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
GroupGarza CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican42.3%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%1.2%0.7%
Honduran0.7%0.8%0.3%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Costa Rican0.2%——
English6.3%7.9%9.5%
American5.0%4.6%5.3%
German4.8%8.3%12.5%
Irish3.9%6.0%9.4%
Scottish1.1%1.3%1.3%
Italian0.5%1.9%4.8%
Czech0.4%——
Scotch-Irish0.4%——
African American†9.7%10.3%9.9%
Kenyan0.2%——
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
Garza County
Texas
United States
Median age
35.4
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
15.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Garza County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$46,314
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.2%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Garza County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
34.9%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
34.8%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Garza County
Texas
United States
Catholic
18.9%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.4%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.6%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
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.
Garza County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 1,602 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Garza County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
43
369
3
415
10.4%
88.9%
R+78.6
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
53
352
4
409
13.0%
86.1%
R+73.1
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
45
266
2
313
14.4%
85.0%
R+70.6
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
39
184
4
227
17.2%
81.1%
R+63.9
Precinct -Precinct 6Precinct 6
20
124
1
145
13.8%
85.5%
R+71.7
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
13
79
1
93
14.0%
84.9%
R+71.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+100.0%
1912
+80.1%
1916
+88.3%
1920
+77.0%
1924
+27.2%
1928
−47.2%
1932
+80.2%
1936
+71.7%
1940
+68.5%
1944
+60.2%
1948
+61.7%
1952
+3.6%
1956
+11.2%
1960
+5.8%
1964
+37.6%
1968
+2.8%
1972
−44.2%
1976
+11.7%
1980
−26.9%
1984
−39.9%
1988
−8.9%
1992
−22.5%
1996
−13.9%
2000
−47.9%
2004
−63.7%
2008
−56.1%
2012
−63.1%
2016
−67.0%
2020
−71.5%
2024
−72.6%
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
13.3%Harris213
85.9%Trump1,374
0.6%Oliver9 +1
R+72.6
R+1.1
R+71.1
1,599
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican85.9%1,374
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic13.3%213
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%9
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%3
R
14.0%Biden231
85.5%Trump1,413
0.3%Jorgensen5
R+71.5
R+4.5
R+76.0
1,653
R
15.5%Clinton230
82.5%Trump1,225
1.4%Johnson21
R+67.0
R+4.0
R+69.1
1,484
R
17.9%Obama279
81.0%Romney1,263
0.8%Gray12
R+63.1
R+7.0
R+66.9
1,560
R
21.4%Obama375
77.5%McCain1,356
1.1%
R+56.1
D+7.6
R+63.3
1,750
R
18.0%Kerry326
81.7%Bush1,480
0.3%
R+63.7
R+15.8
R+61.2
1,812
R
25.6%Gore454
73.6%Bush1,302
0.5%Nader8
R+47.9
R+34.1
R+48.4
1,770
R
40.1%Clinton703
53.9%Dole946
5.9%Perot103
R+13.9
D+8.6
R+22.4
1,754
R
29.6%Clinton558
52.0%Bush982
18.3%Perot345
R+22.5
R+13.6
R+28.0
1,888
R
45.2%Dukakis989
54.0%Bush1,183
0.8%
R+8.9
D+31.0
R+1.1
2,190
R
29.8%Mondale521
69.7%Reagan1,219
0.6%
R+39.9
R+12.9
R+21.7
1,750
R
35.7%Carter677
62.6%Reagan1,188
1.7%
R+26.9
R+38.6
R+17.2
1,897
D
55.5%Carter957
43.8%Ford755
0.8%
D+11.7
D+55.9
D+9.6
1,725
R
27.9%McGovern446
72.1%Nixon1,153
0.0%
R+44.2
R+47.0
R+21.1
1,599
D
39.9%Humphrey662
37.0%Nixon615
23.1%
D+2.8
R+34.8
D+3.5
1,660
D
68.6%Johnson1,254
31.0%Goldwater567
0.3%
D+37.6
D+31.8
D+15.0
1,827
D
52.6%Kennedy829
46.8%Nixon737
0.6%
D+5.8
R+5.3
D+5.7
1,576
D
55.5%Stevenson786
44.4%Eisenhower628
0.1%
D+11.2
D+7.6
D+26.6
1,415
D
51.7%Stevenson797
48.2%Eisenhower742
0.1%
D+3.6
R+58.1
D+14.3
1,541
D
77.6%Truman861
15.9%Dewey176
6.6%
D+61.7
D+1.5
D+57.2
1,110
D
72.6%Roosevelt842
12.4%Dewey144
14.9%
D+60.2
R+8.2
D+52.7
1,159
D
84.0%Roosevelt1,073
15.5%Willkie198
0.5%
D+68.5
R+3.2
D+58.5
1,278
D
85.7%Roosevelt807
14.0%Landon132
0.3%
D+71.7
R+8.5
D+47.4
942
D
89.8%Roosevelt812
9.6%Hoover87
0.6%
D+80.2
D+127.4
D+62.4
904
R
26.4%Smith285
73.6%Hoover794
0.0%
R+47.2
R+74.4
R+29.7
1,079
D
62.3%Davis588
35.1%Coolidge331
2.6%La Follette25
D+27.2
R+49.7
D+52.4
944
D
82.9%Cox392
5.9%Harding28
11.2%
D+77.0
R+11.3
D+103.1
473
D
92.2%Wilson330
3.9%Hughes14
3.9%
D+88.3
D+8.2
D+85.1
358
D
84.2%Wilson144
4.1%Taft7
11.7%
D+80.1
R+19.9
D+60.6
171
D
100.0%Bryan67
0.0%Taft0
0.0%
D+100.0
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D+109.6
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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
14.2%223
84.1%1,318
1,568
2020
R
13.9%225
85.0%1,374
1,617
2018
R
15.8%203
83.0%1,068
1,287
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Garza County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
2,721
2018
2,452
2020
2,681
2022
2,659
2024
2,651
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−80 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,383 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,929 in average income, against $84,200 for residents who stayed — 48% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+39.5 on average — 33 points more Democratic-leaning than Garza County, TX itself (R+72.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Lubbock County, TX34R+39.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Lubbock County, TX51
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 Garza County, TX in Garza County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+59
2012
−189
2013
−73
2014
−13
2015
−90
2016
−278
2017
+212
2018
−303
2019
−70
2021
+493
2022
−2,014
2023
−8
2024
−29
2025
−80
This sparsely populated South Plains county delivered a 72-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the heavily rural, ranching-oriented character common to the region's small counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 72.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.6 points.
A population of 5,118, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,314 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scurry County and Reagan 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, Garza County, Texas voted Republican by 72.6 points (R+72.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,599 votes cast, 213 went Democratic and 1,374 went Republican.
When did Garza County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Garza County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Garza County, Texas?
Garza County, Texas has a population of 5,118 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Garza County, Texas?
Median household income in Garza County, Texas is $46,314 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Garza County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Garza County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
