Brazoria County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 391,2552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $97,9932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Guadalupe County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brazoria CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brazoria County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +34.9% |
| 1916 | +26.2% |
| 1920 | −2.0% |
| 1924 | +21.6% |
| 1928 | −18.8% |
| 1932 | +65.2% |
| 1936 | +65.4% |
| 1940 | +65.0% |
| 1944 | +61.0% |
| 1948 | +31.7% |
| 1952 | +0.2% |
| 1956 | −14.2% |
| 1960 | −1.5% |
| 1964 | +30.4% |
| 1968 | +2.7% |
| 1972 | −29.9% |
| 1976 | +5.4% |
| 1980 | −19.7% |
| 1984 | −35.4% |
| 1988 | −17.9% |
| 1992 | −11.9% |
| 1996 | −20.5% |
| 2000 | −35.7% |
| 2004 | −37.3% |
| 2008 | −29.6% |
| 2012 | −34.1% |
| 2016 | −24.4% |
| 2020 | −18.2% |
| 2024 | −19.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 63,976 | 95,867 | 162,046 | ||
| R | 62,228 | 90,433 | 154,984 | ||
| R | 43,200 | 72,791 | 121,181 | ||
| R | 34,421 | 70,862 | 106,739 | ||
| R | 36,480 | 67,515 | 104,940 | ||
| R | 28,904 | 63,662 | 93,248 | ||
| R | 24,883 | 53,445 | 80,019 | ||
| R | 22,959 | 36,392 | 65,638 | ||
| R | 21,861 | 30,384 | 71,467 | ||
| R | 23,436 | 34,028 | 59,081 | ||
| R | 18,609 | 39,166 | 58,009 | ||
| R | 18,253 | 27,614 | 47,544 | ||
| D | 21,711 | 19,475 | 41,744 | ||
| R | 11,350 | 21,045 | 32,432 | ||
| D | 11,439 | 10,631 | 30,103 | ||
| D | 15,917 | 8,477 | 24,497 | ||
| R | 10,561 | 10,880 | 21,705 | ||
| R | 7,137 | 9,536 | 16,881 | ||
| D | 8,386 | 8,360 | 16,761 | ||
| D | 4,783 | 2,133 | 8,363 | ||
| D | 5,543 | 850 | 7,691 | ||
| D | 3,781 | 799 | 4,585 | ||
| D | 2,284 | 462 | 2,785 | ||
| D | 2,948 | 617 | 3,576 | ||
| R | 1,086 | 1,588 | 2,674 | ||
| D | 1,761 | 1,114 | 2,994 | ||
| R | 1,184 | 1,235 | 2,605 | ||
| D | 1,033 | 581 | 1,728 | ||
| D | 746 | 263 | 1,383 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.4%
English
8.1%
Irish
6.8%
American
4.1%
Italian
1.8%
French
1.8%
Scottish
1.1%
African American
13.0%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$97,993
Brazoria County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Brazoria County$97,993
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Brazoria County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.2%
Working age (18–64)7.0%
Seniors (65+)9.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.2%
speak English only
Spanish19.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander5.2%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Brazoria County's economy anchors on the Gulf Coast petrochemical industry, and its electorate has shifted roughly 15 points toward Republican presidential candidates over the past four cycles, outpacing the statewide trend.
Brazoria County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-five points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved one point toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $97,993, and a population of 391,255. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Guadalupe County and Forsyth County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brazoria County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brazoria County, Texas voted Republican by 19.7 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 162,046 votes cast, 63,976 went Democratic and 95,867 went Republican.
What is Brazoria County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Brazoria County, Texas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Brazoria County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brazoria County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Brazoria County, Texas?
Brazoria County, Texas has a population of 391,255 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brazoria County, Texas?
Median household income in Brazoria County, Texas is $97,993 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Brazoria County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brazoria County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.