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
GroupCallahan CountyTexasUnited States
German13.1%8.3%12.5%
Irish11.0%6.0%9.4%
American10.1%4.6%5.3%
English8.9%7.9%9.5%
Scottish3.1%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.9%——
French1.6%1.5%1.6%
Italian1.3%1.9%4.8%
Mexican10.3%32.1%11.3%
Spanish0.4%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
Jamaican1.0%—0.4%
African American†0.1%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
Callahan County
Texas
United States
Median age
44.1
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.0%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Callahan County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$72,436
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.6%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Callahan County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.5%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
5.2%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Callahan County
Texas
United States
Catholic
1.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.8%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.4%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
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.
Callahan County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 6,988 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Callahan County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
192
1,345
11
1,548
12.4%
86.9%
R+74.5
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
160
1,276
6
1,442
11.1%
88.5%
R+77.4
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
82
1,037
3
1,122
7.3%
92.4%
R+85.1
Precinct -Precinct 8Precinct 8
127
759
9
895
14.2%
84.8%
R+70.6
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
83
674
10
767
10.8%
87.9%
R+77.1
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
60
646
2
708
8.5%
91.2%
R+82.8
Precinct -Precinct 7Precinct 7
49
367
3
419
11.7%
87.6%
R+75.9
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
8
76
3
87
9.2%
87.4%
R+78.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+59.3%
1908
No data
1912
+73.3%
1916
+78.9%
1920
+49.1%
1924
+70.4%
1928
−2.0%
1932
+86.7%
1936
+75.0%
1940
+76.3%
1944
+70.6%
1948
+71.7%
1952
+2.4%
1956
+2.5%
1960
+10.5%
1964
+43.8%
1968
+16.7%
1972
−53.0%
1976
+17.1%
1980
−6.5%
1984
−45.9%
1988
−17.7%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−17.3%
2000
−50.7%
2004
−61.4%
2008
−61.7%
2012
−69.8%
2016
−77.0%
2020
−77.2%
2024
−77.5%
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
10.9%Harris761
88.4%Trump6,180
0.5%Oliver33 +2
R+77.5
R+0.4
R+76.1
6,988
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.4%6,180
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic10.9%761
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%33
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%11
OtherAll other candidates0.0%3
R
10.7%Biden734
87.9%Trump6,012
1.0%Jorgensen71
R+77.2
R+0.2
R+81.6
6,838
R
10.2%Clinton569
87.2%Trump4,865
1.9%Johnson107
R+77.0
R+7.2
R+79.1
5,579
R
14.5%Obama751
84.2%Romney4,378
1.0%Gray53
R+69.8
R+8.1
R+73.6
5,197
R
18.6%Obama1,063
80.3%McCain4,589
1.1%
R+61.7
R+0.3
R+69.0
5,716
R
19.0%Kerry1,073
80.3%Bush4,542
0.7%
R+61.4
R+10.7
R+58.9
5,654
R
24.0%Gore1,174
74.7%Bush3,656
0.7%Nader34
R+50.7
R+33.4
R+51.2
4,896
R
35.5%Clinton1,666
52.8%Dole2,480
11.4%Perot534
R+17.3
R+9.0
R+25.9
4,695
R
32.1%Clinton1,694
40.4%Bush2,134
27.5%Perot1,452
R+8.3
D+9.4
R+13.9
5,285
R
41.0%Dukakis2,017
58.7%Bush2,887
0.3%
R+17.7
D+28.2
R+10.0
4,921
R
26.8%Mondale1,305
72.7%Reagan3,538
0.5%
R+45.9
R+39.4
R+27.7
4,867
R
46.2%Carter2,002
52.7%Reagan2,284
1.0%
R+6.5
R+23.6
D+3.2
4,331
D
58.0%Carter2,241
40.9%Ford1,581
1.1%
D+17.1
D+70.1
D+15.0
3,864
R
22.6%McGovern665
75.6%Nixon2,223
1.7%
R+53.0
R+69.7
R+29.9
2,939
D
46.4%Humphrey1,437
29.7%Nixon921
23.8%
D+16.7
R+27.1
D+17.4
3,096
D
71.7%Johnson2,178
28.0%Goldwater849
0.3%
D+43.8
D+33.3
D+21.2
3,037
D
54.9%Kennedy1,559
44.4%Nixon1,261
0.6%
D+10.5
D+8.0
D+10.3
2,838
D
51.0%Stevenson1,199
48.4%Eisenhower1,140
0.6%
D+2.5
D+0.1
D+17.9
2,353
D
51.1%Stevenson1,502
48.7%Eisenhower1,431
0.2%
D+2.4
R+69.3
D+13.2
2,938
D
83.4%Truman1,844
11.7%Dewey258
4.9%
D+71.7
D+1.2
D+67.2
2,211
D
79.7%Roosevelt1,962
9.1%Dewey224
11.2%
D+70.6
R+5.7
D+63.1
2,463
D
88.1%Roosevelt2,310
11.8%Willkie309
0.2%
D+76.3
D+1.2
D+66.3
2,623
D
87.3%Roosevelt1,739
12.3%Landon245
0.4%
D+75.0
R+11.7
D+50.8
1,991
D
93.3%Roosevelt2,133
6.7%Hoover152
0.0%
D+86.7
D+88.7
D+68.9
2,285
R
49.0%Smith940
51.0%Hoover979
0.0%
R+2.0
R+72.4
D+15.4
1,919
D
82.9%Davis1,614
12.5%Coolidge244
4.5%La Follette88
D+70.4
D+21.3
D+95.6
1,946
D
66.8%Cox804
17.7%Harding213
15.5%
D+49.1
R+29.9
D+75.3
1,204
D
85.5%Wilson959
6.6%Hughes74
7.9%
D+78.9
D+5.7
D+75.8
1,121
D
77.7%Wilson782
4.5%Taft45
17.8%
D+73.3
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1,006
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D
73.8%Parker570
14.5%Roosevelt112
11.7%
D+59.3
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D+79.0
772
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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
12.4%863
85.6%5,973
6,976
2020
R
10.1%680
87.7%5,892
6,719
2018
R
12.1%610
87.1%4,373
5,023
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Callahan County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
8,483
2018
8,658
2020
9,773
2022
10,020
2024
10,439
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+60 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,798 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $64,143 in average income, against $78,284 for residents who stayed — 18% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+49.8 on average — 28 points more Democratic-leaning than Callahan County, TX itself (R+77.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Taylor County, TX224R+49.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Taylor County, TX188
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 Callahan County, TX in Callahan County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+34
2012
−7
2013
+51
2014
+36
2015
+92
2016
+231
2017
+183
2018
+43
2019
−21
2021
+481
2022
+236
2023
+196
2024
+183
2025
+60
This rural county west of Abilene recorded an R+77.5 margin in 2024, reflecting a ranching and agricultural economy that has pushed Callahan toward some of the strongest Republican alignment in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 77.5 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 77.5 points.
A population of 14,241, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,436 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Major County and Hamilton 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, Callahan County, Texas voted Republican by 77.5 points (R+77.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,988 votes cast, 761 went Democratic and 6,180 went Republican.
When did Callahan County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Callahan County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Callahan County, Texas?
Callahan County, Texas has a population of 14,241 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Callahan County, Texas?
Median household income in Callahan County, Texas is $72,436 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Callahan County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Callahan County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
