Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupBrewster CountyTexasUnited States
German13.3%8.3%12.5%
English10.2%7.9%9.5%
Irish9.1%6.0%9.4%
American6.8%4.6%5.3%
Scotch-Irish4.3%——
Italian4.2%1.9%4.8%
Scottish2.9%1.3%1.3%
Dutch1.1%——
Mexican33.6%32.1%11.3%
Spaniard2.7%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Filipino1.2%0.5%0.9%
Cambodian0.4%——
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
Brewster County
Texas
United States
Median age
40.9
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.5%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brewster County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$56,212
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.5%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brewster County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
29.8%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
27.3%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brewster County
Texas
United States
Catholic
36.1%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.5%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.7%
45.2%
51.5%
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.
Brewster County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 4,578 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Brewster County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
415
833
19
1,267
32.8%
65.7%
R+33.0
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
418
617
12
1,047
39.9%
58.9%
R+19.0
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
407
397
13
817
49.8%
48.6%
D+1.2
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
225
289
9
523
43.0%
55.3%
R+12.2
Precinct -Precinct 8Precinct 8
253
189
3
445
56.9%
42.5%
D+14.4
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
140
136
3
279
50.2%
48.7%
D+1.4
Precinct -Precinct 7Precinct 7
62
48
0
110
56.4%
43.6%
D+12.7
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
49
36
5
90
54.4%
40.0%
D+14.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+58.9%
1908
+76.6%
1912
+71.1%
1916
+63.6%
1920
+24.5%
1924
+50.6%
1928
−19.4%
1932
+73.8%
1936
+69.0%
1940
+60.6%
1944
+52.9%
1948
+46.8%
1952
−28.6%
1956
−27.0%
1960
−1.4%
1964
+32.6%
1968
+8.0%
1972
−25.3%
1976
−5.4%
1980
−7.8%
1984
−17.0%
1988
−4.2%
1992
+7.9%
1996
+5.9%
2000
−14.5%
2004
−6.7%
2008
+2.9%
2012
−5.5%
2016
−4.8%
2020
−4.2%
2024
−12.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
43.0%Harris1,969
55.6%Trump2,545
0.9%Oliver40 +2
R+12.6
R+8.4
R+11.1
4,578
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.6%2,545
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.0%1,969
Chase OliverLibertarian0.9%40
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%22
OtherAll other candidates0.0%2
R
46.8%Biden2,258
51.0%Trump2,461
1.8%Jorgensen89
R+4.2
D+0.6
R+8.7
4,822
R
44.0%Clinton1,873
48.8%Trump2,077
4.9%Johnson210
R+4.8
D+0.7
R+6.9
4,252
R
45.6%Obama1,765
51.1%Romney1,976
2.4%Gray91
R+5.5
R+8.4
R+9.3
3,867
D
50.5%Obama1,970
47.6%McCain1,855
1.9%
D+2.9
D+9.6
R+4.3
3,900
R
46.0%Kerry1,729
52.7%Bush1,980
1.4%
R+6.7
D+7.8
R+4.2
3,760
R
37.7%Gore1,349
52.2%Bush1,867
8.5%Nader306
R+14.5
R+20.4
R+15.0
3,580
D
47.6%Clinton1,643
41.7%Dole1,438
8.7%Perot299
D+5.9
R+1.9
R+2.6
3,452
D
42.6%Clinton1,383
34.7%Bush1,127
21.9%Perot712
D+7.9
D+12.1
D+2.3
3,247
R
47.4%Dukakis1,569
51.6%Bush1,708
1.1%
R+4.2
D+12.8
D+3.5
3,313
R
41.2%Mondale1,462
58.3%Reagan2,066
0.5%
R+17.0
R+9.3
D+1.2
3,545
R
43.9%Carter1,271
51.7%Reagan1,496
4.3%
R+7.8
R+2.4
D+2.0
2,892
R
46.8%Carter1,227
52.1%Ford1,368
1.1%
R+5.4
D+20.0
R+7.4
2,624
R
37.0%McGovern904
62.3%Nixon1,524
0.7%
R+25.3
R+33.4
R+2.2
2,446
D
45.8%Humphrey958
37.8%Nixon790
16.4%
D+8.0
R+24.6
D+8.7
2,091
D
66.3%Johnson1,251
33.7%Goldwater635
0.1%
D+32.6
D+34.0
D+10.1
1,887
R
49.1%Kennedy716
50.5%Nixon736
0.3%
R+1.4
D+25.7
R+1.5
1,457
R
36.2%Stevenson479
63.2%Eisenhower837
0.6%
R+27.0
D+1.5
R+11.6
1,324
R
35.7%Stevenson609
64.3%Eisenhower1,096
0.0%
R+28.6
R+75.4
R+17.8
1,705
D
70.1%Truman940
23.3%Dewey312
6.6%
D+46.8
R+6.0
D+42.3
1,341
D
72.8%Roosevelt864
20.0%Dewey237
7.2%
D+52.9
R+7.7
D+45.4
1,186
D
80.2%Roosevelt1,001
19.6%Willkie245
0.2%
D+60.6
R+8.4
D+50.6
1,248
D
84.4%Roosevelt828
15.4%Landon151
0.2%
D+69.0
R+4.8
D+44.7
981
D
86.6%Roosevelt875
12.9%Hoover130
0.5%
D+73.8
D+93.2
D+56.0
1,010
R
39.9%Smith273
59.4%Hoover406
0.7%
R+19.4
R+70.0
R+2.0
684
D
73.2%Davis366
22.6%Coolidge113
4.2%La Follette21
D+50.6
D+26.1
D+75.8
500
D
60.5%Cox210
36.0%Harding125
3.5%
D+24.5
R+39.1
D+50.7
347
D
80.2%Wilson207
16.7%Hughes43
3.1%
D+63.6
R+7.6
D+60.4
258
D
78.2%Wilson333
7.0%Taft30
14.8%
D+71.1
R+5.5
D+51.6
426
D
87.1%Bryan283
10.5%Taft34
2.5%
D+76.6
D+17.7
D+86.2
325
D
78.7%Parker251
19.7%Roosevelt63
1.6%
D+58.9
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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
44.0%1,998
53.3%2,422
4,544
2020
R
45.4%2,167
51.4%2,453
4,768
2018
D
52.5%2,147
46.0%1,879
4,086
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Brewster County, TX
Year
Total registered
2018
7,282
2020
7,524
2022
7,513
2024
7,408
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−126 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −659 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $60,709 in average income, against $80,844 for residents who stayed — 25% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
El Paso County, TX34
Bexar County, TX22
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Brewster County, TX in Brewster County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+40
2012
−125
2013
−36
2014
−179
2015
−51
2016
+48
2017
+123
2018
−88
2019
−87
2021
−65
2022
−156
2023
+163
2024
−120
2025
−126
Brewster is Texas's largest county by area yet holds fewer than 9,000 residents, a sparse ranching and tourism economy that has historically produced competitive margins before shifting toward a consistent Republican lean in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.6 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 28.6 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.6 points.
A population of 9,503, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,212 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Presidio County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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.
In 2024, Brewster County, Texas voted Republican by 12.6 points (R+12.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,578 votes cast, 1,969 went Democratic and 2,545 went Republican.
When did Brewster County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brewster County, Texas voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Brewster County, Texas?
Brewster County, Texas has a population of 9,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brewster County, Texas?
Median household income in Brewster County, Texas is $56,212 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Brewster County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brewster County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
