Crosby County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 1,880 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.3%	451	1,416	1,880
2020	R	−44.5%	527	1,396	1,953
2016	R	−41.3%	468	1,181	1,728
2012	R	−27.6%	639	1,132	1,787
2008	R	−28.1%	684	1,221	1,914
2004	R	−45.1%	622	1,647	2,275
2000	R	−28.2%	705	1,270	2,002
1996	D	+6.7%	1,122	968	2,287
1992	D	+0.2%	1,010	1,006	2,335
1988	D	+12.3%	1,435	1,121	2,562
1984	R	−6.3%	1,212	1,376	2,599
1980	D	+1.7%	1,408	1,361	2,806
1976	D	+41.4%	2,176	897	3,092
1972	R	−19.0%	1,021	1,503	2,541
1968	D	+25.0%	1,574	865	2,840
1964	D	+57.6%	2,278	611	2,892
1960	D	+33.3%	1,783	889	2,683
1956	D	+43.8%	1,804	704	2,514
1952	D	+19.1%	1,550	1,053	2,603
1948	D	+75.5%	1,731	168	2,069
1944	D	+70.1%	1,691	201	2,127
1940	D	+72.1%	1,720	276	2,002
1936	D	+83.4%	1,711	153	1,867
1932	D	+87.3%	1,590	108	1,698
1928	R	−15.9%	728	1,004	1,732
1924	D	+62.0%	1,242	278	1,554
1920	D	+54.5%	572	146	782
1916	D	+79.7%	456	31	533
1912	D	+66.9%	247	7	359
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	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

2.8%

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: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.4%

75–84

3.6%

5.9%

65–74

5.5%

5.7%

55–64

6.2%

4.2%

45–54

5.5%

7.0%

35–44

5.9%

6.5%

25–34

5.1%

4.9%

18–24

4.2%

10.3%

5–17

9.2%

3.3%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$52,188

Crosby County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Crosby County$52,188

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.1%

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

32.0%

Baptist

30.3%

Methodist

7.3%

Other Christian

7.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Crosby County's flat, agricultural terrain anchors a small population that has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, hitting R+51.3 in 2024 with few signs of competitive pressure.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Crosby County peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Crosby County's median household income of $52,188 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Patricio County and Crockett County.

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For eighty-four years, Crosby County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.