Jackson County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 6,329 votes cast

Trump · R+71

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−70.8%	907	5,386	6,329
2020	R	−66.1%	1,033	5,231	6,353
2016	R	−63.4%	904	4,266	5,302
2012	R	−56.4%	1,070	3,906	5,025
2008	R	−47.9%	1,301	3,723	5,057
2004	R	−48.7%	1,296	3,766	5,077
2000	R	−39.5%	1,446	3,365	4,856
1996	R	−16.1%	1,785	2,533	4,640
1992	R	−14.1%	1,722	2,451	5,152
1988	R	−15.9%	2,141	2,954	5,115
1984	R	−33.9%	1,804	3,661	5,478
1980	R	−16.0%	1,826	2,540	4,463
1976	D	+14.4%	2,524	1,884	4,433
1972	R	−40.2%	1,163	2,743	3,929
1968	D	+6.1%	1,698	1,438	4,286
1964	D	+40.7%	2,775	1,168	3,952
1960	D	+15.1%	2,268	1,670	3,972
1956	R	−17.9%	1,571	2,259	3,852
1952	R	−14.3%	1,584	2,113	3,698
1948	D	+43.4%	1,343	488	1,972
1944	D	+59.4%	1,708	344	2,296
1940	D	+67.1%	1,506	296	1,804
1936	D	+69.2%	952	171	1,128
1932	D	+69.9%	1,030	182	1,214
1928	R	−9.5%	473	572	1,046
1924	D	+34.6%	758	354	1,169
1920	D	+19.6%	562	355	1,055
1916	D	+47.1%	403	123	594
1912	D	+54.2%	323	35	531
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

5.3%

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: 41.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

3.1%

75–84

3.7%

5.6%

65–74

4.9%

6.4%

55–64

6.0%

6.4%

45–54

6.1%

6.7%

35–44

5.5%

6.5%

25–34

6.1%

3.5%

18–24

2.6%

9.1%

5–17

8.9%

2.9%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,414

Jackson County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Jackson County$65,414

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.1%

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

24.8%

Baptist

20.8%

Mainline Protestant

6.2%

Methodist

5.1%

Other Christian

3.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jackson County's 2024 presidential margin of R+70.8 reflects a pattern common to small, agriculture-dependent Gulf Coast counties, where a dwindling population and limited urban influence have driven margins well beyond state averages.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Jackson County peaked at seventy points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Jackson County's median household income of $65,414 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Live Oak County and Grant County.

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For sixteen years, Jackson County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.