2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,877 | 2,970 | 4,871 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,826 | 2,033 | 3,878 | |
| 2016 | D | 2,063 | 1,029 | 3,142 | |
| 2012 | D | 2,527 | 997 | 3,543 | |
| 2008 | D | 1,939 | 919 | 2,866 | |
| 2004 | D | 1,662 | 1,228 | 2,898 | |
| 2000 | D | 1,638 | 953 | 2,616 | |
| 1996 | D | 1,786 | 521 | 2,450 | |
| 1992 | D | 2,052 | 866 | 3,249 | |
| 1988 | D | 2,171 | 958 | 3,135 | |
| 1984 | D | 1,577 | 1,214 | 2,801 | |
| 1980 | D | 1,218 | 874 | 2,131 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,216 | 462 | 1,682 | |
| 1972 | D | 768 | 695 | 1,463 | |
| 1968 | D | 909 | 251 | 1,212 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,009 | 135 | 1,147 | |
| 1960 | D | 675 | 260 | 935 | |
| 1956 | D | 886 | 637 | 1,524 | |
| 1952 | D | 616 | 526 | 1,143 | |
| 1948 | D | 632 | 414 | 1,047 | |
| 1944 | D | 501 | 43 | 547 | |
| 1940 | D | 784 | 495 | 1,279 | |
| 1936 | D | 282 | 34 | 316 | |
| 1932 | D | 271 | 24 | 295 | |
| 1928 | D | 296 | 19 | 315 | |
| 1924 | D | 300 | 197 | 498 | |
| 1920 | R | 50 | 98 | 148 | |
| 1916 | R | 26 | 214 | 240 | |
| 1912 | R | 0 | 199 | 199 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$39,239
Zapata County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Zapata County$39,239
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
38.4%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Zapata County, where Spanish is the dominant home language and the economy leans heavily on ranching and oil, recorded a 22-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a dramatic reversal from the double-digit Democratic leads it posted just eight years earlier.
The Democratic margin in Zapata County reached its widest at eighty-eight points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-two points — a notable narrowing.
Zapata County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $39,239, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,841 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 Starr County and Maverick County.
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