trump918
2.3%
R+65.5
R+2.9
R+67.6
1,125
R
18.1%Obama213
80.7%Romney951
1.2%
R+62.6
R+10.6
R+66.5
1,178
R
22.5%Obama310
74.6%McCain1,026
2.9%
R+52.0
D+9.8
R+59.3
1,376
R
19.1%Kerry271
80.9%Bush1,148
0.0%
R+61.8
—
R+59.3
1,419
Post anchors Garza County, a reliably Republican stretch of the Llano Estacado where cotton farming and oil have long shaped local identity. Countywide margins in presidential races routinely exceed 80 points toward the GOP.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 71.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.1 points.
A population of 4,326, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,304 describe the city.
In 2024, Post, Texas voted Republican by 71.1 points (R+71.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,154 votes cast, 160 went Democratic and 981 went Republican.
How many people live in Post, Texas?
Post, Texas has a population of 4,326 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Post, Texas?
Median household income in Post, Texas is $41,304 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Post, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Post, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
