Garza County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,1182024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,3142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 49.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Howard County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Garza CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Garza County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +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
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 213 | 1,374 | 1,599 | ||
| R | 231 | 1,413 | 1,653 | ||
| R | 230 | 1,225 | 1,484 | ||
| R | 279 | 1,263 | 1,560 | ||
| R | 375 | 1,356 | 1,750 | ||
| R | 326 | 1,480 | 1,812 | ||
| R | 454 | 1,302 | 1,770 | ||
| R | 703 | 946 | 1,754 | ||
| R | 558 | 982 | 1,888 | ||
| R | 989 | 1,183 | 2,190 | ||
| R | 521 | 1,219 | 1,750 | ||
| R | 677 | 1,188 | 1,897 | ||
| D | 957 | 755 | 1,725 | ||
| R | 446 | 1,153 | 1,599 | ||
| D | 662 | 615 | 1,660 | ||
| D | 1,254 | 567 | 1,827 | ||
| D | 829 | 737 | 1,576 | ||
| D | 786 | 628 | 1,415 | ||
| D | 797 | 742 | 1,541 | ||
| D | 861 | 176 | 1,110 | ||
| D | 842 | 144 | 1,159 | ||
| D | 1,073 | 198 | 1,278 | ||
| D | 807 | 132 | 942 | ||
| D | 812 | 87 | 904 | ||
| R | 285 | 794 | 1,079 | ||
| D | 588 | 331 | 944 | ||
| D | 392 | 28 | 473 | ||
| D | 330 | 14 | 358 | ||
| D | 144 | 7 | 171 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.3%
American
5.0%
German
4.8%
Irish
3.9%
Scottish
1.1%
Italian
0.5%
African American
8.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 35.4 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
$46,314
Garza County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Garza County$46,314
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Garza County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
8.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.0%
Working age (18–64)4.6%
Seniors (65+)20.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.1%
speak English only
Spanish34.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
Garza County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-eight points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved one point 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 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $46,314, and a population of 5,118. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Colorado County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Garza County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Garza County, Texas voted Republican by 72.6 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,599 votes cast, 213 went Democratic and 1,374 went Republican.
What is Garza County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Garza 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 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, 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.