Dallas County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted D+22%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,621,1792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,5472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 41.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fairfax city, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dallas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dallas County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +71.0% |
| 1916 | +66.8% |
| 1920 | +44.1% |
| 1924 | +56.6% |
| 1928 | −22.0% |
| 1932 | +61.0% |
| 1936 | +70.4% |
| 1940 | +49.7% |
| 1944 | +42.3% |
| 1948 | +12.5% |
| 1952 | −25.9% |
| 1956 | −31.1% |
| 1960 | −25.2% |
| 1964 | +9.7% |
| 1968 | −16.6% |
| 1972 | −40.0% |
| 1976 | −14.4% |
| 1980 | −22.4% |
| 1984 | −33.1% |
| 1988 | −17.5% |
| 1992 | −3.7% |
| 1996 | −0.8% |
| 2000 | −7.7% |
| 2004 | −1.4% |
| 2008 | +15.3% |
| 2012 | +15.4% |
| 2016 | +25.9% |
| 2020 | +31.6% |
| 2024 | +22.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 511,118 | 322,569 | 853,534 | ||
| D | 598,576 | 307,076 | 922,513 | ||
| D | 461,080 | 262,945 | 765,682 | ||
| D | 405,571 | 295,813 | 711,612 | ||
| D | 422,989 | 310,000 | 738,463 | ||
| R | 336,641 | 346,246 | 687,709 | ||
| R | 275,308 | 322,345 | 613,039 | ||
| R | 255,766 | 260,058 | 555,953 | ||
| R | 231,412 | 256,007 | 661,252 | ||
| R | 243,198 | 347,094 | 594,538 | ||
| R | 203,592 | 405,444 | 610,496 | ||
| R | 190,459 | 306,682 | 518,213 | ||
| R | 196,303 | 263,081 | 464,385 | ||
| R | 129,662 | 305,112 | 438,795 | ||
| R | 123,809 | 184,193 | 363,554 | ||
| D | 166,472 | 137,065 | 304,158 | ||
| R | 88,876 | 149,369 | 240,299 | ||
| R | 65,472 | 125,361 | 192,695 | ||
| R | 69,394 | 118,218 | 188,462 | ||
| D | 47,464 | 35,664 | 94,344 | ||
| D | 60,909 | 21,099 | 94,036 | ||
| D | 49,431 | 16,574 | 66,136 | ||
| D | 42,153 | 7,204 | 49,657 | ||
| D | 37,363 | 8,919 | 46,653 | ||
| R | 17,437 | 27,272 | 44,787 | ||
| D | 30,207 | 8,018 | 39,237 | ||
| D | 14,390 | 4,984 | 21,347 | ||
| D | 13,410 | 2,554 | 16,253 | ||
| D | 7,725 | 590 | 10,047 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.5%
German
5.1%
Irish
4.4%
American
3.6%
Italian
1.5%
Scottish
1.1%
French
1.0%
African American
17.9%
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: 34.1 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
$76,547
Dallas County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Dallas County$76,547
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Dallas County ranks in the top 25% 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
13.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.3%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
57.1%
speak English only
Spanish33.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.1%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Other languages2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dallas County's 2024 presidential margin of D+22.2 reflects a decade-long realignment driven by suburban college-educated voters and a growing Latino electorate, making it one of the anchor Democratic strongholds in a state Republicans still carry statewide.
Dallas County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-one points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten 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 35% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,547, and a population of 2,621,179. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairfax city and Fairfax County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dallas County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dallas County, Texas voted Democratic by 22.1 points (D+22), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 853,534 votes cast, 511,118 went Democratic and 322,569 went Republican.
What is Dallas County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Dallas 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 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Dallas County, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Dallas County, Texas voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Dallas County, Texas?
Dallas County, Texas has a population of 2,621,179 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dallas County, Texas?
Median household income in Dallas County, Texas is $76,547 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Dallas County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dallas County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.