Austin County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 15,415 votes cast

Trump · R+63

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−62.5%	2,816	12,457	15,415
2020	R	−58.2%	2,951	11,447	14,586
2016	R	−59.6%	2,320	9,637	12,274
2012	R	−60.2%	2,252	9,265	11,649
2008	R	−50.9%	2,821	8,786	11,721
2004	R	−51.3%	2,582	8,072	10,702
2000	R	−46.1%	2,407	6,661	9,227
1996	R	−24.4%	2,719	4,669	8,001
1992	R	−22.0%	2,278	4,015	7,890
1988	R	−27.0%	2,593	4,524	7,160
1984	R	−42.9%	1,941	4,872	6,834
1980	R	−32.0%	1,893	3,734	5,753
1976	R	−7.4%	2,313	2,686	5,033
1972	R	−49.1%	1,043	3,084	4,154
1968	R	−15.4%	1,299	1,971	4,354
1964	D	+20.9%	2,365	1,545	3,915
1960	R	−6.8%	1,725	1,978	3,738
1956	R	−34.5%	1,215	2,501	3,726
1952	R	−34.4%	1,445	2,964	4,413
1948	R	−0.3%	1,252	1,260	2,865
1944	D	+21.9%	1,316	619	3,184
1940	D	+0.1%	1,404	1,400	2,807
1936	D	+69.7%	1,635	290	1,929
1932	D	+90.2%	2,806	142	2,955
1928	D	+64.0%	2,129	466	2,597
1924	D	+59.1%	2,601	457	3,627
1920	R	−1.0%	538	568	2,890
1916	D	+17.5%	960	673	1,643
1912	D	+61.3%	1,161	244	1,496
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

6.3%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

3.7%

75–84

3.7%

5.6%

65–74

6.2%

7.1%

55–64

6.6%

5.7%

45–54

5.9%

35–44

5.5%

5.8%

25–34

5.4%

3.8%

18–24

3.9%

9.7%

5–17

8.1%

3.4%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,789

Austin County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Austin County$75,789

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

21.8%

Baptist

9.4%

Other Christian

9.2%

Methodist

9.0%

Mainline Protestant

8.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Austin County, west of Houston in the post-oak belt, has delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades, with 2024's R+62.7 result reflecting a predominantly white, small-town electorate with deep roots in ranching and German immigrant heritage.

The Republican margin in Austin County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Austin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,789, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 31,170 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carson County and Harper County.

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Austin County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.