Bastrop County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 39,917 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.3%	15,989	23,301	39,917
2020	R	−13.7%	15,474	20,516	36,762
2016	R	−20.1%	10,569	16,328	28,665
2012	R	−17.0%	9,864	14,033	24,481
2008	R	−8.2%	11,687	13,817	25,918
2004	R	−14.9%	9,794	13,290	23,441
2000	R	−18.2%	6,973	10,310	18,308
1996	D	+3.1%	6,773	6,323	14,585
1992	D	+8.8%	6,252	4,980	14,474
1988	D	+14.3%	8,004	5,991	14,092
1984	R	−15.1%	4,744	6,439	11,221
1980	D	+10.8%	4,716	3,768	8,748
1976	D	+33.4%	4,788	2,383	7,204
1972	R	−23.8%	1,906	3,097	5,010
1968	D	+24.1%	2,687	1,455	5,117
1964	D	+55.1%	3,912	1,130	5,049
1960	D	+40.6%	2,866	1,208	4,080
1956	D	+24.1%	2,504	1,531	4,045
1952	D	+34.3%	3,148	1,540	4,694
1948	D	+64.1%	2,518	443	3,237
1944	D	+67.5%	2,604	385	3,289
1940	D	+66.4%	2,492	502	2,996
1936	D	+84.4%	2,395	198	2,602
1932	D	+88.9%	3,077	180	3,259
1928	D	+28.7%	1,534	850	2,384
1924	D	+64.2%	2,711	494	3,452
1920	D	+27.9%	1,088	484	2,166
1916	D	+41.1%	1,335	550	1,909
1912	D	+54.8%	1,021	216	1,468
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

4.6%

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: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.6%

2.0%

75–84

2.4%

5.0%

65–74

4.9%

6.5%

55–64

6.3%

6.2%

45–54

5.8%

6.7%

35–44

6.0%

6.5%

25–34

5.9%

4.7%

18–24

4.1%

9.5%

5–17

9.9%

3.2%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,226

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

Bastrop County$86,226

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.2%

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

22.4%

Other Christian

9.2%

Baptist

6.7%

Methodist

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bastrop County sits southeast of Austin along the Colorado River, drawing newcomers from the metro while remaining reliably Republican — Trump carried it by 18 points in 2024 despite a decade of rapid population growth.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Bastrop County, by a eighteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-four points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Bastrop County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,226, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Asotin County and Caldwell County.

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