Liberty County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

22 precincts · 31,323 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.6%	5,952	25,241	31,323
2020	R	−59.7%	5,785	23,302	29,334
2016	R	−57.8%	4,862	18,892	24,267
2012	R	−53.3%	5,202	17,323	22,746
2008	R	−43.7%	5,991	15,448	21,626
2004	R	−37.1%	6,780	14,821	21,691
2000	R	−25.6%	7,311	12,458	20,077
1996	R	−5.4%	6,877	7,784	16,773
1992	D	+0.4%	7,036	6,959	18,339
1988	R	−1.1%	8,343	8,524	16,973
1984	R	−25.0%	6,292	10,504	16,866
1980	D	+2.5%	6,810	6,470	13,561
1976	D	+21.7%	7,086	4,552	11,704
1972	R	−29.7%	3,311	6,111	9,432
1968	D	+7.5%	3,469	2,746	9,608
1964	D	+30.0%	5,357	2,884	8,257
1960	D	+7.4%	3,902	3,361	7,345
1956	R	−27.8%	2,318	4,129	6,503
1952	R	−6.1%	3,632	4,106	7,746
1948	D	+37.4%	2,199	735	3,917
1944	D	+64.4%	2,561	336	3,455
1940	D	+74.7%	3,458	497	3,966
1936	D	+83.7%	2,813	244	3,068
1932	D	+81.5%	2,527	247	2,796
1928	R	−7.6%	918	1,070	1,995
1924	D	+39.6%	1,506	639	2,189
1920	—	No data	0	0	0
1916	D	+45.8%	704	235	1,025
1912	D	+59.0%	584	81	853
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

6.1%

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: 32.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.6%

1.6%

75–84

1.8%

3.5%

65–74

3.7%

5.3%

55–64

5.2%

5.9%

45–54

6.2%

35–44

6.7%

6.5%

25–34

7.4%

4.9%

18–24

4.2%

11.5%

5–17

10.8%

3.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,703

Liberty County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Liberty County$68,703

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.7%

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

Baptist

23.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.9%

Other Christian

9.0%

Methodist

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Liberty County, anchored by its small county-seat town along the Trinity River, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points, reflecting the deep-red realignment that has reshaped rural and exurban southeast Texas over the past two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Liberty County, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-two points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Liberty County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,703, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washita County and Lamar County.

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