† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEl Campo, TXTexasUnited States
Czech11.2%——
German9.5%8.3%12.5%
English6.6%7.9%9.5%
American5.1%4.6%5.3%
Irish4.2%6.0%9.4%
Italian1.4%1.9%4.8%
Polish0.9%0.8%2.2%
French0.8%1.5%1.6%
Mexican36.8%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%1.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.5%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%——
Peruvian0.2%——
African American†10.6%10.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
El Campo, TX
Texas
United States
Median age
38.1
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
El Campo, TX
Texas
United States
Median household income
$66,924
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.6%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
El Campo, TX
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
27.2%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
26.4%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
El Campo, TX
Texas
United States
Catholic
35.9%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.2%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
26.6%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
4.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
El Campo, TX
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+55.2%
1916
+42.6%
1920
−0.7%
1924
+38.9%
1928
+14.6%
1932
+77.8%
1936
+81.3%
1940
+67.8%
1944
+64.0%
1948
+31.1%
1952
−13.1%
1956
−15.5%
1960
+19.1%
1964
+38.3%
1968
+5.3%
1972
−28.6%
1976
+11.6%
1980
−12.2%
1984
−25.2%
1988
−8.0%
1992
−6.7%
1996
−8.1%
2000
−26.9%
2004
−32.7%
2008
−31.2%
2012
−39.1%
2016
−40.1%
2020
−43.1%
2024
−51.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
23.8%Harris3,910
75.6%Trump12,439
0.4%Oliver63 +2
R+51.8
R+8.7
R+50.4
16,453
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.6%12,439
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic23.8%3,910
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%63
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%40
OtherAll other candidates0.0%1
R
28.0%Biden4,694
71.1%Trump11,926
0.9%
R+43.1
R+3.0
R+47.6
16,776
R
28.8%Clinton4,238
68.9%Trump10,149
2.3%
R+40.1
R+1.0
R+42.2
14,732
R
30.1%Obama4,235
69.2%Romney9,750
0.7%
R+39.1
R+8.0
R+43.0
14,087
R
34.2%Obama4,937
65.4%McCain9,431
0.3%
R+31.2
D+1.5
R+38.4
14,418
R
33.5%Kerry4,702
66.2%Bush9,288
0.3%
R+32.7
R+5.7
R+30.2
14,039
R
36.0%Gore4,838
63.0%Bush8,455
1.0%
R+26.9
R+18.9
R+27.5
13,426
R
42.3%Clinton5,176
50.4%Dole6,163
7.3%
R+8.1
R+1.3
R+16.6
12,234
R
36.3%Clinton4,643
43.0%Bush5,503
20.7%
R+6.7
D+1.3
R+12.3
12,797
R
45.7%Dukakis5,935
53.7%Bush6,978
0.6%
R+8.0
D+17.2
R+0.3
12,991
R
37.3%Mondale5,072
62.5%Reagan8,495
0.1%
R+25.2
R+13.0
R+7.0
13,584
R
43.0%Carter5,138
55.2%Reagan6,598
1.9%
R+12.2
R+23.8
R+2.5
11,958
D
55.6%Carter5,914
44.0%Ford4,682
0.5%
D+11.6
D+40.2
D+9.5
10,644
R
35.7%McGovern3,481
64.3%Nixon6,271
0.1%
R+28.6
R+33.9
R+5.4
9,757
D
43.2%Humphrey4,304
37.9%Nixon3,773
18.9%
D+5.3
R+33.0
D+6.0
9,959
D
69.1%Johnson6,234
30.8%Goldwater2,775
0.1%
D+38.3
D+19.2
D+15.8
9,020
D
59.2%Kennedy5,004
40.0%Nixon3,387
0.8%
D+19.1
D+34.7
D+19.0
8,458
R
41.9%Stevenson3,439
57.5%Eisenhower4,714
0.6%
R+15.5
R+2.5
R+0.1
8,203
R
43.4%Stevenson4,022
56.5%Eisenhower5,232
0.1%
R+13.1
R+44.2
R+2.3
9,259
D
60.0%Truman2,811
28.9%Dewey1,354
11.1%
D+31.1
R+32.9
D+26.6
4,685
D
74.5%Roosevelt3,754
10.5%Dewey529
15.1%
D+64.0
R+3.9
D+56.5
5,042
D
83.9%Roosevelt3,976
16.0%Willkie760
0.1%
D+67.8
R+13.4
D+57.9
4,740
D
90.4%Roosevelt3,034
9.2%Landon307
0.4%
D+81.3
D+3.4
D+57.0
3,355
D
88.5%Roosevelt3,357
10.7%Hoover405
0.8%
D+77.8
D+63.2
D+60.1
3,792
D
57.3%Smith1,545
42.7%Hoover1,151
0.0%
D+14.6
R+24.3
D+32.1
2,696
D
67.6%Davis2,020
28.7%Coolidge858
3.7%
D+38.9
D+39.6
D+64.1
2,989
R
35.4%Cox836
36.1%Harding852
28.6%
R+0.7
R+43.3
D+25.5
2,363
D
67.7%Wilson948
25.1%Hughes351
7.3%
D+42.6
R+12.5
D+39.5
1,401
D
64.0%Wilson793
8.8%Taft109
27.3%
D+55.2
—
D+35.6
1,240
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
25.4%4,150
73.0%11,915
16,323
2020
R
27.2%4,513
71.2%11,832
16,619
2018
R
29.3%3,793
70.3%9,094
12,942
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in El Campo, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
25,176
2018
25,095
2020
25,697
2022
25,890
2024
26,422
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−55 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −816 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in El Campo, TX in El Campo, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−180
2012
−297
2013
−106
2014
−199
2015
+172
2016
+49
2017
+103
2018
−441
2019
−70
2021
+112
2022
+107
2023
−53
2024
+42
2025
−55
El Campo, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 51.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.8 points.
A population of 41,794, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,924 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bay City, TX and Victoria, TX.
Akashic
Political twins — metros
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
El Campo, TX, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cbsa/20900/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
Embed this page
A live widget for your site — no API key, attribution built in, CC BY 4.0. All widgets & sizes →
In 2024, El Campo, TX, Texas voted Republican by 51.8 points (R+51.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,453 votes cast, 3,910 went Democratic and 12,439 went Republican.
When did El Campo, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which El Campo, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in El Campo, TX, Texas?
El Campo, TX, Texas has a population of 41,794 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Campo, TX, Texas?
Median household income in El Campo, TX, Texas is $66,924 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of El Campo, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in El Campo, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
