Wharton County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 16,471 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.8%	3,910	12,439	16,471
2020	R	−43.1%	4,694	11,926	16,776
2016	R	−40.1%	4,238	10,149	14,732
2012	R	−39.1%	4,235	9,750	14,087
2008	R	−31.2%	4,937	9,431	14,418
2004	R	−32.7%	4,702	9,288	14,039
2000	R	−26.9%	4,838	8,455	13,426
1996	R	−8.1%	5,176	6,163	12,234
1992	R	−6.7%	4,643	5,503	12,797
1988	R	−8.0%	5,935	6,978	12,991
1984	R	−25.2%	5,072	8,495	13,584
1980	R	−12.2%	5,138	6,598	11,958
1976	D	+11.6%	5,914	4,682	10,644
1972	R	−28.6%	3,481	6,271	9,757
1968	D	+5.3%	4,304	3,773	9,959
1964	D	+38.3%	6,234	2,775	9,020
1960	D	+19.1%	5,004	3,387	8,458
1956	R	−15.5%	3,439	4,714	8,203
1952	R	−13.1%	4,022	5,232	9,259
1948	D	+31.1%	2,811	1,354	4,685
1944	D	+64.0%	3,754	529	5,042
1940	D	+67.8%	3,976	760	4,740
1936	D	+81.3%	3,034	307	3,355
1932	D	+77.8%	3,357	405	3,792
1928	D	+14.6%	1,545	1,151	2,696
1924	D	+38.9%	2,020	858	2,989
1920	R	−0.7%	836	852	2,363
1916	D	+42.6%	948	351	1,401
1912	D	+55.2%	793	109	1,240
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

9.1%

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: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.2%

2.0%

75–84

3.3%

5.5%

65–74

5.4%

6.1%

55–64

6.3%

5.3%

45–54

5.8%

6.1%

35–44

6.0%

25–34

5.7%

4.7%

18–24

4.5%

10.2%

5–17

8.5%

3.3%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,924

Wharton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Wharton County$66,924

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.6%

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

35.9%

Baptist

14.7%

Other Christian

12.3%

Methodist

4.9%

Mainline Protestant

4.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wharton County's flat coastal-plain landscape anchors a cattle and rice economy that has trended heavily toward Republican presidential candidates for decades, with the 2024 margin of R+51.8 reflecting consistent double-digit registration advantages.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Wharton County, by a twelve points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-two points in 2024. The 2024 margin was fifty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Wharton County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,924, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherokee County and Jackson County.

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Wharton County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.