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1876–2024
Kerr County, Texas
Kerr County·Texas

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

Hill Country stronghold where Republicans routinely top 75% of the vote

18762024·38 elections
Kerr County, Texas · Larry D. Moore · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+54
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
53,489
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gillespie County
TX · similarity 1.00
20 precincts · 28,170 votes cast
Trump · R+54
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−54.3%
6,31521,61528,170
2020R
−51.7%
6,52420,87927,745
2016R
−56.0%
4,68117,72723,297
2012R
−59.1%
4,33817,27421,879
2008R
−49.6%
5,57016,75222,556
2004R
−56.4%
4,55716,53821,246
2000R
−55.3%
4,00214,63719,228
1996R
−41.6%
4,19211,17316,775
1992R
−31.1%
3,7078,78716,358
1988R
−51.0%
3,58711,20714,937
1984R
−58.3%
3,10211,82914,974
1980R
−44.4%
3,3879,09012,855
1976R
−22.6%
3,7676,0219,978
1972R
−58.4%
1,5116,0397,760
1968R
−27.3%
1,8783,6926,643
1964D
+3.4%
2,8942,7065,608
1960R
−42.0%
1,3233,2524,596
1956R
−55.1%
1,0253,5554,594
1952R
−46.6%
1,3373,6835,029
1948R
−0.5%
1,5051,5203,204
1944D
+0.6%
1,3771,3582,943
1940D
+18.9%
1,6341,1122,756
1936D
+22.9%
1,5869942,589
1932D
+55.0%
2,1656232,804
1928R
−46.8%
5701,5752,147
1924R
−8.7%
7358921,809
1920D
+12.9%
6124641,149
1916D
+37.6%
621272927
1912D
+50.6%
577126892
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
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
21.1%
Other Christian
15.1%
Baptist
11.5%
Methodist
5.7%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kerr County's rugged Hill Country terrain and retirement-destination growth have reinforced a Republican lean that has deepened every presidential cycle, with the 2024 margin of R+54.3 ranking among the widest in the Texas midsize-county tier.

The Republican margin in Kerr County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was fifty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kerr County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,395, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 53,489 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 Gillespie County and Kendall County.