Texas, Texas: Old Confederacy state. In 2024, voted R+14%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,188,4242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,4762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 39.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Browse all of Texas
Constituent county margins for Texas, TXOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,835,250 | 6,393,597 | 11,406,186 | ||
| R | 5,259,215 | 5,890,428 | 11,326,874 | ||
| R | 3,877,868 | 4,685,047 | 8,993,855 | ||
| R | 3,308,124 | 4,569,843 | 7,999,657 | ||
| R | 3,528,633 | 4,479,328 | 8,077,795 | ||
| R | 2,832,704 | 4,526,917 | 7,410,765 | ||
| R | 2,433,746 | 3,799,639 | 6,407,637 | ||
| R | 2,459,683 | 2,736,167 | 5,611,644 | ||
| R | 2,281,815 | 2,496,071 | 6,154,018 | ||
| R | 2,352,748 | 3,036,829 | 5,427,410 | ||
| R | 1,949,276 | 3,433,428 | 5,397,571 | ||
| R | 1,881,147 | 2,510,705 | 4,541,637 | ||
| D | 2,082,319 | 1,953,300 | 4,071,884 | ||
| R | 1,154,291 | 2,298,896 | 3,472,714 | ||
| D | 1,266,804 | 1,227,844 | 3,079,216 | ||
| D | 1,663,185 | 958,566 | 2,626,811 | ||
| D | 1,167,567 | 1,121,310 | 2,311,084 | ||
| R | 859,958 | 1,080,619 | 1,955,168 | ||
| R | 969,228 | 1,102,878 | 2,075,946 | ||
| D | 824,235 | 303,467 | 1,249,432 | ||
| D | 821,605 | 191,423 | 1,150,334 | ||
| D | 909,974 | 212,692 | 1,124,437 | ||
| D | 739,952 | 104,661 | 849,179 | ||
| D | 771,109 | 98,218 | 874,191 | ||
| R | 344,542 | 372,324 | 717,733 | ||
| D | 493,694 | 138,073 | 675,826 | ||
| D | 291,627 | 113,646 | 486,827 | ||
| D | 286,415 | 64,999 | 371,306 | ||
| D | 219,185 | 28,514 | 301,498 | ||
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Congressional elections · 17 Senate races
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | D % | R % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 44.6% | 53.1% | 11,291,854 |
| 2020 | R | 43.9% | 53.5% | 11,144,040 |
| 2018 | R | 48.3% | 50.9% | 8,371,655 |
| 2014 | R | 34.4% | 61.6% | 4,648,358 |
| 2012 | R | 40.6% | 56.5% | 7,864,822 |
| 2008 | R | 42.8% | 54.8% | 7,912,075 |
| 2006 | R | 36.0% | 61.7% | 4,314,663 |
| 2002 | R | 43.3% | 55.3% | 4,514,012 |
| 2000 | R | 32.3% | 65.1% | 6,267,964 |
| 1996 | R | 43.9% | 54.8% | 5,527,441 |
| 1994 | R | 38.3% | 60.8% | 4,279,940 |
| 1990 | R | 37.4% | 60.2% | 3,822,157 |
| 1988 | D | 59.2% | 40.0% | 5,323,606 |
| 1984 | R | 41.4% | 58.5% | 5,314,178 |
| 1982 | D | 58.6% | 40.5% | 3,103,167 |
| 1978 | R | 49.3% | 49.8% | 2,312,540 |
| 1976 | D | 56.8% | 42.2% | 3,874,230 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.3%
English
7.9%
Irish
6.0%
American
4.6%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.7 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
$78,476
Texas ranks near the middle of US counties.
Texas$78,476
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.3%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)13.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
64.8%
speak English only
Spanish28.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.2%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Religious adherence data not available for this county.
Texas sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the state voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the lingering memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Texas as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Texas, by a fourteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was fourteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Texas, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,476, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Texas, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Texas, Texas voted Republican by 13.7 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,406,186 votes cast, 4,835,250 went Democratic and 6,393,597 went Republican.
What is Texas, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Texas, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" state based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the state has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Texas, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Texas, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Texas, Texas?
Texas, Texas has a population of 30,188,424 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Texas, Texas?
Median household income in Texas, Texas is $78,476 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Texas, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Texas, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The state's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.