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
GroupBriscoe CountyTexasUnited States
English13.4%7.9%9.5%
German10.8%8.3%12.5%
Irish7.5%6.0%9.4%
American3.8%4.6%5.3%
French2.4%1.5%1.6%
Scottish2.2%1.3%1.3%
Russian0.7%——
Italian0.2%1.9%4.8%
Mexican25.1%32.1%11.3%
African American†4.1%10.3%9.9%
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
Briscoe County
Texas
United States
Median age
49.2
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
4.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.6%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Briscoe County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$45,417
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.1%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Briscoe County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.8%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
21.4%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Briscoe County
Texas
United States
Catholic
7.3%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
59.9%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
11.4%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.0%
4.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.3%
2.2%
2.2%
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.
Briscoe County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 745 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Briscoe County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
20
197
0
217
9.2%
90.8%
R+81.6
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
15
170
3
188
8.0%
90.4%
R+82.4
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
22
161
3
186
11.8%
86.6%
R+74.7
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
12
108
0
120
10.0%
90.0%
R+80.0
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
3
30
1
34
8.8%
88.2%
R+79.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+78.0%
1912
+90.1%
1916
+89.5%
1920
+67.2%
1924
+72.3%
1928
+5.5%
1932
+91.4%
1936
+86.0%
1940
+70.9%
1944
+64.6%
1948
+75.5%
1952
−15.3%
1956
+28.9%
1960
+3.3%
1964
+46.9%
1968
+10.1%
1972
−29.3%
1976
+48.1%
1980
−0.1%
1984
−6.6%
1988
+10.5%
1992
+7.3%
1996
−0.9%
2000
−41.5%
2004
−52.9%
2008
−49.6%
2012
−65.7%
2016
−72.6%
2020
−77.4%
2024
−79.7%
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
9.7%Harris72
89.4%Trump666
0.5%Oliver4 +2
R+79.7
R+2.4
R+78.3
745
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican89.4%666
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic9.7%72
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%4
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%2
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1
R
10.8%Biden78
88.1%Trump639
1.0%Jorgensen7
R+77.4
R+4.8
R+81.8
725
R
12.4%Clinton91
84.9%Trump625
1.9%Johnson14
R+72.6
R+6.9
R+74.6
736
R
16.7%Obama117
82.3%Romney578
0.6%Gray4
R+65.7
R+16.0
R+69.5
702
R
24.7%Obama205
74.3%McCain617
1.0%
R+49.6
D+3.3
R+56.9
830
R
23.6%Kerry191
76.4%Bush620
0.0%
R+52.9
R+11.4
R+50.4
811
R
29.0%Gore224
70.5%Bush544
0.1%Nader1
R+41.5
R+40.6
R+42.0
772
R
45.7%Clinton408
46.6%Dole416
7.3%Perot65
R+0.9
R+8.2
R+9.4
892
D
44.9%Clinton430
37.6%Bush360
17.1%Perot164
D+7.3
R+3.2
D+1.8
957
D
54.8%Dukakis574
44.3%Bush464
1.0%
D+10.5
D+17.1
D+18.2
1,048
R
46.3%Mondale471
52.9%Reagan538
0.8%
R+6.6
R+6.5
D+11.6
1,017
R
48.8%Carter561
48.9%Reagan562
2.3%
R+0.1
R+48.2
D+9.7
1,150
D
73.5%Carter823
25.5%Ford285
1.0%
D+48.1
D+77.4
D+46.0
1,119
R
34.9%McGovern349
64.2%Nixon642
0.9%
R+29.3
R+39.4
R+6.1
1,000
D
45.6%Humphrey528
35.5%Nixon411
18.9%
D+10.1
R+36.8
D+10.8
1,158
D
73.3%Johnson966
26.4%Goldwater348
0.2%
D+46.9
D+43.6
D+24.3
1,317
D
51.3%Kennedy570
47.9%Nixon533
0.8%
D+3.3
R+25.5
D+3.2
1,112
D
64.3%Stevenson648
35.4%Eisenhower357
0.3%
D+28.9
D+44.2
D+44.3
1,008
R
42.2%Stevenson508
57.5%Eisenhower692
0.2%
R+15.3
R+90.8
R+4.5
1,203
D
85.7%Truman692
10.3%Dewey83
4.0%
D+75.5
D+10.9
D+71.0
807
D
74.3%Roosevelt615
9.7%Dewey80
16.1%
D+64.6
R+6.3
D+57.1
828
D
85.4%Roosevelt910
14.4%Willkie154
0.2%
D+70.9
R+15.1
D+61.0
1,066
D
93.0%Roosevelt849
7.0%Landon64
0.0%
D+86.0
R+5.4
D+61.7
913
D
95.5%Roosevelt977
4.1%Hoover42
0.4%
D+91.4
D+85.9
D+73.6
1,023
D
52.4%Smith336
47.0%Hoover301
0.6%
D+5.5
R+66.8
D+22.9
641
D
83.4%Davis397
11.1%Coolidge53
5.5%La Follette26
D+72.3
D+5.1
D+97.4
476
D
78.9%Cox262
11.7%Harding39
9.3%
D+67.2
R+22.3
D+93.4
332
D
90.9%Wilson260
1.4%Hughes4
7.7%
D+89.5
R+0.6
D+86.4
286
D
91.4%Wilson148
1.2%Taft2
7.4%
D+90.1
D+12.1
D+70.6
162
D
83.0%Bryan117
5.0%Taft7
12.1%
D+78.0
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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
10.6%79
87.3%649
743
2020
R
11.0%79
87.4%625
715
2018
R
11.1%69
88.6%553
624
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Briscoe County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
1,095
2018
1,013
2020
1,025
2022
994
2024
1,037
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+10 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +34 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $70,517 in average income, against $73,705 for residents who stayed — 4% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Briscoe County, TX in Briscoe County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+26
2012
−87
2013
−9
2014
+1
2015
−32
2016
−20
2017
+37
2018
−6
2019
+29
2021
−7
2022
+43
2023
+11
2024
+38
2025
+10
Briscoe County's 1,790 residents make it among the least-populous counties in Texas, yet it consistently produces some of the state's widest presidential margins — the 2024 gap exceeded 79 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 79.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 79.7 points.
A population of 1,301, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,417 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dickens County and Cottle 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, Briscoe County, Texas voted Republican by 79.7 points (R+79.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 745 votes cast, 72 went Democratic and 666 went Republican.
When did Briscoe County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Briscoe County, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Briscoe County, Texas?
Briscoe County, Texas has a population of 1,301 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Briscoe County, Texas?
Median household income in Briscoe County, Texas is $45,417 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Briscoe County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Briscoe County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
