Bell County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

64 precincts · 131,013 votes cast

Trump · R+16

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−16.2%	53,973	75,161	131,013
2020	R	−8.5%	57,014	67,893	127,690
2016	R	−14.8%	37,801	51,998	95,701
2012	R	−16.3%	35,512	49,574	86,425
2008	R	−9.8%	40,413	49,242	90,334
2004	R	−31.3%	27,165	52,135	79,724
2000	R	−31.9%	21,011	41,208	63,291
1996	R	−13.5%	22,638	30,348	57,049
1992	R	−11.4%	18,684	24,936	55,077
1988	R	−24.5%	17,751	29,382	47,551
1984	R	−39.8%	13,322	31,117	44,762
1980	R	−12.9%	15,823	20,729	37,885
1976	D	+7.2%	17,499	15,126	32,912
1972	R	−43.7%	6,848	17,525	24,411
1968	D	+29.3%	11,893	5,705	21,145
1964	D	+66.3%	14,557	2,938	17,512
1960	D	+39.5%	10,651	4,606	15,288
1956	D	+38.2%	9,603	4,285	13,932
1952	D	+32.2%	9,484	4,862	14,358
1948	D	+71.1%	7,548	1,069	9,113
1944	D	+69.2%	6,960	763	8,955
1940	D	+75.2%	7,418	1,050	8,468
1936	D	+85.2%	6,119	475	6,621
1932	D	+82.4%	7,607	724	8,354
1928	R	−4.4%	3,079	3,366	6,452
1924	D	+59.6%	7,273	1,632	9,457
1920	D	+51.2%	3,595	483	6,081
1916	D	+78.2%	3,615	356	4,167
1912	D	+84.6%	3,024	128	3,425
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%

Polish

0.9%

African American

18.3%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

1.5%

75–84

1.8%

3.4%

65–74

3.9%

4.6%

55–64

5.1%

5.2%

45–54

5.5%

6.8%

35–44

6.9%

8.1%

25–34

7.8%

5.7%

18–24

4.9%

10.0%

5–17

9.7%

4.0%

3.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,865

Bell County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Bell County$68,865

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.5%

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

Other Christian

13.4%

Baptist

13.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

12.6%

Methodist

3.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Non-Christian

1.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bell County anchors one of Texas's largest military installations, giving it an unusually transient population that has steadily narrowed its Republican presidential margins over the past three election cycles before widening again in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Bell County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-four points in 1972. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Bell County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,865, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Dorado County and Chelan County.

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