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
GroupEdwards CountyTexasUnited States
German22.1%8.3%12.5%
Irish20.3%6.0%9.4%
English13.9%7.9%9.5%
French10.5%1.5%1.6%
Scottish9.9%1.3%1.3%
Italian6.8%1.9%4.8%
American1.0%4.6%5.3%
Polish0.4%0.8%2.2%
Mexican42.8%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
African American†2.1%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
Edwards County
Texas
United States
Median age
39
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
21.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Edwards County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$40,313
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
31.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.1%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Edwards County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
36.2%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
36.2%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Edwards County
Texas
United States
Catholic
33.5%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
50.6%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
0.1%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.8%
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.
Edwards County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 1,005 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Edwards County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
41
289
2
332
12.3%
87.0%
R+74.7
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
24
274
1
299
8.0%
91.6%
R+83.6
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
47
187
0
234
20.1%
79.9%
R+59.8
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
21
119
0
140
15.0%
85.0%
R+70.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+15.4%
1908
−4.6%
1912
+5.0%
1916
+59.8%
1920
−18.1%
1924
−25.2%
1928
−80.0%
1932
+43.7%
1936
+38.3%
1940
+52.7%
1944
+27.5%
1948
+26.7%
1952
−47.1%
1956
−59.8%
1960
−46.2%
1964
−4.8%
1968
−40.8%
1972
−64.8%
1976
−22.9%
1980
−41.0%
1984
−59.4%
1988
−20.2%
1992
−23.2%
1996
−7.3%
2000
−42.9%
2004
−54.8%
2008
−31.6%
2012
−46.4%
2016
−41.3%
2020
−68.0%
2024
−73.2%
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
13.2%Harris133
86.5%Trump869
0.2%Stein2 +1
R+73.2
R+5.2
R+71.8
1,005
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.5%869
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic13.2%133
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%2
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%1
R
15.8%Biden168
83.8%Trump893
0.5%Jorgensen5
R+68.0
R+26.7
R+72.5
1,066
R
28.2%Clinton303
69.5%Trump746
1.6%Johnson17
R+41.3
D+5.1
R+43.4
1,073
R
26.2%Obama232
72.6%Romney642
0.8%Gray7
R+46.4
R+14.8
R+50.2
884
R
33.4%Obama346
65.0%McCain673
1.5%
R+31.6
D+23.2
R+38.9
1,035
R
22.5%Kerry217
77.4%Bush745
0.1%
R+54.8
R+11.9
R+52.4
963
R
27.9%Gore261
70.8%Bush663
0.6%Nader6
R+42.9
R+35.6
R+43.4
937
R
43.1%Clinton437
50.4%Dole511
5.9%Perot60
R+7.3
D+15.9
R+15.8
1,013
R
28.6%Clinton254
51.9%Bush460
19.3%Perot171
R+23.2
R+3.0
R+28.8
887
R
39.6%Dukakis368
59.8%Bush556
0.6%
R+20.2
D+39.2
R+12.5
930
R
20.2%Mondale159
79.6%Reagan626
0.1%
R+59.4
R+18.4
R+41.2
786
R
28.8%Carter237
69.8%Reagan575
1.5%
R+41.0
R+18.1
R+31.3
824
R
38.4%Carter258
61.3%Ford412
0.3%
R+22.9
D+41.9
R+25.0
672
R
17.2%McGovern109
82.0%Nixon520
0.8%
R+64.8
R+24.0
R+41.7
634
R
23.2%Humphrey148
64.0%Nixon409
12.8%
R+40.8
R+36.1
R+40.1
639
R
47.3%Johnson337
52.1%Goldwater371
0.6%
R+4.8
D+41.4
R+27.4
712
R
26.3%Kennedy168
72.5%Nixon463
1.3%
R+46.2
D+13.6
R+46.3
639
R
19.9%Stevenson133
79.7%Eisenhower533
0.4%
R+59.8
R+12.7
R+44.4
669
R
26.3%Stevenson210
73.4%Eisenhower586
0.3%
R+47.1
R+73.8
R+36.4
798
D
61.0%Truman329
34.3%Dewey185
4.6%
D+26.7
R+0.8
D+22.2
539
D
59.4%Roosevelt348
31.9%Dewey187
8.7%
D+27.5
R+25.2
D+20.0
586
D
76.4%Roosevelt565
23.6%Willkie175
0.0%
D+52.7
D+14.4
D+42.8
740
D
68.9%Roosevelt354
30.5%Landon157
0.6%
D+38.3
R+5.3
D+14.1
514
D
71.5%Roosevelt575
27.9%Hoover224
0.6%
D+43.7
D+123.6
D+25.9
804
R
9.7%Smith59
89.7%Hoover546
0.7%
R+80.0
R+54.8
R+62.5
609
R
36.2%Davis204
61.3%Coolidge346
2.5%La Follette14
R+25.2
R+7.0
±0.0
564
R
38.0%Cox201
56.1%Harding297
5.9%
R+18.1
R+77.9
D+8.0
529
D
79.1%Wilson299
19.3%Hughes73
1.6%
D+59.8
D+54.8
D+56.6
378
D
35.1%Wilson133
30.1%Taft114
34.8%
D+5.0
D+9.6
R+14.5
379
R
40.0%Bryan208
44.6%Taft232
15.4%
R+4.6
R+20.0
D+4.9
520
D
53.8%Parker245
38.5%Roosevelt175
7.7%
D+15.4
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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
15.6%152
82.1%800
974
2020
R
14.6%144
83.7%824
985
2018
R
19.2%145
79.8%604
757
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Edwards County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
1,529
2018
1,454
2020
1,499
2022
1,461
2024
1,496
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−1 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −81 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $68,109 in average income, against $75,419 for residents who stayed — 10% 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 Edwards County, TX in Edwards County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−30
2012
+2
2013
−94
2014
−6
2015
+17
2016
+5
2017
+23
2018
−17
2019
+21
2021
+24
2022
+9
2023
−24
2024
−10
2025
−1
Edwards County's sparse ranch land and population of roughly 2,000 produce some of the widest presidential margins in the state — the 2024 result landed at R+73, a figure that has held roughly steady across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.8 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 80.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.2 points.
A population of 1,290, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,313 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Upton County and Lynn 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, Edwards County, Texas voted Republican by 73.2 points (R+73.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,005 votes cast, 133 went Democratic and 869 went Republican.
When did Edwards County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Edwards County, Texas voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Edwards County, Texas?
Edwards County, Texas has a population of 1,290 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Edwards County, Texas?
Median household income in Edwards County, Texas is $40,313 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Edwards County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Edwards County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
