Brazos County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 242,3112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,5532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brazos CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brazos 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 | +64.5% |
| 1916 | +57.6% |
| 1920 | +46.2% |
| 1924 | +76.6% |
| 1928 | +33.4% |
| 1932 | +85.4% |
| 1936 | +96.5% |
| 1940 | +74.0% |
| 1944 | +66.1% |
| 1948 | +34.8% |
| 1952 | −5.3% |
| 1956 | −17.5% |
| 1960 | +12.9% |
| 1964 | +33.2% |
| 1968 | −3.5% |
| 1972 | −42.6% |
| 1976 | −18.9% |
| 1980 | −26.9% |
| 1984 | −47.4% |
| 1988 | −32.4% |
| 1992 | −18.5% |
| 1996 | −21.0% |
| 2000 | −43.7% |
| 2004 | −39.5% |
| 2008 | −28.9% |
| 2012 | −35.3% |
| 2016 | −23.2% |
| 2020 | −14.3% |
| 2024 | −24.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 33,844 | 56,671 | 91,961 | ||
| R | 35,349 | 47,530 | 85,313 | ||
| R | 23,121 | 38,738 | 67,211 | ||
| R | 17,477 | 37,209 | 55,962 | ||
| R | 20,502 | 37,465 | 58,673 | ||
| R | 16,128 | 37,594 | 54,309 | ||
| R | 12,359 | 32,864 | 46,941 | ||
| R | 13,968 | 22,082 | 38,644 | ||
| R | 14,819 | 23,943 | 49,340 | ||
| R | 14,885 | 29,369 | 44,690 | ||
| R | 12,348 | 34,733 | 47,221 | ||
| R | 9,856 | 17,798 | 29,539 | ||
| R | 10,628 | 15,685 | 26,700 | ||
| R | 5,692 | 14,243 | 20,051 | ||
| R | 6,299 | 6,839 | 15,579 | ||
| D | 7,998 | 4,003 | 12,019 | ||
| D | 5,907 | 4,553 | 10,477 | ||
| R | 3,463 | 4,942 | 8,436 | ||
| R | 4,213 | 4,681 | 8,896 | ||
| D | 3,459 | 1,533 | 5,530 | ||
| D | 3,358 | 464 | 4,375 | ||
| D | 4,151 | 617 | 4,777 | ||
| D | 2,610 | 45 | 2,659 | ||
| D | 2,588 | 195 | 2,801 | ||
| D | 1,480 | 738 | 2,221 | ||
| D | 2,128 | 255 | 2,444 | ||
| D | 1,281 | 277 | 2,172 | ||
| D | 1,027 | 273 | 1,308 | ||
| D | 762 | 142 | 961 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.1%
English
9.8%
Irish
7.5%
American
3.1%
Italian
2.9%
French
2.3%
Polish
1.9%
African American
8.4%
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: 26.8 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
$58,553
Brazos County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brazos County$58,553
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Brazos County ranks near the middle 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
24.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)26.0%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.2%
speak English only
Spanish16.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.4%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Texas A&M University, Brazos County blends a large student and academic population with a conservative-leaning permanent electorate that has consistently returned Republican presidential margins above 20 points.
Brazos County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-six points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eleven points 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 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,553, and a population of 242,311. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairbanks North Star Borough and Guadalupe County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brazos County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brazos County, Texas voted Republican by 24.8 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 91,961 votes cast, 33,844 went Democratic and 56,671 went Republican.
What is Brazos County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Brazos 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 Brazos County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brazos County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Brazos County, Texas?
Brazos County, Texas has a population of 242,311 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brazos County, Texas?
Median household income in Brazos County, Texas is $58,553 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Brazos County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brazos 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.