Nueces County, Texas

2024 results by precinct

131 precincts · 121,678 votes cast

Trump · R+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−11.5%	53,248	67,201	121,678
2020	R	−2.9%	60,925	64,617	127,322
2016	R	−1.5%	49,198	50,766	104,405
2012	R	−3.3%	45,772	48,966	96,104
2008	R	−4.4%	47,912	52,391	101,230
2004	R	−14.3%	44,439	59,359	104,560
2000	R	−4.7%	45,349	49,906	97,326
1996	D	+13.5%	50,009	37,470	93,168
1992	D	+9.5%	46,317	36,781	100,791
1988	D	+3.0%	49,209	46,337	95,932
1984	R	−7.5%	46,721	54,333	101,213
1980	D	+3.3%	43,424	40,586	86,644
1976	D	+23.1%	52,755	32,797	86,325
1972	R	−11.2%	33,277	41,682	75,250
1968	D	+26.3%	39,025	21,307	67,491
1964	D	+48.3%	40,426	14,048	54,558
1960	D	+21.6%	29,361	18,907	48,368
1956	R	−0.2%	19,912	19,985	40,059
1952	D	+2.6%	20,156	19,124	39,359
1948	D	+44.4%	15,240	5,577	21,783
1944	D	+46.1%	11,091	3,819	15,773
1940	D	+52.0%	9,740	3,065	12,842
1936	D	+67.5%	6,597	1,234	7,940
1932	D	+74.3%	6,659	967	7,662
1928	D	+9.2%	2,985	2,481	5,469
1924	D	+34.4%	3,214	1,537	4,878
1920	D	+48.6%	1,246	383	1,777
1916	D	+59.5%	1,830	404	2,397
1912	D	+63.1%	910	85	1,308
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
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1900	—	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

0.5%

African American

3.1%

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: 37.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.1%

75–84

2.5%

4.6%

65–74

5.0%

5.7%

55–64

5.9%

5.8%

45–54

5.9%

6.8%

35–44

6.6%

7.0%

25–34

6.7%

5.0%

18–24

4.8%

9.1%

5–17

8.6%

3.1%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,897

Nueces County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Nueces County$66,897

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.4%

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

40.3%

Other Christian

9.6%

Baptist

8.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Methodist

1.6%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nueces County, anchored by Corpus Christi and its large Hispanic working-class population, moved from a reliably Democratic stronghold to an R+11.5 result in 2024, tracking a broader Rio Grande regional realignment.

The Democratic margin in Nueces County has rarely exceeded seventy-four points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fourteen points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by eleven points.

Nueces County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 46% non-Hispanic-white share, a 17% poverty rate, and a median household income of $66,897 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East Feliciana Parish and Conecuh County.

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