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1876–2024
Travis County, Texas
Travis County·Texas

Travis County is one of the bluest places in America.

Austin's home county swings Democratic by nearly 40 points

18762024·38 elections
Travis County, Texas · Larry D. Moore · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+39
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,330,015
2024 ACS
Most similar
Whatcom County
WA · similarity 0.98
286 precincts · 583,975 votes cast
Harris · D+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+39.1%
398,981170,787583,975
2020D
+45.0%
435,860161,337610,349
2016D
+38.6%
308,260127,209468,720
2012D
+23.9%
232,788140,152387,057
2008D
+29.4%
254,017136,981397,714
2004D
+14.0%
197,235147,885352,113
2000R
−5.2%
125,526141,235301,263
1996D
+12.4%
128,97098,454246,301
1992D
+15.4%
130,54688,105276,235
1988D
+9.3%
127,783105,915236,084
1984R
−14.0%
94,124124,944219,813
1980D
+1.2%
75,02873,151160,093
1976D
+5.0%
78,58571,031152,213
1972R
−13.1%
54,15770,561125,329
1968D
+6.5%
39,66734,30982,520
1964D
+37.9%
44,05819,83863,958
1960D
+10.0%
27,02222,10749,264
1956R
−8.2%
19,98223,55143,631
1952R
−4.2%
19,15520,85040,051
1948D
+50.0%
19,5985,99427,207
1944D
+62.7%
14,3842,32419,230
1940D
+69.1%
17,3003,12820,503
1936D
+81.5%
12,0921,15413,425
1932D
+76.2%
11,7181,53213,376
1928R
−3.8%
4,4874,8479,351
1924D
+57.6%
7,5731,9099,827
1920D
+39.6%
3,5411,2045,905
1916D
+67.1%
3,6826904,461
1912D
+58.5%
2,7414683,886
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%
Polish
0.5%
African American
6.6%
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.
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
19.7%
Other Christian
7.6%
Baptist
7.5%
Mainline Protestant
3.5%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Methodist
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Travis County anchors Texas's liberal enclave around Austin, where university employment and a tech-sector workforce have driven Democratic margins that now rival those of major Northeastern urban counties.

The Democratic margin in Travis County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at eighty-one points in 1936; the 2024 margin was thirty-nine points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Travis County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $99,611, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Whatcom County and Douglas County.